You were a little more quick on the draw than I testedone
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Yes Jesus said this in a parable, but he is no doubt the king in his story.
HOWEVER! I believe that this is a fundamental passage that shows the heart of Christianity; for christians do not use this passage as an excuse to commit murder.
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Nor should they….because this passage (19:27) is frequently taken out of context. The point of Luke 19:27, are those in a parable (see verse 11), referencing future prophecy regarding Revelation 7:14 - a war initiated by the enemies of Christ - in which the “Lamb” (Christ) - will end up being the one that does the slaying - JUSTICE SERVED
19:43 "For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
19:44 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because * you did not recognize the time of your visitation."
"These will wage war against the Lamb , and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful." Revelation 17:14
The notion that Jesus historically encouraged his followers to slay people in the gospels for conquest is absurd..
Franklin Graham made a good point to Campbell Brown on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-70...eature=related
It is interesting though - to compare the two different motives of those who were directly involved in the Crusades:
-Islamic Crusade Motivation-
“You who believe, shall I show you a bargain (martyrdom) that will save you from painful punishment”? (61:10)
'I call you to God and to Islam. If you respond to the call, you are Muslims: You obtain the benefits (war booty) they enjoy and take up the responsibilities they bear. If you refuse, then [you must pay] the jizyah. If you refuse the jizyah, I will bring against you tribes of people who are more eager for death than you are for life. We will fight you until God decides between us and you.' (Khalid al-Walid)
-Christian motivation-
“Greater love than this hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:3)
Two goals that were mandated by Urban II (1), rescue the Christians of the East. (2), liberate Jerusalem.
“How does a man love according to divine precept his neighbor as himself when, knowing that his Christian brothers in faith and in name are held by the perfidious Muslims in strict confinement and weighed down by the yoke of heaviest servitude, he does not devote himself to the task of freeing them? ...Is it by chance that you do not know that many thousands of Christians are bound in slavery and imprisoned by the Muslims, tortured with innumerable torments?” (Pope Urban II)