Jesus was the original agent provocateur both for the Roman Occupiers of the time, but more for the Jewish authorities. He challenged them and their rigid interpretation of the ancient scriptures and their strict adherence to Hebrew law. He questioned their moral authority, and for that reason they believed that to ensure their preservation he had to be sacrificed and offered for crucifixion.
If Jesus were here today, he would stand alongside those who are persecuted by oppressive regimes, and sometimes who die for their beliefs at the hands of their torturers. They have only mirrored the stand that Jesus made. They are prisoners of conscience; their own ,and the forgotten moral conscience of the regimes they oppose.
- A confusion of noise around Jesus every day. Some people for him. Some wanted him out of the way. Only at night time was there time for quiet prayer.
"We strain to glimpse your mercy seat
and find you kneeling at our feet " Brian Wren
Sometimes we are looking up - when we should look down to see Christ in our world.
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