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Alexander, you sound angry today. So, you have the power to 'yell' at people? I know much of dispensed power. I've been yelled at many times in my life, but I've also experienced kindness from those possessing dominance over me. Of course they didn't listen to your abusive commands, my friend. Now, don't take this the wrong way and get your robes in a knot, but perhaps they are not the 'difficult people'. The message under the stone speaks of the power of this Jesus. It says he has the power to grant us relief from our despair, our poverty, our pain. But here is the paradox: we are only granted this relief Jesus offers if we are obedient, submissive to his power. Strange message, is it not, Alexander? Let's take you, for example. You obviously have a position of dominance over people. You said so yourself. But this status you have been blessed with by the gods is useless without the submission of your people. The ethos of this Roman occupied nation dictates that those in power maintain order and those oppressed become submissive to their oppressors. Herein lies the problem: the pathos of the oppressed Jews has taken a turn with the message John the Baptist brings--a promise of righteousness and hope of deliverance has taken over their passion. Their sympathies have been shifted from fear and submission of Roman rule, to a possibility of freedom and change through the obedience to this son of god. Seems to me the Jews are infortunatus either way. They are still enslaved, if not by Roman rule, then by this new ruler whom John claims to be the son of god. I don't see how they could be any better off. I just don't get it. The message further stated that Jesus has the power to judge justly, but only according to the will of the one who sent him. This information confuses me most of all. For if this Jesus is the prophetic Messiah of these so called 'children of Abraham', how can he, himself, be submissive to the will of another, to the 'one who sent him'? This defies logic. No, Alexander, I am not siding with these Jews or the Gentile believers of this new movement (although many traveling with us have become my friends--they are an engaging sort of people); I am merely thinking out loud, trying to process the logic of what I have learned from these messages. Did you bring some wine with you today, my gentile friend? You always bring the best wine. Uh oh, here comes Joe. Wonder what he has to say about today's message. Levi, move over. You smell like fish. |
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