Jesus the Troublemaker
If Jesus was alive on Planet Earth today doing the same mission as two thousand years ago, what do you think would happen?
I’d bet he’d be in jail, languishing in some godawful hellhole like Guantanamo, or already dead again just like the last time around. Only his fate might come quicker in this even more dangerous age. He would be a marked man, hated and mistrusted on all sides for speaking up for the victims of violence and injustice.
Because from what we can tell, the historical Jesus was a real troublemaker. Think of it from the authorities’ point of view. There’s Jesus, going around casting out evil spirits in his own name, violating the rules of the Sabbath, entering the city like a king, causing a riot in the Temple, and letting people get all worked up thinking he was the Messiah who would kick the Romans out. No wonder the Sanhedrin and Pilate kept a suspicious eye on him.
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