The Lord said that was “enough” for Him (Mark 14:35-41). The Father promised to save the Lord from death the way He saved the Jews in Hos.13:14, by raising them from death. God answered-just not the way He prayed for. John says the Lord agreed to drink the cup (v.11) but Hebrews 5:5-7 says He asked to be saved from death and was heard. Because they were being justly punished for their sins, they were told not to resist the cup, and because He was being justly punished for our sins, He didn’t resist the cup either. The Father was righteously punishing Him for our sins just as He righteously punished the Jews for their sins with Nebuchadnezzar, a punishment God called a cup (Jer.25: 15). Though the Romans killed Him, He called it His Father’s cup because they were doing the Father’s will. The “cup” (John 18:11) was a figure of speech for death.

That time will come in the kingdom of heaven on earth. It wasn’t time for the Lord to resist, and it isn’t time to fix the government. He not only didn’t resist arrest, He healed the agent who got hurt arresting Him! Christians who plan to use violence to overthrow the government that sponsors abortion and promotes gay marriage mean well, but Peter meant well when he resisted the government violently. This shows how the Lord felt about the government. Luke tells us that the Lord healed Malchus’ ear (22:50,51). Peter’s mistake was a dispensational one, but not how the commentaries think! When the beast gathers against the Lord (Rev.19:19), the saints will take up swords to protect Him (Ps.149:1-9). But those things are only true of believers in this dispensation. They say Peter should have known our weapons aren’t carnal (IICor.10:4), that we don’t battle flesh and blood (Eph.6:12), and that the only sword a Christian should use is the sword of the Spirit (Eph.6:17). The commentaries jump on Peter here, but for the wrong reason. 19:17,18).īut here in John 18, it is time for the Lord to die, not conquer with the sword, so He tells Peter to sheath his sword (John 18:11). After that, the birds will feast on these kings (Rev. “Malchus” (John 18:10) means king, making him a type of the kings that will rise up against the Lord (Ps.2:2-5), the kings the Lord will strike through at His coming (Ps.110:5). Knowing this will give Tribulation Jews the patience to endure the Antichrist’s sword (Rev.13:10). He was rather telling Peter that those who had come to arrest Him with swords (Mt.26:47) would eventually die by His sword (Rev.19:11-15). He just didn’t want a sword used to resist His arrest, as we know from what He went on to say (Mt.26:53,54). He couldn’t have meant that it is never good to use a sword, for that would contradict when He told them to buy one. So “thou shalt not kill” must be taken in context, and the same is true for Matthew 26:52. “What about thou shalt not kill”? Well, the same Bible says murderers must be killed (Ex.21:12), so the Bible sees a difference between cold-blooded murder and the orderly execution of cold-blooded murderers. Even if he just robs you, he robs you of your abilty to obey I Timothy 5:8. If you find a stranger in your home at night, you don’t know if he is is there to just rob you or harm the family you are sworn to protect (cf.Eph.5:25). What’s Peter doing with a sword (18:10)? Aren’t Christians supposed to be non-violent? He was obeying the Lord (Lu.22:36)! Swords are only used to take human life in self-defense, as are handguns, so you know it is okay to own either one, even just to defend your property (Lu.11:21), as the Law said (Ex.22:2).

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