day no. 15,966: faithful, fruitful multiplication leads to inevitable, eternal division

Luke 23:12

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves

Jesus brings people together.

But not into one, unified mass mind you. All of humanity is headed for one of two camps: the seed of the serpent or the seed of Eve and Jesus is a watershed that forces everyone into one uniform or the other.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,

and between thy seed and her seed;

it shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

The enmity between the two sides unifies each against the other. On the side of the serpent there are divisions coming to a head under a common opposition to God's imposition.

Psalm 2:1-3

Why do the heathen rage,

and the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves,

and the rulers take counsel together,

against the Lord, and against his anointed,

saying, Let us break their bands asunder,

and cast away their cords from us.

The rallying point for the seeds of the serpent is a shared resistance to the sovereign claims of God in the singular person of His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, the Lord. Hatred of Him is their meeting place in case of emergency. Cursing the Christ is their designated rendezvous.

So, Jesus unites peoples either in their opposition to Him or in their obedience to Him. 

Thus, Jesus divides people.

He is the watershed that joins all tributaries into opposite oceans. He brings the two opposing forces into complete focus. All of His followers are diversified in their individual likes and dislikes and unified in their first love. All of His detractors are unified in their dislikes and diversified in their individual self-love: they share a common interest in their respective self-interest.

Matthew 10:34

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

If Jesus had not come, the world would be more unified. The entire earth would have come together in one firm middle finger against God and His Christ. But because of Jesus, there is division on earth. Because of Him an alternative exists. Because He produced enmity between the fruit of wickedness and the fruit of the woman, there is not one unified mass of humanity sliding headfirst into the horrors of hell.

Luke 12:51

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.

The earth is divided because God keeps His promises. The sides are coming together because of Him. The one rallies together out of a shared resistance to His authority, like Coachella, and the other out of a shared insistence on His authority, like the Church.

When God's people multiply it leads to increased division. It sets more apart to everlasting life from those headed toward everlasting destruction. It makes salvation a possibility and divides the number of sinners into redeemed sinners and recalcitrant sinners. Faithful, fruitful multiplication leads to inevitable, eternal division.