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In the 26th chapter

of the book of Matthew

Jesus is in the Garden of Gatsimony, and he is being arrested by a servant of the high priest

who has been sent because he continues to preach the Word of God. And his disciple, Peter, in order to protect Jesus,

pulls out his sword, and I think he cuts the guy's ear off, if I recall correctly.

And the verse is 2652, which I was remembered because 26 doubled is 52 in the book of Matthew,

where Jesus, in basically is rebuking Peter.

No, no, no.

We are building the kingdom of heaven.

We are not building a kingdom on earth.

I don't need armed conflict to save me. I have to suffer. I have to

die for your sins. He knows this. That's not the quote. That's not the part I'm talking about.

But he says, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. You will often hear that said, live by the sword, die by the sword.

There are a number of different versions of it.

But what he was saying, as usual, was something much larger than a sword or even an armament.

But it was rather the means by which you live your life will be the means by which

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