You'd think a nation which claims the most revolutionary figure in human history as it's spiritual identity would behave differently than American lawmakers make the government behave. But it is not so, church and state merely changed the meaning of their revolutionary patron while calling it the same thing.
This PUBLIC
figure is Jesus, from Nazareth a galvanizing figure of the first century of the common era. He was an unemployed homeless transient Palestinian teacher of spiritual wisdom who
mandated, among other things: feeding, clothing and housing the poor as well as healing their
illnesses without cost and seeing to it their lives were worth living. The common folk loved him because he was one of them. The government and the church hated him because he made them both look bad. Even as obscure as he was the momentous impact his teaching has had is difficult to comprehend. While Jesus of Nazareth is often referred to as the Son of God, what endears him to mankind is that he referred to himself as The Son of Man, or Joshua Ben Adam, highlighting his solidarity with the human race.
That's what this revolutionary figure Jesus wanted us to do for each other in order to bring about a just society based on the brotherhood of man which is the family of God.
A poor man understands this immediately, a rich man requires persuasion.
That's what this revolutionary figure Jesus wanted us to do for each other in order to bring about a just society based on the brotherhood of man which is the family of God.
A poor man understands this immediately, a rich man requires persuasion.
Really that's what he was all about! He wanted to show what a great difference a change in heart can make.
You can see those ideas are really
revolutionary when spoken in a Capitalist society that values wealth, status and power above all else.
You see it... right?
It's as plain as the nose on your face.
But America, a self professed Christian nation, will have nothing to do with these ideas of serving humanity from the bottom of
its heart. It'll do it half heartedly if a buck can be made from its efforts, but not if it can't make that buck.
By embracing this attitude America takes on the nature of an
Anti-Christ and it should be required to stop referring to itself as a
Christian nation... unless being a Christian means to disavow the teaching of
Jesus of Nazareth, the homeless spiritual teacher from Palestine and eternity.
America's political choices are disparaging the Jesus brand on almost every point by its domestic and foreign polices.
America's political choices are disparaging the Jesus brand on almost every point by its domestic and foreign polices.
America you're giving Jesus a black eye and
painting a moustache on the face of God with all the mayhem and self-interested profit seeking you're involved in.
America it's time to repent and humbly follow
your God's teaching of caring for your neighbor instead of exploiting your neighbor for profit.
However, whatever, I doubt you will change your mind and
serve THE PEOPLE with a pure intention. America, I wish you would. But without a change of heart and mind...you won't, you cant. Without that change of heart such ideas are beyond your imagination.
In the beginning God said:
Later on Jesus said he was gonna be really pissed if people didn't go out of their way to help one another:
the lawmakers in America say:
We have to change that, right?
Written as a poem, a prayer, a lament and a plea Even so, come Lord Jesus.
Amen.
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