Luke 23:1-5 (ESV)
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
It is interesting to read the above text and then read or listen to the current new cycle about our country. The power of false accusations was a tool in our day and age, just as it was in the first century. You would have thought that we were the ones that created this narrative approach to destroying your opponent. But, here we are in the crucifixion story and the same corrupt narrative is being utilized. Politics have not changed. Something becomes political if you are doing it for the purpose of obtaining, retaining, or acquiring power over others. In this case the religious rules of the day were fearful that they were losing power. Pilate, eventually fears he will lose power. Herod, who investigates Jesus later in this chapter, if fearful he will lose power. They all wanted power and control over the minds and hearts of the people. Does that sound familiar? Of course, the above example has far greater implications than our local or national political frameworks. Jesus had to be crucified. He was innocent. So, what truth could be said to make that happen? If the truth were stated, Jesus would not have been crucified. So, God used the nature of man to accomplish the death of the Son of God. The nature of man will be to always use false narratives as leverage over another person. People do it every day. In this case, it was used to crucify the Son of God.
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