One of the seminal moments in Christian history involves Jesus publicly displaying hostility in the Temple by overthrowing tables and driving out corrupt merchants as well as their livestock. Though this event has been preached endlessly, few have grasped the revolutionary significance of Jesus’ public act of aggression. Jesus’ actions not only imaged forth the discontent of God; his aggression was also a profound public display of solidarity with the oppressed, many of whom, had experienced the brunt of the empire’s exploitation for far too long. Jesus performed in public what many marginalized and oppressed Jews talked about doing in private. In many ways Jesus was, and is, the People’s Messiah. - See more at: urbancusp/2014/12/transforming-riots-into-redemptive-movements/#.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:00:13 +0000