Rebellion?
Monday, December 8, 2025
Jesus did not come to lead the kind of rebellion fist century Jews wanted, but he was definitely opposed to empire. I’ve often heard it said that Jesus was unconcerned with politics and the governments of “the world”, but that is far from true. Jesus was very concerned with governing justly, but he didn’t teach using violence to change an unjust government. Bringing down and replacing unjust rulers may well have been within his goals, but that would be achieved by inverting our assumptions about politics to subvert unjust rulers and bring about the kingdom of God.