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You do not know how many emails I get from ignorant cowards and so-called pacifists who always quote “We are not supposed to fight, we are told to turn the other cheek.”
This is primarily taken from Matthew.
Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
It upsets me that so many who call themselves Christians today do not take the time to really study Scripture and look into the context from which a lot of popular ideas stem.
This is taken from Matthew 5 which is the beginning of the famous Sermon on the Mount, which goes all the way through to chapter 7.
In this portion Christ is talking about dealing with your enemies. The problem is that there are different types of enemies, enemy personal, enemy universal, enemy corporate. The pacifist lumps it all into one category, “enemy”.
The problem is that what Christ is talking about here are personal enemies and not those who are corporate / universal.
When we read in context, we see that Christ is addressing social issues. How to deal with one another, being angry with one another, issues like adultery and divorce, making promises you cannot keep or making promises you should not promise to keep.
We then come to the famous turn the other cheek / love your enemy part.
Matthew 5: 38-48 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
In these verses, as well as in all of Chapter 5, Christ is dealing with personal social issues, not government or corporate issues.
Nowhere does it say that we cannot defend ourselves, not protect the innocent, and not protect our family.
Breaking Down “Turn The Other Cheek” – Which Hand?
Matthew 5: 39 but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
For the past 100 years we have stopped being a war like / fighting people. Because we are no longer fighters, we miss out on something that our forefathers understood plain as day.
Let’s look at social norms.
First, the majority of the world is “right” handed. Why is that? I honestly believed that God created man to be right-handed and to this day that still remains to be the norm. Only 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.
Throughout history and social norms, the left hand is always the “unclean” hand. In the days before proper sanitary conditions, men and women used their left hand to deal with all their “nether regions” hygiene issues. This includes the monthly issues with which women have to contend.
SO… no one and I mean no one used the left hand for any sort of social interaction. To this day we still honor that idea.
Just as a quick test, reach your left hand to shake hands and watch the other person’s eyes. You will see that you are “tripping them up” mentally. They will think a moment before offering the left hand, that is, if they even offer a hand at all.
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE…– The Kilted Prepper
