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A. I guess I am not convinced that Jesus did not land or intend to land the whip on someone. I\u2019ve read Heiser (and indeed endorsed his book) but I don\u2019t remember this particular argument. As a matter of fact, I don\u2019t know of anyone (but there must be) who would argue that the conquest of the land has to do with the elimination of the descendants of the Nephilim. The Bible certainly doesn\u2019t style it that way, so Mike must be speaking to some \u201curban legend\u201d about the Bible. Also not sure that Jesus completely prohibits his disciples from using violence. He certainly does in terms of promoting his message, but I can\u2019t make sense of his statement as recorded in Luke that they should take \u201ctwo swords\u201d with them other than thinking he is giving them permission for self-defense. [N.B. Actually, what the Greek says Jesus said when the disciples say \u2018we have two swords\u2019 is \u2018Enough of that [foolishness]\u2019 which is hardly an endorsement of using weapons But even if Jesus permitted weapons when disciples were on the road, it may be for protection against wild animals, not to be used to do violence on other human beings. BW3] <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"