Turn the Other Cheek

Hello world. I want to talk to you real quickly about something that is very confusing in the Bible. And the reason I started thinking about this is because of Benjamin Netanyahu. Of course, it's all over the inner web. His response about Jesus Christ verses Khan, and I did an entire substack on that, so I'm not gonna deal with that right here. But you can always go to my Substack, professor Toto. Do substack.com and read my article about Benjamin Netanyahu. But it did get me to thinking the question was posed to him, shouldn't you use more restraint, follow the teachings of Christ concerning turning the other cheek instead of being a warrior like Gingis Khan. And it was then that I, I realized that. The entire Christian world has completely misunderstood the teaching of Christ. Concerning turning the other cheek, I'd like to break it down for you. First of all, the Bible is perfect. It can never contradict itself. If it does, there is a problem, but it's not with the Bible. It's with your comprehension of what it's saying. Remember the new. Testament comes from a foundation called Torah. We make a great mistake when we read the New Testaments about turning the other cheek without paralleling it. To the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. It's in those first five books where you find the mind of God how he thinks. And one thing we find in the Torah is that Yahweh was a man of war. It's what he called him, a man of war. We also find that he commanded his people to fight many, many, many times. And so when we get into the New Testament, Yeshua, the son of Yahweh. Seems to say something totally, totally opposite, almost contradictory. He says, if your brother strikes you on the cheek, turn the other cheek to him. Well. Most people ask the next question, what do I do when I run out of cheeks? And that is a good question, but let me explain. In the Torah the Old Testament, there's a principle and it says, if you're going to war, always. Offer peace first. If you're going into a war that's not of your making, you're not doing it for the wrong purpose, you're just doing it for survival. Perhaps they're, they're tormenting you. Taurus says, before you attack, offer them. Peace, send a message and say, listen, let's count the cost. Let's not go to war. So Yeshua takes that principle into the New Testament and says, if someone strikes you on the cheek, remember in Hebrew culture, the strike on a cheek was a personal insult. It was not an act of war. It was an insult to you. Personally, I mean, after all, you can't get any more insulting than to be slapped on the cheek. Yeshua was saying, make sure before you respond that you're not responding because you have been insulted or because you have been offended. Make sure that this is not about you and it's not about your ego. Turn the other cheek. In other words, absorb personal insults, absorb the wrong, that's done to you personally. But we have to remember, there is a time for war. There is a time for justice. When you turn the other cheek, what you're saying is, I'm offering you peace. Please don't push this to a war, but. If it is a righteous war and you have turned the other cheek and counted the cost, and realize this is not about my, in my ego, I can take a personal insult. However, a slap on the cheek is not attempted murder. It's not manslaughter, it's not homicide. It's not a justified war. For war to be justified, it has to be bigger than your ego and your insult. Yeshua is teaching you a lesson here. Stop, absorb. It has nothing to do with if someone is attacking you physically. You can't defend yourself. Oh, contraire, there's a time for war, but your duty as a believer. It is to make sure that the war is justified, that it's righteous, that it's about something bigger than your personal insult, that it's harming other people, that it's causing damage, real damage. That's when you can go to war. But even then, there are restrict. Actions in warfare. It's called justice. And what Yeshua is saying, if someone slaps you on the cheek and you offer them peace, but they continue, then take it to the magistrates. Don't handle it yourself. Make sure your emotions are not controlling you, but the law. Is the Torah is in our case, the law of the land. Go to the district attorney, go to the courts, and if your church, if they're a member of your church, take it to the church, but don't make it about you personally. So I hope that helps. Thank you so much for watching. Have a wonderful day.