Luther's Struggle with Rebellion

If you study Martin Luther's writings long enough, you will understand his distaste for rebellion.  In fact the reason why he flips on supporting the Peasant's  revolt is that he begins to see it as an act of rebellion toward the state of Germany.  That act begins to shape Luther's theology toward a more Augustine approach. Luther saw himself as a reformer not a rebel and noted that rebellion was not to be condoned.  Most of the flips and flops in Luther's theology and ideas do show a resistance to actions of rebellion, but it led to him accepting the German state as having God granted authority, a Constantine/Augustinian idea.  It may have been a reason why later he writes to noblemen on how to deal with Jews in his frustration in failing to convert the ones living in Germany.