"And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth."
Today's quote relates the torture Jesus was put through at the hands of the Jewish leaders just before His crucifixion.
Jesus was hated among the Jewish hierarchy because He upset their apple cart, He destroyed the false illusion of their superiority they had cast before God's people.
The Jewish high priests and their minions, instead of ministering to the people and providing a spiritual link between the people and God, were using the temple, the people, and God's holy commandments, for their own personal comfort and gain.
Much of today's "Christian" leadership is guilty of the exact same spiritual crimes as were those Jewish high priests. Many modern "Churches" are far more interested in the comfort and physical well being of their membership than they are in preaching and teaching the amazing grace of God through Jesus Christ.
Because of their behavior, the majority of the Jews of Jesus' day were persecuted and scattered abroad. A much worse fate awaits those "Christians" who perpetuate false doctrines today.~
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