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In today's Western crisis of modernity, we are witnessing the clash of Power and Truth as dramatically embodied in the confrontation between Christ and Pontius Pilate.
For Truth today has been sacrificed by the so called “elites” for the expression of Power. We see this for example when the supposed purveyors of Truth, the media, gives us little more than propaganda in pursuit of the uni-party ideology. Colleges and Universities are actively preventing any contrary ideas to their party narrative and Big Tech routinely cancels those who dare hold a view not in line with their comrades in Power.
This Truth vs Power dynamic also played out in the civil rights battles in the 50’s & 60’s. The Truth side as personified by the Rev. King adopted the passive resistance mode of protest thereby revealing to the world that they were on the Right side of history and held the morally superior position. On the Power side of this great equality struggle was Malcolm X and others like the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers who said revolt and terrorism are the only viable tools to combat the oppression of discrimination. Is it irony that MLK became a martyr of the Civil Rights movement when he was shot down by a southern bigot and Malcolm X became a murder statistic when he was gunned down by his own “brothers” of his movement? Yet, both approaches, Truth and Power, remain current among in the black community to this day.
Turning now to the parallels with the Christ and Pilate confrontation and to the divisions playing out in our current miserable situation. All the elements are here. We have our Christ; the ultimate standard of Truth, whose place is held today by most of the Orthodox Church as well as others who believe in the supremacy of Truth. In opposition to us, holding the place of Pilate in the worship of power, are all of those who have adopted this “means justifies the ends” approach of establishing a Utopian vision of global equality run by an elitist cabal concerned only with maintain their hegemony.
The crowd who were yelling for Pilate to crucify Christ are not the same people who who days earlier were throwing palm leaves on our Saviors path with enthusiastic Hails and well wishes. No, the rowdy mob at Jesus’ trial that day were instigators who forced their way to the front, close to Pilate, inspired perhaps even paid by the Jewish elitists and rulers. Just as the woke zombies of the BLM, Antifa, Trans activists, environmental wackos, etc… scream loudest but represent just a tiny minority, these people make it seem as if they speak for the entire populace.
Just as the Jewish elitist conspired to release Barabbas, a notorious prisoner (Mt 27:16), can we not see this being played out in real time today as these progressive DAs across the country have freed criminals and unleashed a crime wave of unprecedented proportions?
And one more thing. What if we interpret this scene of Jesus, Pilate, Barabbas, the mob, etc... in scripture chronologically contemporaneous with what's going on in our time? That is, what if it is prophetic and that Christ represents the Church today.
The spiritual warfare we live in today presents the scenario of these post-modernists looking to destroy (crucify) the Church.
What if the story-line of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, Passion, Death and Resurrection corresponds with the triumph of the Church in the world, our current decadence which seeks to dismantle the church (Passion), the Church being banned or abandoned (God is Dead) and then the second coming (Resurrection). Could we be heading into the End Times?
For Truth today has been sacrificed by the so called “elites” for the expression of Power. We see this for example when the supposed purveyors of Truth, the media, gives us little more than propaganda in pursuit of the uni-party ideology. Colleges and Universities are actively preventing any contrary ideas to their party narrative and Big Tech routinely cancels those who dare hold a view not in line with their comrades in Power.
This Truth vs Power dynamic also played out in the civil rights battles in the 50’s & 60’s. The Truth side as personified by the Rev. King adopted the passive resistance mode of protest thereby revealing to the world that they were on the Right side of history and held the morally superior position. On the Power side of this great equality struggle was Malcolm X and others like the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers who said revolt and terrorism are the only viable tools to combat the oppression of discrimination. Is it irony that MLK became a martyr of the Civil Rights movement when he was shot down by a southern bigot and Malcolm X became a murder statistic when he was gunned down by his own “brothers” of his movement? Yet, both approaches, Truth and Power, remain current among in the black community to this day.
Turning now to the parallels with the Christ and Pilate confrontation and to the divisions playing out in our current miserable situation. All the elements are here. We have our Christ; the ultimate standard of Truth, whose place is held today by most of the Orthodox Church as well as others who believe in the supremacy of Truth. In opposition to us, holding the place of Pilate in the worship of power, are all of those who have adopted this “means justifies the ends” approach of establishing a Utopian vision of global equality run by an elitist cabal concerned only with maintain their hegemony.
The crowd who were yelling for Pilate to crucify Christ are not the same people who who days earlier were throwing palm leaves on our Saviors path with enthusiastic Hails and well wishes. No, the rowdy mob at Jesus’ trial that day were instigators who forced their way to the front, close to Pilate, inspired perhaps even paid by the Jewish elitists and rulers. Just as the woke zombies of the BLM, Antifa, Trans activists, environmental wackos, etc… scream loudest but represent just a tiny minority, these people make it seem as if they speak for the entire populace.
Just as the Jewish elitist conspired to release Barabbas, a notorious prisoner (Mt 27:16), can we not see this being played out in real time today as these progressive DAs across the country have freed criminals and unleashed a crime wave of unprecedented proportions?
And one more thing. What if we interpret this scene of Jesus, Pilate, Barabbas, the mob, etc... in scripture chronologically contemporaneous with what's going on in our time? That is, what if it is prophetic and that Christ represents the Church today.
The spiritual warfare we live in today presents the scenario of these post-modernists looking to destroy (crucify) the Church.
What if the story-line of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, Passion, Death and Resurrection corresponds with the triumph of the Church in the world, our current decadence which seeks to dismantle the church (Passion), the Church being banned or abandoned (God is Dead) and then the second coming (Resurrection). Could we be heading into the End Times?
