According to the “Occupiers”, and numerous leftist clergy, Jesus would have been down for the struggle. So what the heck, what’s a little blasphemy when your cause is a righteous one?
False prophet at “Occupy London”*
I guess we shouldn’t be too surprised that in post-Christian England, Christ’s message of individual salvation would be deliberately misrepresented as collective salvation. Because they don’t believe in His divinity, they’re perfectly willing to hijack His persona to further their agenda.
Progressive (psuedo) Christians are also expressing support for the Occupiers here in the U.S. These are the “enlightened” ones who believe that, after thousands of years, scripture in suddenly in dire need of their revisionist interpretation. Apparently they feel that they’ve been called to turn the rich guy into a camel and force him through the eye of a needle.
These misguided souls aren’t willing or able to face the truth. The reality is that Jesus would NOT have been down for the struggle. He didn’t come to create a heaven here on earth; “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36). He came to “save that which was lost.”(Matt 18:11)
And, by the way, as J. E. Dyer at Patheos-the Optimistic Christian puts it, “Jesus is the very antithesis of an occupier.”
Her recent post – “What Would Jesus Occupy?” – clarifies;
Jesus never went anywhere uninvited. Even when he rebuked the money-changers in the Temple, he did not approach the institution as an antagonist, demanding entry on his own terms. He entered the Temple in obedience to the Father, as a Jew going to worship: exercising the privilege of a Jew under the commandments of God and the system of worship and priestly authority God had instituted. At no time did Jesus enter the premises of any person or institution on any but an orderly pretext.
The only place Jesus wants to “occupy” is our hearts.
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* London’s counterfeit Christ better beware the anti-Semitic element in the Occupier Movement – here and here.
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Related:
Rather than wasting resources and tax-payer dollars in cities that can ill afford the added expense of “occupations” right now, here’s how true Christians effectively help those in need ~ The Church and Disaster Relief: Shelter from the Stormy Blast
In a Dec. 2010 article, Herman Cain said Jesus was a perfect conservative who was condemned by a liberal court.
