Posted on 11/24/2020 3:16:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
The Bible says that Pilate couldn’t care less about Jesus. Pilate actually interviewed Jesus and also sent him to King Herod for examination. The testimony of the Bible says that none of these men, rulers in Judea, were able to corroborate the false claims...
“Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.” Luke 23:14-16.
You will notice how Pilate basically clears Jesus from any charge of insurrection against Rome. Next, the Roman Governor says for the “third time” that Jesus was an innocent man. Rome did not care about Jesus and viewed Him as nothing more than a Jewish preacher...It was the mob that wanted Jesus dead. This is a very powerful point in the gospel narrative:
“But they (mob) cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he (Pilate) said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they (mob) were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.” Luke 23:21-24.
Did Pilate order the execution of Christ because he found Jesus guilty of being a threat to the Roman Empire? No. Was it because Jesus was burning buildings and calling for an uprising against Rome? No way.
Pilate authorized the death of Jesus because the crowd demanded It..
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Even the rioting mobs are part of God's plan.
To understand what really happened, you have to ask the question “why did Jesus allow his crucifixion?”
Yeah well He died for all our sins. No one lifted a finger during His six trials and crucifixion. Not Romans, not Jews or Greeks. We’re all guilty and there’s one way to be cleansed white as snow and that’s accepting His free gift.
“Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children” (Matthew 27:25).
And it has. The blood of 6 million of them was shed during WWII, countless millions during the Dark Ages. The Jews accepted the blame, and they will pay for it until the day that they recognize Jesus Christ as their Messiah in the future . . .
“And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends” (Zechariah 13:6).
Wow.
See new Tagline, not that Trump is Jesus, but he’s closer to Jesus than to Hitler.
And God ordained of from the beginning. The mobs were His instrument as well
You’re reading the Gospels wrong. Jesus died to save his friends, his followers. His actions inspire us to do the same!
You’re reading the Gospels wrong. Jesus died to save his friends, his followers. His actions inspire us to do the same!
More, please.
***Pilate authorized the death of Jesus because the crowd demanded It..***
I often times wonder, how many of that rabble had just a few days before taken up palm fronds and said to him..”Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
The mob is fickle.
Many did as they saw The Lord as the instrument to overturn Rome and when the crowd realized this was not going to be the case they turned on Him.
The crucifixion of Jesus was an example of pure
democracy.
It’s why our founders gave us a republic.
Joh 7:19 Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill Me.”
Joh 7:20 The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill You?”
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Joh 7:25 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
I always liked the above. No one is trying to kill you, yet a few verses later, “ Isn’t that they guy they want to kill?”
It is always they, never we.
“He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace;
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race.”
—Charles Wesley, 1738
Many did as they saw The Lord as the instrument to overturn Rome and when the crowd realized this was not going to be the case they turned on Him.
They turned when he was arrested ?
He was about to be set free.
Not arguing.
Agree. John 3:16 for starters.
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