Why do you think Jesus was so wildly popular with the masses and viewed as so dangerous by the establishment?
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Because he was one of them, yet they knew he was a supposed descendant of King David! His message was not one of legalism, but of an inner battle against evil.
Because he had the answers in simple terms that even children understood, and finally because he was not a hypocrite. The children loved him, the old folks who had nothing loved him, the prostitutes and the people who were taxed to death by Rome, the Kingdom of Judea, and then by their own decadent collaborating Temple leadership loved him.
He told them that the Kingdom was of them and for them, not the glories of Jerusalem's Temple or Rome itself.
He didn't have squat and didn't want squat except to make their lives bearable, and to teach them that they mattered and that they were the important people, not nobility or Roman senators or priests. In short, he showed them that they were more moral and understanding of true religion than all the wise men with their government-sponsored cults.
Or so I imagine.
Because he had the answers in simple terms that even children understood, and finally because he was not a hypocrite. The children loved him, the old folks who had nothing loved him, the prostitutes and the people who were taxed to death by Rome, the Kingdom of Judea, and then by their own decadent collaborating Temple leadership loved him.
He told them that the Kingdom was of them and for them, not the glories of Jerusalem's Temple or Rome itself.
He didn't have squat and didn't want squat except to make their lives bearable, and to teach them that they mattered and that they were the important people, not nobility or Roman senators or priests. In short, he showed them that they were more moral and understanding of true religion than all the wise men with their government-sponsored cults.
Or so I imagine.
He was popular because He reached out and showed compassion to the lepers, the beggars, and the outcasts of society. He showed them He cared, they reciprocated.
The establishment hated him because he jeopardized their power and publicly pointed out their flaws, which they probably knew He was right. First chance they had to get rid of Him, they did, which was exactly what was supposed to happen.
The establishment hated him because he jeopardized their power and publicly pointed out their flaws, which they probably knew He was right. First chance they had to get rid of Him, they did, which was exactly what was supposed to happen.
People liked getting their feet washed.
quote:First chance they had to get rid of Him, they did, which was exactly what was supposed to happen.
I have always wondered if he knew before that he would die? Not a few days before, but as a child, of which we have almost no information. Did Mary ever say, one day you will die a horrible death but you will save billions of people? I have a very strange mind.