This will be my last reply. I've never made a claim that I wasn't consistent with here, so I am not a hypocrite, unless you mean I'm hypocritical for having the gall to exist after those events, and say they did wrong, but since the future follows from the past, doesn't that just mean we are unable to criticize past events at all without being hypocritical? I can do nothing about the actions of people in the past. Is it hypocritical to criticize Adam for disobeying God and bringing the curse of original sin to the Earth? Is it wrong to criticize Cain for slaying his brother out of spite? Is it wrong to criticize the Pharaoh for placing the Hebrews in bondage? I'd likely not be here if none of those events occurred, either. That oft-used and cherry-picked quote that you are using at the end, is never used in full where Christ elaborates the meaning, I posted up the full context, and and other references to "the sword", and I broke down what was being said here, that Jesus was talking about dividing up the Jewish community with his message, his words are "the sword" he is referring to. And you if you okay with that sort of resistance, then we are in agreement, that is the way to rebel that I am advocating for here. I said to preach, I said to worship, and pray, make your voice heard that way. I consider that an attack and clearly so did the people in Jesus's time, Jesus himself considered it a way of attacking, he did not bring peace, he brought division, the whole community had turned on itself, culminating in the death of the messiah at the hands of his own people, who he had come to save. In this case he is speaking in metaphors, and we know this because he goes on to explain exactly that the metaphor actually means, but people like you see the real message as being inconvenient, so you cut him off, and intentionally mislead people as to what he was saying. He did comes like a lion, he was a king and he was ferocious, but he never killed anyone, never even wounded anyone, he would not even permit someone to be executed under his direction, he did not resist his arrest, and took his torture and humiliation with patience and dignity, then he forgave the ones who did it to him, even as they were putting him to death. He even submitted to tyrannical authority, paying taxes and telling the slaves to obey their masters in order to get into Heaven, and to his people he said to submit to offence and indignity, while rewarding the perpetrators with nothing but goodness and compliance in return. The messiah's direct words were to take a blow on one cheek and turn the other to them so that they may strike it also, to give over not only the robe they ask for, but also your sandals, and he stayed true to his own teaching to the end, where he provided the ultimate example of the most extreme ends of this lesson. It was this that made their gospel so powerful, they they would endure violence, without returning it, and never deviating from their spiritual path, if they were wiped out, that would be alright, as it would be the endtimes, and all who died in flesh would be saved from the true death of sin. They weren't wiped out, and their teachings led them to spread the holy word to the four corners of the Earth, it was God's will for this to happen. God uses the faithful and sinful in his plan, he uses the ones who reject him just as he uses those who rejoice in him, mankind's acts of disobedience are also a part of his plan, remember that. However great you suffering on Earth is, your reward in Heaven are multiplied tenfold, there is no downside to obedience, nothing can happen during a short life in the fallen world that would make it worthwhile to forsake the eternal life offered to the obedience to Christ.