Jesus, today will be called a Human Rights Defender - who always spoke out against injustices, violation of human rights > and this led to his arrest, torture and execution on the CROSS by the powers of the day. TO be a Christian, means that we personally need to ACT against injustices and human rights violations - not just praying for peace.
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?Luke 6:46
Now, Palestine at the time of Jesus, was not Free and Independent - it was an OCCUPIED territory by the ROMAN Empire.
Like West Bank today, the Romans gave the Palestinians certain limited powers to govern certain aspects. The Palestinians then could not EXECUTE anyone (or impose the Death Penalty) - and that is why in the Bible, the Chief priests had to go to Pontius Pilate(the Roman leader responsible of the religion) to get him to SENTENCE Jesus to Death - and so, Jesus ended up being sentenced to TORTURE followed by execution by crucifiction on the cross.
It was 'the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders,' that came and arrested Jesus...'Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest.' - it was 'the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law,..'
They wanted to EXECUTE or KILL Jesus, but they did not have the POWER to do so in Occupied Palestine - so they took Jesus to Pontius Pilate(the Roman in-charge)
Pilate then send him to HEROD as Galilee fell under Herod's Jurisdiction...
On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
But, after that Herod sends him back to Pilate - who despite finding no basis to sentence him to death, Pilate allowed Jesus to be tortured and then crucified...
Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15 Neither has Herod,...
Pilate was 'weak' and rather than antagonizing the Jewish local leadership finally gave in - and Jesus ended up being crucified - hanged on the cross until death...
SO, we need to analyze what Jesus was doing that 'angered' the 'authorities' that ended with him being put to death? Well, Jesus was very VOCAL and public in his views HIGHLIGHTING wrongs and also the wrongdoers, and that angered especially certain Jewish...
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone....
“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces...
Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’..
“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, waiting to catch him in something he might say.
Jesus did NOT discriminate - he treated everyone as equals..
Even the ROMAN Centurion - “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
Samaritan(not Jew) as an example of good - The story of the Good Samaritan - “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Jesus, a Jewish, initiates conversation with a Samaritan woman, breaking taboos regarding ethnicity, gender, and social status.
A Samaritan(person of another religion) - When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
Woman of questionable repute - A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”...
A CORRUPT public officer - Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy....When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”...But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Today, many claim to be followers of JESUS - but then they are NOT doing what Jesus wanted them to DO. - he wanted all his followers to follow his example > that means SPEAKING OUT against injustices - and also laying blame on the one's responsible. THUS, is it enough to around claiming that you are CHRISTIAN, if all you do is just PRAY?
Take US President TRUMP, he claims to be a Christian > do you think what he does would be approved by Jesus?
As it was during the time of Jesus, there are still 'BAD' Jews and good Jews - and despite God's sending of so many prophets, and even JESUS - there still remains JEWS like those in the Zionist Regime. Some sadly regard non-JEWS as not people of concern - More than 70,000 have been killed in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon...
It is sad that some Christians support ISRAEL - because of the Bible, and the fact they were paid special attention - RETHINK - Some JEWS are good, but some JEWS like the Zionist regime is not ... we should oppose those JEWS that do wrong, and thus our objection now is NOT against all Jews(a religion) - but only the Zionist Regime, and their supporters...
There was NO COUNTRY named Israel - but after World War II, some pushed for an Israel State - and it was created by the United Nations, BUT without any consultation or REFERENDUM of the people who had been living in the area - the question whether they want/agree that their land be divided into 2 > A Palestinian State and an Israeli State - So, the peoples' right to SELF DETERMINATION was violated - worse not by some State, but the UNITED NATIONS itself.
Then, what did the NEW State of Israel do? It took the 'broom' and started trying to RID of all non-Jews, and seize their homes and property >
The Nakba, Arabic for "catastrophe," refers to the 1948 violent displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the creation of Israel. Over 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled, losing their homes and land.
The UN had made a GRAVE MISTAKE because they never foresaw that the new State of Israel will do this > GET rid of the original inhabitants of the land unjustly - it is only after that UN passed resolutions condemning the expulsion of non-Jews, and urging their RETURN and restoration of the property/land - so many UN Resolutions about this, against the building of 'illegal' Jewish settlements > but it has continued, and Israel had not complied with UN demands - and the UN failed to take needed actions (WHY? Because most of the time US, UK and other UN permanent member States will prevent UN Resolutions against Israel by abusing their VETO power).
Would Jesus approve of Israel's actions - the answer is 'NO' - even if a new State of Israel was formed according to law, he will demand EQUALITY for all persons in the land, no persecution based only religion. Remember, before this, Palestine(including where Israel is) was a multi-religious community - Muslims, Jews and Christians and they lived in harmony for centuries... Zionism came in with the migrants who came to Israel - some not all).
Years later, we saw a similar 'genocidal' act when Myanmmar caused the 'expulsion' of Rohingya - More than 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar. Today, that number is over 1.2 million Rohingya are displaced. Today, the number of Palestinian refugees, including descendants, is estimated at over 8 million.
Israel then started OCCUPYING land beyond its 1947 UN defined Borders - What is Israel's AGENDA - expand its BORDERS, then expel NON-Jewish population, then annex these lands to be part of Israel? WHY did Israel even attack IRAN - Iran had never attacked any of its neighbors - and only historically did defend when attacked?
As Christians - we must CONDEMN the US-Israel war on IRAN - because it was clear violation of the United Nations Charter, and International Law.
We must CONDEMN US for attacking IRAN, when the US and Iran were in the midst of negotiations - when US 'surprisingly attacked' without notice.
IRAN's action, thus far may be justified as a RIGHT TO DEFEND itself, under the UN Charter - given also that they have been primarily targeting US military bases and interest in the Gulf States > but this war is now affecting the whole world > thus we should call on US and Israel to immediately STOP this war - and then IRAN would follow. Asking IRAN to stop first is UNREASONABLE if US and Israel will continue bombardment.
Israel(can it be trusted/), even after entering a CEASEFIRE agreement, have continued breaching it's commitment/obligation. Hence, it is DIFFICULT to Trust Israel when it comes to an 'CEASEFIRE' agreements..
As of late March 2026, more than 600–670 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October 2025. Despite the truce,intermittent Israeli military operations have continued, resulting in hundreds of fatalities, bringing the total conflict death toll to over 72,000.
IRAN too does not trust US - because last year in the midst of 'NEGOTIATIONS', US attacked Iran, and the same thing happened again this year.
Rightly, the UNITED NATIONS should come in, in the person of António Guterres the current Secretary-General of the United Nations,should initiate and end this WAR. UN also may need to be willing to deploy UN forces to end this war - and if US,Israel and/or Iran violates any agreement towards peace - UN must be ever ready to take action even against the US?
It might be of interest to consider what the Roman Catholic Pope Leo has been saying about this 'illegal' WAR
Pope Leo delivered an unusually forceful message on Sunday, stating that God rejects the prayers of leaders who initiate wars and possess "hands full of blood", as the conflict in Iran entered its second month. Speaking to tens of thousands gathered in St Peter's Square for Palm Sunday, the celebration that inaugurates the holiest week of the year for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics leading up to Easter, the pontiff asserted that Jesus cannot be invoked to justify any form of warfare. "This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war," Leo, the first U.S. pope, told crowds in brilliant sunshine...."(Jesus) does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood'," he said, citing a Bible passage. - Independent, 29/3/2026
Pope Leo has said aeroplanes should be “carriers of peace” and that aerial bombardments should be banned, in his latest condemnation of war amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran...“Airplanes should always be carriers of peace, never of war. No one should be afraid that threats of death and destruction might come from the sky,” Leo said. He did not specifically refer to the war on Iran. Guardian, 23/3/2026
Pope Leo spoke on the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday and urged him to “reopen all paths of dialogue” to end the Iran war, the Vatican said. The pope, who has emerged as a sharp critic of the regional conflict, also urged Herzog to protect civilians and promote respect for international and humanitarian law, the Vatican added. - Algemenier, 3/4/2026
AS Christians, we must be reminded that silence is not an option - We have to ACT ...
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
Sadly, many people choose not to bother. They shut their eyes, close their ears...and simply do not bother about anything...and that is WRONG. They are only concerned about their own well-being, and their own families and maybe their own business/jobs > thus not bothered about what happens to other people, in other countries,... this is wrong, for we need to be CONCERNED about every human person, the environment, etc.
The unlawfully commenced Iran War started by US and Israel is TODAY affecting everyone - we feel it with the increase in fuel/gas prices, and an increased cost of living...
The TIME to ACT, as shown by Jesus through his example is NOW.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE
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IDEA THAT WAR SOLVES PROBLEMS IS 'ABSURD'
Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Andrew Heavens - Reuters, 15/3/2026
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