“What is it you have done?” It could have been the name
calling. You brood of vipers. You white washed tombs. You blind guides. It
could have been the consistent breaking of Sabbath laws. It could have been the
incident in the temple. Or we could take Caiaphas at his word, “it is better
that one man dies for the people than the whole nation perishes." Fear is
a powerful motivator and even a nation under Roman occupation seeks at all
costs to hold onto the illusion of being in control. But Jesus is doing
something else. If we take him at his word, He lays down his life only to take
it up again to draw all people to himself because the world will perish unless this one man dies. Of course we who are on the side of truth for all sorts of
practical reasons are still tempted to make Jesus’ kingdom look more like Pilate’s.
But the greater truth of this Christ who is the King, handed over to a puppet
politician by self-righteous religious rulers, is that he dies for them as
well. Talk about going rouge. That really is a kingdom from another place.
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