Throughout my years of reading Scripture I've wondered when to apply turn the other cheek, and when to pray imprecatory prayers, or even when it was appropriate to turn over the tables of the moneychangers.
If anyone has researched the New World Order they know that some dark days are ahead. What they have planned is martial law and taking everyones guns. Throughout history whenever a tyrant wanted to take over they would disarm the people first so they couldn't fight back.
If anyone has read about the Christian Armenian genocide you see what is done to Christians. At what point do you think that you should fight back rather than turn the other cheek?
I think there is a definite balance to be held and different situations warrant a different response.God doesn't want us to be doormats to other people and doing what is right where necessary shouldn't be seen as been wrong in terms of being assertive in life with the right motives.Yet inappropriate aggression,violence, terrible verbal abusive traits all in the name of being assertive..standing up for oneself aren't good displays.
Things like self defence can sometimes be so difficult sometimes because the amount of force used in cases of self defence can be debated as being too excessive as people even can go to prison for defending themselves when their lives were in danger.
Forgiveness,not holding grudges and being meek and a peacemaker are traits we all should display with Godz help.Yet at the same time recognising that meekness is not weakness but strength not to retaliate when you know you could.
Turning the other cheek,choosing to let things go are displays of Grace and I guess the greater the offence caused the harder it can be to turn the other cheek...but to this we are called...Yet God has shown us grace,forgiven us ect and we are called to manifest the same thing to others..yet there is wisdom in that too.Where a crime has been committed against us ect there is the judicial system there to bring justice and bring perpetrators to account and is there for the common good
I knew a Christian who very sadly met another Christian guy for a date ect who raped her..she didn't go to the police ect which she had every right to do..but just wanted him to accept what he did was wrong....but he never did and blamed her ect..
I wouldn't say she turned the other cheek in that sense but held him to account of what he did by meeting him again....but he refused to admit his sin.