One of the most common beliefs about Jesus is that he came to make the world a “better place”, by providing an example of how to live a “Godly life,” by serving others.
I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth?
No, I tell you, but division.
From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. (Luke chapter 12)
Jesus never taught his followers to “make the world a better place.” He taught, instead, that the Kingdom of God was invading earth, and disrupting Satan’s kingdom. The life of the followers of Jesus is vividly described by Jesus, and demonstrated by his own life and those who followed him in the New Testament documents, as a life of constant conflict, a spiritual war of encountering, and opposing, the world system ruled by Satan.