"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! 

I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Your enemies will be right in your own household!"

Matthew 10:34-36 NLT

Jesus is sending his 12 out on a mission and this is part of the instruction.

The mission is to those who are lost.

The mission is to tell people that the thing they've been waiting for, looking for, the kingdom of heaven, is right here. 

That Jesus is who he says he is. 

And that mission is going to get them accepted in some places, rejected in others. 

That mission is to go as sheep among wolves - rejection could get really bad - you're heading into places with a message people will not like. 

And here Jesus is letting them know that the message of the kingdom that they're taking may divide even the closest and strongest of relationships: family. 

Some may remember the Springbok rugby tour of 1981, or who could forget the vaccine mandates of 2021, things that divided communities and even families. 

Jesus was not the Jesus that many people were waiting for, expecting him to be like, wanting him to do. 

And when you align yourself with Jesus, that rejection is going to impact you too. 

What did Jesus do when rejected?

Loved people anyway.

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