One of the most controversial — and least understood — verses in the New Testament is Christ’s command to his disciples if they are ever struck on the cheek:
“But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”
–Matthew 5:39
As with most verses in the Bible, most Christians are taught to cherry-pick verses to suit their own purposes — often taking them completely out of both the scriptural and historical contexts in which they were written.
In fact, there are countless verses, phrases and parables in both the Old and New Testaments whose meanings are still obscure today because they used figures of speech and idioms whose original meanings and contexts have been lost or intentionally distorted over the cultural and linguistic changes in the last 2,000 years.
This problem is especially true of Matthew 5:39 — as most modern Christians who have been steeped in cultural Marxism and the pernicious dogmas of eastern mysticism — where we have been brainwashed into extolling subversive aliens such as the pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi, as some sort of modern-day “Christ-like” icon.
But Israelites and Christian converts in the Roman Empire — especially in Roman-occupied Judea — were often treated as second-class citizens and subversives — and the Roman soldiers often treated them as such.
After all, the Pharisees and Sadducees conspired to falsely convince the Roman authorities that Christ and His followers wanted to overthrow the Romans and install Christ as their earthly king of Judea — clearly this was an example of projection, as the Pharisees rejected Christ because they believed their true “messiah” would be just another earthly king who would rule over the material world — something that “Jews” today still believe for their coming rabbi/moshiach.
Either way, Christians in the Roman world had to tread very carefully knowing they were being accused of being revolutionaries — and Roman soldiers would often treat them as such.
In this context, we can now look at Christ’s admonition in Matthew 5:39 to “turn the other cheek” when struck — a video was posted on YouTube (view it below) which explains the historical context of this verse — and we have checked it with other sources and found that it is accurate.
The narration states the following:
“When Jesus told his followers to “turn the other cheek” when struck in the face by an enemy, it has usually been interpreted as a call to Christian pacifism.
However, the meaning was more literal. Jerusalem was under Roman occupation, and according to Roman law, a Roman soldier was legally permitted to strike you on the cheek.
So if you struck back, or otherwise attacked the soldier, you would be imprisoned, punished, or even killed.
And for a people seeking their independence, getting killed over petty disputes was not exactly optimal.
The statement wasn’t an argument to accept your humiliation in every situation — or to never defend yourself. Jesus also told His disciples to buy a sword [Luke 22:36] and to carry a purse when on their missionary trips. Along the road, they would surely encounter brigands who do much more than slap them on the cheek.”
But there’s more to this situation when a Christian is struck by a Roman soldier — as explained in the essay “On Turning the Other Cheek (and How It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does)“:
“…[A] a slap on the right cheek meant the soldier backhanded [an Israelite], which was a far more demeaning slap.
‘It was degrading….It was what you gave to an inferior or a slave.’ To not break down emotionally and simply turn the other cheek meant that the soldier couldn’t slap you again on the right cheek, and….’he can’t slap you with his left hand, because that is unclean for both of you.’
The soldier’s only option was to slap with the palm of his hand, and ‘this was not the way to slap a slave. This was reserved for equals.’ Thus, in giving the other cheek, the degraded person asserted his humanity in a brave countermove — a humble response, yet also an act of courage against an oppressive system.”
Yes, there is precedence for this strategy in the Old Testament, notably in Lamentations:
“He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.”
—Lamentations 3:30
But the context here in Lamentations is different — it speaks of codes of behavior among Israelites — as opposed to in Matthew where the slap is more likely to be struck by a Roman soldier with the power to have you imprisoned or killed.
In the first thousand years following the conversion of Europeans to Christianity, there was no such culture of Christian pacifism — Christians wouldn’t hesitate to pick up their swords and defend their faith and nations in some of the most bloody and horrific battles the world had ever witnessed.
So what changed?
But all that changed in the 20th century with the rise of ersatz “judeo-Christianity” — a judaized, watered-down form of Christianity which emphasized one’s “personal relationship” with “Jesus” while forsaking the Christian’s responsibility to defend his own nation and race — which are the foundations of the faith.
At the end of World War II — and the defeat of the “evil Nazis” — this traditional Christian responsibility toward one’s nation and race became demonized and pathologized — while “individualism” was elevated to the highest of virtues — culminating in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stated:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”
This elevation of personal rights — no matter what they are — over the collective good became fundamental to the new ideal “human” world citizen — and Christianity experienced countless schisms into thousands of different denominations, each pursuing their own path to “personal salvation” regardless of its effect on the entire body of Christendom and its Christ-bearing race.
This watered-down Christianity was eviscerated — reduced to cherry-picked platitudes such as “turn the other cheek” — “judge not lest you be judged” — “do unto others” — and simply “Jesus loves you.”
Christians have failed to heed Paul’s warning in Ephesians 4:5,
“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.”
And again in 2 Corinthians 11:3,
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
The eternal enemies of Christendom couldn’t have asked for less effective versions of the faith capable of combating them.
They knew that no matter how they subverted and destroyed our Christian nations and peoples that Christians would predictably “turn the other cheek” instead of fight back — while pretending that those who conspired to murder their Messiah didn’t now have all Christians in their crosshairs.
It’s no wonder that many White Nationalists who recognize who our eternal enemies are look at this ineffectual form of Christianity with disgust — and have rejected it outright — while ignoring it’s past when it could still neutralize those enemies and keep them in check.
Christ chased the money changers out of the Temple with a whip — and those same money changers now not only control our houses of worship — temples of Mammon worship which live in constant dread of losing their coveted 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status “for fear of the Jews” who can take it away if these infiltrated churches get out of line.
Those same money changers now control not just our churches, but our entire nations — but we “turn the other cheek” and dare not do anything about it because, after all, they call themselves God’s Chosen People™ — and have convinced us that they are our “betters” both in the faith and materially — and that our “salvation” is dependent on our blessing and financially supporting them.
There is no future for a Christianity that is divorced from the White European race which has been its standard bearers for the last 2,000 years — a race that wouldn’t hesitate to obey Christ’s command to pick up a sword and purse and defend themselves instead of “turning the other cheek.”
I condensed this post into a stupid meme. Memes can be very effective, though there is probably too much small text in this one for some meme consumers.
Still though, I think it could be effective in getting a casual person to quickly reconsider the phrase’s meaning (“Turn the other cheek”) in a different light
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Nowhere in the NT does it command Christians to be the doormats of the world, yet that’s exactly what they’ve become.
Christianity has become a false “self-help” gospel, a prosperity gospel, that promises that you will be able to live “your best life” and achieve your material dreams, no different from the message preached by so-called “life coaches” like Tony Robbins and Jordan Peterson.
When your “faith” is all about yourself and what it can do for you materially, you will live in fear of losing it, and those who fear losing their material wealth will always fear the true gospel or calling out the purveyors of Mammon.
Thank you for the ongoing Christian (and historical) education in your posts, CFT.
Very valuable for someone like me who essentially grew up in a secular household.
I’ll continue teaching my children these points.
It’s strange when you think about it how Christians have taken a very specific example of being slapped on the cheek and extrapolated as a call to total pacifism in all cases.
It reminds of those cases where White families forgive a feral negro who rapes and murders their daughters. I don’t believe there’s any scripture that tells Whites to forgive racial aliens for murdering them, yet Whites want to virtue signal and even offer a place in their homes for the rapist/murderer.
This is pathological “Christianity”.
At this point White Christians would rather die than be called “racists”. Even though the Israelites were the original “racists” — and so is their God.
It’s easier to fool someone than to convince someone that they have been fooled. This is true of judaeo-Christianity , aka jewgayo-cuckstianity. It’s amazing that so many White Adamic men would buy in to this jewish grift, but many people get bored with reality and insist that their ears be tickled with new ideas (especially if they are fake and jewish!- That’s the story of the 20th century.)
It’s a pretty easy formula for the jew: make a movie to two or three with the jewish lies presented as truth and the bored sheeple instantly believe it.
Many of us have labored to try and get the White European Adamites that are caught in the net of judeo-Christianity to discern and realize the lies, false doctrines, fairy tales and deception of judeo-Christianity, but we realize how complete the brainwashing is when we are met with their fierce, jew-defending cuckoldry instead of glad appreciation.
After years of this, one realizes that most White Adamite Christians are being swept away by satan and his jews into the cursed abyss. jewgayo-cuckstianity is like a cup of extremely weak coffee, no one wants to drink it because it is so watered down, bland, and tasteless. What Good is salt if it has lost its saltiness, but to be thrown out and trampled by men?
I believe this foul abomination, judeo-Christianity, is on its last legs. Per usual, the hands-rubbing decepticon jew is hanging on by a tattered red Kabbalah string, hoping the jewish lies will be strong enough ‘glue’ to keep their record-breaking satanic scam ‘alive.’
Thanks again, CFT !
Oldsaxxon …..
Great comment based on Observation.
What do you mean specifically when you say — “…judeo-christianianty is on its last legs”?
Of course church attendance is way down, but I’m seeing a faux revival — which just makes it even worse. The Deception is getting deeper. The right/conservative/maga movement is moving this needle of Deception even further.
They see how corrupt the world is — but they follow the pied pipers of conservatism, who put “jews” as sacred.
Trump, DeSantis and all the other leading Republicans are all loyal to the jews. And this propaganda then seeps down into “christian” churches.
We recently were exposed to some kind of massive “revival” in Kentucky, as an example.
I think you were right that judeo-christianianity WAS on its last legs, but I see now the Jewish hand to bring it back.
The “Chosen” movie is another good example. Hollywood also put out a movie about the “Jesus People Movement” from the late 60’s. Kelsey Grammar playing of all people — Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel fame (ironically my pastor growing up).
I think the Jewish “think tanks” are bi-polar — on one hand they want to decimate Christians, but then realize how important false Christians are to their goal of Tikkum Olam.
I see more of the same for the future, sadly.
More motivation for us to continue to drop seeds of Truth wherever we go.
Cheers!
I agree, Brother. It’s both. On the one hand it is dying/dead. On the other hand it climbs out of the grave like a zombie. (((It))) neither lives nor dies. LOL.
The judeo-Christian pastors are no doubt busy trying to regroup and rebrand after they betrayed their flocks by pushing the Covid vaccines on them and leading so many to the slaughter for the jew. Even Joshua’s army was reduced by a large percent .
Maybe not many will ever escape the clutches of the jew. Have a nice day! Thanks
oldsaxxon ………
…. (((It))) neither lives nor dies…..”
Reminds me of the adage — “….to control the opposition, we must lead it …” Lenin (my paraphrase)
From this point forward, the Js will always control Mainstream Christianity.
I don’t see how today, a “small group” of Spirit Filled Believers could be “Spirit Lead” without the Identity message.
I’ve always contemplated whether “Race” was a Salvation issue — i.e., can you truly know God and He know you without the conviction to be lead towards our Identity as Israelites?
I think there is too much information now available and anyone who ignores that information today, just does not have the Spirit of Discernment i.e., the Holy Spirit. Period.
20+ years ago, when I was a judeo-christian, I was actually confronted with Revisionist Information. Someone saying that the holycaust was a hoax. I was irate!
But …… that “thought” never left my conscious. Then years later, after 9-11 and one thing leading to another, I was challenged once again to consider that thought. The rest his history.
I see “Identity” as the same process. I have told scores of family and friends about “Identity”. They all scoff. They had their chance. I see it now as a kind of reflection now upon their Spirit. Heck ………….. I can’t get them to reject OSAS! How will they ever come around to Identity. Sad. 🙁
I have hope that the Chosen movie/show will backfire on the Jews and Mormons (distinction without difference?) who make it.
My reasoning for this is that in the circles I run in, the folks who have seen it are dissatisfied with the brownness of the motley crew of mixed race disciples, can’t tell them apart by their appearance, and identify with the white Romans who are identified by the show as being Nazis in all but name.
In short, I believe everyone knows at some level that black/brown Jesus is wrong and the more brown Jesus is shoved in their face, the more that knowledge bubbles up.