Our God can be so unexpected! He came as a baby when people were hoping for a conquering King. He is returning soon, as that Conquering King, but now many people have gone nostalgic and can only think of Him as that baby in a manger. Messiah said that He came to bring a sword; not the peace in the way people expected. It isn’t a sword as expected either. It is this metaphorical sword described as piercing even to soul and spirit; discerning thoughts and intents of the heart. So, it isn’t a sword of war exactly, but when things are cut to the bone, and laid open, they are exposed.
The Sword of the Word will bring you to peace with Him if you let it. Those things of the heart and mind that are of God will be exposed and the person’s spiritual eternity is assured. Those things that are not of Him, when exposed, will assure their spiritual agony in eternity. So in the way, it is a battle; the battle for love of temporary things or of eternal things in YHWH.
When our hearts, thoughts and intents are laid bare, we find out to whom we cling. The word that rev ...
