I believe in Jesus the messiah the Christ a.k.a. Jesus Christ n because I have seen n heard many using his name to justify the hatred of Jewish people… I know Jesus would be disgusted by that Why, you might ask???
1) Jesus’ mother was Jewish..
2) The man on Earth that accepted Jesus as his son even knowing Jesus father was not him but knew Jesus’ father is the Lord of all men n this man Joseph was also Jewish..,
3) All of Jesus’ followers were also all Jewish
4) Jesus was Born Jewish…
5) John the Baptist was also Jewish…
6) God’s chosen people from the beginning are Jewish…
7) Jesus loves all men n women, sinners n those of different faiths even the Jewish faith which he studied deeply since he was a little boy…
So, knowing the above how can anyone say they believe in Jesus n hate or blame the Jews for his death??? You say they convinced Pilot(the Roman governor) to kill Jesus that is totally Incorrect, the Jewish people did no such thing!!! The leaders of the Jewish Temple the Leaders of the Jewish people but not the Jewish people… The Jewish leaders feared that Jesus was going to draw too many Jewish people away from the Jewish leadership n their power n income would lose too much of both… When leaders of anything see their power n income about to damaged they fight but the Jewish leaders was afraid if they ordered it it would turn even more away from them so they got the Romans to do it n Pilot didn’t want to do it so he thought if he gave the people the choice between Jesus n Barabbas thinking that the people would chose to let Jesus go free because he had followers n he teachings didn’t seem to be any danger to Pilot or Rome but Barabbas was a known criminal n killer of many so Pilot thought it would be an simple choice the people would pick to free a good man over a killer of men… Pilot’s planned did not work out the way he thought it would n why he washed his hands n stated you have chosen n I wash my hands to this… Barabbas also had many followers n many other people there knew Barabbas would continue to fight against Romans n since he was in the area longer then Jesus, Barabbas was more known by the people n the people wanted the Romans gone or dead which was a thing Barabbas wanted as well… People knew Jesus was good man teaching love even n towards the Romans n Sinners n the people didn’t see this helping them to get rid of the Romans like the stuff Barabbas would do so they picked Barabbas n not Jesus but the Jewish people can’t be blamed for this injustice… Blaming the death of Jesus on all Jews is wrong, why; well look at America actions we sent troops into Vietnam without getting approval of congress n the people… President LB Johnson inherited the Vietnam problem from President Kennedy n the conflict kept getting bigger n bigger n it was a total mess… Our military forces were given orders by their commanders who got their ok from the President… Now back in the late 1960s n early 1970s do you think the Vietnam people hated America’s for the deaths happening in their homeland??? What about now do you not think there are many in Iraq that hate America as well??? Do you think it is okay that numbers of other countries hate us??? Were there not many Americas protesting against the war on Vietnam n are there many now wanting to end this current war n bring are soldiers home now??? The blame is with our leaders like Kennedy, Johnson, n recently Bush(yes he acted on the act of terrorism which was good but he stepped ahead even more to invade another country Iraq) n Obarma is continuing the recent war(n people say he is pro Islam then why is he allowing our troops stay in a Islamic land???)… Many people easily blame a whole people for the actions of leaders like the Jewish leader back when Jesus was killed, n also happens to us Americas in our time because of our leaders are doing things many of us hate…
So if you think it is unfair for us to be hated n blamed for the deaths in Vietnam or the deaths in the Middle then we need to realize it is unfair of Christians to hate n blame all Jews for the actions of their leaders at the time of Jesus’ death…
Also another point Jesus had ways to escape his death, one he knew he was going to be betrayed he could have saved himself by leaving before the Temple guards came for him; or when his followers like John tried to stop the Temple guards from taking Jesus but Jesus stopped John n his followers from doing so; also it has been said if Jesus talked to Pilot n because Pilot knew Roman Women n some of his own men respected Jesus Pilot didn’t really want to get involved in this n would have jumped at a reason to release Jesus but Jesus didn’t give him even a hint at a reason to free Jesus… Now for the spiritual escape being the Son of God n like Satan’s temptations saying come on say the words Jesus n you can stop your death on the cross… So with all that I can’t see a reason at all to hate or blame any Jewish person for the death of Jesus…
So, I say I love my Jewish brethren because I know they are the foundations of Christianity n need to be respect as our brethren n remember Jesus told us to love all our neighbors which include all faiths, love EveryOne Jesus commanded us!!!
Ok these are my view n might not be the shared by others or may not be supported by the church I go to but hope they like my view n support it, I also hope that others read this n agree with it... I know my views are not the mainstream but have a heart that says I need to love all n teach love to all but I won’t lift stones n throw them at people till they agree with my view or die for not agreeing with me but know if you truly love others without a stone in hand it is eaier to love n teach others…
Love to You all, n HUGs
Written by,
Giovano ‘Koala’ Fusco Jr.