Presents
Pamphlet 1535
John kc 52
Peter was a card carrying member of the NSA, the National Sword Association
Presents
Pamphlet 1535
John kc 52
Peter was a card carrying member of the NSA, the National Sword Association
Peter was a card carrying member of the NSA, the National Sword Association, the forerunner of the NRA. Self defense is a very Christian principle. If you don't believe it then try coming against this Christian nation, or the individual Christians in it, and find out.John 18:10
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
Of course the "sword" is part of the Gospel Armor (Eph. 6:17), so on a spiritual level, when a true servant of God takes action with the "two-edged sword", depending on who you are, you may get your "ears lowered", which is demonstrated for us in type by Peter lopping off the right ear (the "right" one that should "hear" right) in the case of this "little king". Malchus means "king".
"Malchus had advanced so as to seize the Lord, and thus became the object of Peter's attack." (Companion Bible note)Note: I know it was supposed to be the "right ear" that was chopped off the "priest's servant" so that we could understand the spiritual application of the "sword", His Word. But knowing Peter I somehow have a hard time believing that he was aiming for an ear. I think the way Malchus got his right ear cut off was because he "ducked"... to the left... and was able to lower his head, all but his right ear, just below where his neck just was. Got the picture! This would also mean that Peter was left handed for instinctively you would duck "from" the direction of the blade coming at you.
Don't get rid of your sword Peter, but put it away in your sheath for now and don't interfere or prevent Satan from bruising His heel. The plan of God must be fulfilled as it is written! Jesus Christ must be crucified so all can bridge the darkness of Kidron and enter the Garden of God with Him.[11] Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Jesus will later say to Pilate that His kingdom is not of this world, else His servants would fight with the physical sword. No, He, must drink of the cup, which in this particular verse means pay the price on the cross, and fulfill the reason He came here. We also know from the other accounts of this same scene that Jesus will stoop down and pick up Malshus' ear and physically heal it, but he will still not be able to "hear" the spirit, only the physical sounds!
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