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Agent P
Christ rejected the interpretations and uses of the Law by the religious echelon, HE DID NOT reject Judaism nor the Law.
and if rejected equals rebelled against, then I absolutely agree.
but if 'rebelled against' or rebellion means He took up ARMS AGAINST the Pharisees or ARMS AGAINST the Romans, THAT He did NOT do and this WAS my POINT.
He was NOT a warrior when He walked on Earth with us back then and I defy ANYONE to provide proof that Jesus was a warrior or killer of any sort 2000 years ago.
In addition to this, in the Gospel it says that Christ said, He did NOT come to Earth to abolish the Law, but to fulfill the Law.
Christ was not a conformist, and did not agree with the religious rulers at the time, but by no means could He be called VIOLENT, or BRUTAL towards other human beings....He was against INSURRECTION and constantly rebuked the Pharisees and Levites that were trying to trick Him in to supporting rebellion/insurrection.
even towards those money changers at the temple that he chased away, WERE NEVER TOUCHED by Him, and I defy you all again to PROVE OTHERWISE.
Now, on His second coming....that's another story, but on His First Coming, He was a Man of Peace....a Dove.....He preached and taught Love and Peace....and I honestly do not see how anyone can say otherwise.
Yep. I'll add my 2 cents which is similar to yours.
When Jesus came to earth the first time, His purpose was to introduce a new system of redemption for man:
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John. 3:17
Jesus completed that mission so that's a matter of historical record. Jesus will return as a holy warrior:
And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself. And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS
Rev. 19:11-16
Jesus will not come on a mission of mercy; rather, he will arrive for judgment and the destruction of the ungodly.
Better get ready.