Bible Question:
How was Jesus' message subversive to both the Jewish leadership and the Roman Empire? How did Jesus' death embody His ministry and message? |
Bible Answer: It all depends on, in who’s view. From the Lord Jesus’ view who was trying to be subversive to who’s governing? Jesus has the right/birth-right and He is Lord and Master. Who was trying to subvert who? Jesus being the Word of God who came into the flesh. The Word of God was already understood as the undisputed Lord and King of Israel. The Jewish leadership tried to prove that the Lord Jesus was not who He said He is. As far as the Romans, common sense would tell you they really didn’t care what Israelites believe, all they really cared about was their dominance in the region and maintaining that rule without calling out the troops from Rome. If it meant crucifying some one like Jesus to keep the peace then why wouldn’t they do so? Son of God , and Messiah is not something Romans cared about, unless it was something they had to deal with. There is no reason to believe that Pilot seen Jesus as a threat. On the contrary Pilot seen Jesus as a man that has done no wrong. It was the Jewish leadership that was the problem. Jesus was escorted into Jerusalem as the rightful King on Palm Sunday, (An Israeli tradition when a King of Israel is to take his place)which He is, that was what was being subverted, at least that is what the Jewish leadership thought they were doing, but in reality the Lord Jesus was offering Himself, by allowing these things to come to pass. Jesus came into the world as any son of man does and He left the world as one of the lowliest in the world does, but it is His Resurrection that is significant. His Ministry is about the Kingdom of Heaven of which there is Salvation, deliverance from death (His resurrection proving so) and Eternal Life that He has given us. |