May 6, 2021 - Brother Nathanael
03:55
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| At the breaking of bread, Satan entered into Judas. | |
| Unfolding was the plot to betray Messiah Jesus. | |
| Thirty pieces of silver on the Jewish exchange rate was proffered at the price of Jesus' blood. | |
| The devil's in the details and a cast of characters arrive on stage. | |
| Bloodthirsty Jews. | |
| Peter. Pilate, Caiaphas the high priest, soldiers, centurions, a wife with a bad dream, and a Jewish mob with a wicked scheme. | |
| Blasphemy! Accused the mob of Jesus. | |
| Of your own law, judge the man, reacted Pilate. | |
| Cunningly, they changed the charge to mutiny. | |
| He makes himself a king, said they, of Caesar. | |
| You're no friend. | |
| If you free him, they schemed. | |
| A wife enters the scene. | |
| "'Have nothing to do with this righteous man,' says she. | |
| "'A bad dream makes me see their lawless deed.'"'Release him, I will,' said Pilate. | |
| "'A custom of just exchange I will fulfill. | |
| "'I will free Jesus their king, and Barabbas a murderer I will kill.' Crucify him, crucify him, demanded the Jews. | |
| His blood be upon us and upon our children. | |
| A deicidal curse on posterity and villainy instead of justice. | |
| To scourging, Pilate sends Jesus to spitting and a crown of thorns. | |
| He washed his hands, yet blood stains that which he had for sworn. | |
| Eternal regret sets in for Judas, throws the silver at the high priest's feet, and, stung with the pride of mistaken action, hangs himself in devastated dissatisfaction. | |
| Father, forgive them, cried Jesus, pointing to the soldiers. | |
| They know not what they do. | |
| The soldiers receive absolution, who knew not the prophetic institution, but to the Jews' eternal retribution. | |
| For fear of the Jews, a disciple comes by night to beg the body of Jesus for burial, and straightway Pilate grants his wish. | |
| For fear of justice, the Jews come by day to demand a band of guards so none would steal the body away and claim a risen Messiah, and Pilate grants their request. | |
| An earthquake awakes, the seal is broken, the soldiers flee, and the price of falsehood is added to the price of Jesus' blood. | |
| Say his disciples stole the body away, said the Jews to the brigade. | |
| We will pay off, Pilate. | |
| Here's your bribe. | |
| Now obey. Just like today. | |
| A great sum of Jewish money reseals the tomb, and the splendor of life is crushed by sinful Jews. | |
| All the world's a stage, and men and women the players. | |
| Judas with a kiss, the devil with a hiss, Peter with denial, Pilate's wife with true survival, a maiden's accusation, an apostle's gutless negation, a priest's religious indignation turned into political instigation. | |
| Pilate's court, a false report, a murderer released God slaughtered on his feast. | |
| The power of the first, the interminable curse. | |
| The power of the Jewish threat. | |
| A Roman ruler frets. | |
| The soldiers get forgiveness. | |
| Judas gets the pit. | |
| A thief gets paradise. | |
| And the Jews get the devil's wish. | |
| Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed. | |
| Nothing covered that remains unconcealed. | |
| Believe in Jesus so as not to be clueless. |
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