Saturday, July 9, 2016

I live, I die, I live again! - part II

The slave in Mad Max is able to be evil in name of his master - he kills innocent people for him. Jesus lived as a Jew under the Roman empire dominion. The religion leaders in Judea were expecting the Messiah, the Anointed One as the great king David that would free the Jews from Rome and would also exalt them as faithful to the Lord. In fact, Jesus did not free the Jews from Rome and also humiliated the pharisees. They envied and also despised Jesus to make him be crucified by the Roman dogs.
Religion is powerful and dangerous. You will die if you believe in lies, so where is the truth?
Religion is like training a dog: a reward process.
If you follow some strict orders, you will live.
If you do not follow some strict orders, you will die.
But, what orders? How strictly should I follow?
In the 10 commandments we are ordered to keep the Sabbath, to rest in the Sabbath.
What is exactly to rest in the Sabbath? How can I really obey this law?
The pharisees began to create rules above rules:
If you carry some heavy weight, you broke the law but if you carry a very light object you did not.
But, how can I define a heavy weight? Easy! The one above a given minimum weight.
A slave of the pharisaic system would be glad to find some small tender gesture from his master such as a glance of him shown in the film. The pharisee was not merciful, but could a pharisee says that the Lord's mercy endures forever?
Sadly, Jesus has been used by christian pharisees to enslave people and put them under their commands. There are problems in Christian hood? Sure. A lot. But the problem remains, we need redemption. That is what Furiosa was looking in the film when searching for the green place.
Redemption is not attained, is given by my Redeemer.
Glory to him.

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