Long before Jesus began his mission everyone had an idea of what the Messiah's coming would entail.
They all thought for certain that the Messiah would lead them to war and allow them to conquer all the Nations that would rise against the Tribe of Judah.
Everyone at the time ultimately asked for Barabbas over Jesus because Barabbas was a Revolutionary whose crime was killing Roman Officials in a bid to overthrow the Roman Governance of Jerusalem.
They thought a violent uprising was the only way.
That is the furthest thing from the Truth.
Now...
Would you be surprised to discover that those same sentiments for a militant Messiah to come and save us all, leading us all to a sure victory sponsored by God, still holds to this day? even in the Patriot movement?
This is gonna get controversial for this board...
But you must understand one very important thing:
War is not of God.
God does not wage war, he finishes them.
Like two siblings quarreling amongst themselves for the top bunk of the bed, God, our Father, comes in and ENDS the fight WE started.
To get around our Father's rules, Mankind had to reinvent War.
It's no longer a thing of the flesh but a thing of the mind.
A War on our Minds.
This is the War Jesus knows how to fight. A War whose only Salvation rests in the Spirit, not in the corporeal realm.
Jesus waged war on the Pharisees, but did so not with swords and bloodshed...
But with the minds and voices of a generation looking for an end to the cycle of oppression and tyranny followed by fleeting periods of degeneracy and debauchery. The Jewish people would get lazy and sloven, and subsequently conquered should figures like Herod still be able to slack off as "King."
Why does this matter?
Because all those who seek Military movement above all are just as likely to vote for a Barabbas and see us fall back into the cycle once again. A return to the status quo -- the life we knew before the Jackal turned to subdue us with a clutched jaw wrapping around our tender necks.
Do you not see the signs?
The same cries from the masses to deliver us from the Evil ones at the cost of propping up Barabbas in the place of the True Messiah?
Reflect on these posts:
https://qalerts.app/?q=the+only+way
Tell me what you see.
Because I don't see a Barabbas come to deliver us in these posts...
I see a John the Baptist in these posts.
A voice crying out in the Desert. Telling us to make straight the path for Our Lord.
To level mountains and fill valleys with the might of the Holy Spirit.
Through the Truth of Transparency.
Jesus does not battle with sword in hand, but a sword of the tongue. A double-edged sword whose wounds cannot heal. They slice cleanly through flesh and strike at the heart and blood of the matter with no resistance.
The Truth is the Sword of the Word.
Wield a sword of iron and you may render flesh to your will.
Wield the Sword of Truth and you render the minds to the Will of God.
This is where we are. Soldiers in God's army; not the army of our fathers, but the army of Our Father -- the Eternal Army who does not march on the thunder of hooves, but rides on the Storm that is the Breath of God.
If anyone thinks this War we are fighting is about to break out into mass bloodshed and the hanging of tyrants, know that such a time has passed.
We now enter into an Era of Peace, where blood of the Flesh is no longer shed to sign the writs of our slavery.
Instead, the ransom of Blood has been paid in full by Jesus, and all that's left to wage war upon is the Blood of the Mind...
Ideas.
Memes.
The Genetic code of the Soul.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:11-13&version=GNV
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assaults of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the worldly governors, the princes of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness, which are in the high places. 13 For this cause take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and having finished all things, stand fast.
Jesus has entered this War. Us, soldiers, will find very little use from swords and guns in His army.
Patriots know this, which is why they have chosen the world we see before us...
A world in the final act of casting off the shackles of Man's invention; War.
God is Finishing this War.
His Methods are his own, which is why we poor things cannot fathom what is going on.
The Storm is fast upon us, and it looks nothing like we expected.
Just like how Jesus was nothing like was expected...
He is even better.
Good post. I get a lot of what you mean in this. I always thought selecting Barabbas had more to do with the influence of the authority figures of that day (same problem we have today), but I'd never heard the idea that he was a revolutionary or anything along those lines.
Other than that, very interesting concept. We do tend to look to solutions from man. It's been a long and weird time. Hopefully the results you see are the ones we'll all see soon.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2023&version=GNV
18 Then all the multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliver unto us Barabbas:
19 Which for a certain insurrection made in the city, and murder, was cast in prison.
20 Then Pilate spake again to them, willing to let Jesus loose.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Very cool... Have to pay attention to every word in the Bible or miss something lol