Jesus' actions can teach us many things, and I'm 100% with you: individual rights, challenging peaceful authority, identifying right vs wrong, and pursuing truth are all good things.
But, its bit anachronistic to think Jesus' death is supposed to teach us those things. Jesus' death wasn't a mere peaceful challenge to authority. To the contrary, Jesus' death was an act of service, an act of submission to an unjust and false authority (the Romans), and ultimately an act of assertion of *his* authority. "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." He was proving his diety. He was asserting his sovereignty and his love. Only he could do those things because only he was blameless and God incarnate.
So we don't model Jesus' death when we challenge authority. We model his death when we turn the other cheek, when we sacrifice what is rightfully ours for the benefit of another.
imho.
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2024-03-31 23:12:03
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