Peter's Sword

Modern Americans are taught to be passive. The prevailing philosophy in the public schools imbues the student with a compliant character, binding him in a lord-serf relationship to the State. The modern man, therefore, acquires a distaste for weapons and martial art as, somehow, morally reprehensible. This is as his Statist taskmasters wish. It is impossible to subjugate a man possessed of the will to persevere, of a mind adept at critical thinking, and who has obtained the means of physical defense. Often, the Statist (whose modern incarnation is the Liberal Fascist) will make a perverse appeal to Christian principle in support of his effeminate doctrine of impotence. As the Father of Lies so often does, the Statist speaks in half truths and perverts the doctrines of Christ into a misshapen ethos of passivism.

It is written otherwise.

It may come as a shock to many that Christ specifically instructed his disciples to acquire weapons, swords, to be specific. To the same disciples that He directed the exhortation to turn the other cheek, Christ commanded: "and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." Luke 22:36 This command came just before Christ allowed himself to be taken captive by the chief priests. It is interesting to note that Christ placed the acquisition of a sword even above that of rainment. As essential as articles of clothing are to modesty and human dignity, the command to keep and bear arms was held to be superior in relation. And, so, the disciples responded that they possessed two swords. And, Christ in his perfect equanimity said, "It is enough." v.38. And so, the disciples went forward, armed to meet the chief priests and their minions, possessed of the full measure of human dignity--armed as free men in the presence of their Sovereign Lord. As the fateful moment was upon them, confronted by the servants of Satan, Peter asked his Lord, "shall we smite with the sword?" This is the prayer of every warrior, of every "sword saint." In the quiet before the battle is enjoined the bujin still asks, Lord "shall we smite with the sword?" For the victor does not conquer by the strength of his own arm, but by the might of the Almighty. Peter acted with his characteristic rashness and struck off the ear of the High Priest's servant. Undoubtedly, Peter's desire was to strike off the servant's head. At this display of righteous but impetuous wrath and aggression, Christ gives the answer that Peter should have waited for, "Suffer ye thus far." v.51 Then, Christ simply heals the servant's severed ear. No further remonstrations are given. No condemnation is uttered by Christ for the act of violence. It is an episode which sheds Divine light on the God-given right to possess and bear arms. And, it is a Divine repudiation of all who malign the warrior spirit, the urge in good men to defend what is right.

So, those who teach men to cower in the shadows, to wait for a salvation from the State, to live their lives as slaves devoid of the human dignity found in the sword, are at enmity with God himself. The passivist cannot hide behind contorted doctrines to which the name of Christ is applied. And, the Christian bujin must recognize a duty to defend what is right with his sword--whether it be made of steel or whether it be fashioned out of the ephemera of thought. Ultimately, the Bible itself is the spiritual sword, unbreakable and immutable; cutting the soul and bringing men to repentance. These are dark days indeed. The people perish from the lack of vision (revelation). It is now more important than ever that men be willing to battle for what is right as our forefathers did when an English despot bore down upon them with the machine of tyranny.

"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee withersover thou goest." Joshua 1:9

"When circumstances necessitate, however, those who do not fear the strong and protect the weak should be called true warriors." Masaaki Hatsumi