The occasion arose that legalists brought to the temple a woman to be stoned for adultery. They called Jesus "Master." As usual, the scribes and Pharisees were testing Jesus's adherence to the Law because adultery was punishable by death. There is, however, no law in the Bible that adulterers be punished by stoning. At best, some sexual sins are worthy of stoning. (Deut 22). However, the case is that both the man and woman die. (Deut 22:22), likely by stoning (Deut 22:21).
Scribes were the "lawyers" who knew and decided the intent of Mosaic Law. They were admired by most Jews for their ability to understand and apply the Law. Originally, they were only clerks who made copies - early photocopy machines, but they came to know the law so well, that they were allowed to practice conviction and judgment. They were not qualified to practice law but took it upon themselves. Visualize a number of narcissists allowed to run amuck, condemning who they may.
The Pharisees were a religious sect along with the Essenes and Saducees. They had their own versions of the Law of God. They were the politicians who made commentary on the Law and brought violations to the attention of the people. Now read about the woman who was accused of adultery:
3 The scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act... 7 he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst... 10 where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (John 8:3-10)The Pharisees made the law more encompassing by adding regulations until even the most righteous violated many laws. The Pharisees were quite religious in public but what they did in privacy was another story. They were the proverbial hypocrites.
The scribes made no pretense of keeping the law but only decided what others should do. Neither group were merciful in their accusations. They merely looked at the law and concluded that it was violated.
The point that Jesus made with the politicians and legalists were that they had did wrong things themselves. He made no accusations; Jesus allowed the scribes and Pharisees to convict themselves. They all knew that their sins were equally grievous, and abandoned their crusade against the woman who they claimed was adulterous. Claimed? Yes, their story was that she was caught in the act (John 8:4).
However, they presented no evidence, no witnesses, and no accomplices. Adultery, from Deuteronomy, required two parties - a man and a woman. The mob, for that is what they were, presented the case against the woman only. That would make anyone suspect. If there was no man involved, then there was no adultery. There was no "smoking gun" as we now say.
Jesus asked the woman to testify on her behalf: Where are your accusers? (John 8:10). She replied, "No man, Lord." (John 8:11). Then the self-righteous mob -the Pharisees - judged and accused Jesus of being a fraud: "Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true." They had no evidence or an accomplice's testimony that the woman even committed adultery, but they just would not let it go; someone had to be guilty of something, so they pointed the finger at Jesus!
Because there was no evidence, and evidence with two witnesses were required by law (John 8:17), case dismissed. Jesus implied that if they were as right-minded as they appeared and really knew God, they would have known him. (John 8:19). As such, these posers were not righteous judges at all but mere politicians.
I won't go into detail, but apply this to the Democrat "Pharisees" and the media "scribes." The news media are the scribes whose job is to impartially record and transcribe the news. They colluded with the Democrats (Pharisees) in a plot to stone president Donald Trump. Ironically, Adam Schiff, may have been the spokesman for the Pharisees who was so vehement with Jesus. Just as Adam - the first man - Adam Schiff is as guilty of sin as his namesake. Schiff has stones in his hands and actually casts them one at a time! Is Schiff without sin? I believe the answer to that is obvious. He is a hater, and he needs someone to hate.
I believe that the mob in Jesus time transferred (psychological transference) their guilt onto the woman! Jesus said, that anyone who has looked at a woman with lust had already committed adultery vicariously (Mat 5:28). Not only were all these men guilty of sin, but guilty of adultery, and there they were - ready to cast stones!
In the Russian collusion case, who was guilty of colluding with the Russians? The Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton. Here they are, already casting stones, and they are those who committed political adultery with the Russians with whom they colluded. They were the "Pharisees" making accusations at perhaps an innocent woman; at least there was no evidence that she colluded with anyone!
The mob didn't care if there was evidence or not! They just wanted to cast stones. This woman, surely, because of her reputation was accused of adultery. She is the female version of Donald Trump. The mob is the media and Democrats, and the "woman" is Donald Trump.
Who is the "Jesus" in the analogy? Right-minded and fair people. They are the ones who judge with fair metrics according to Jesus and scripture: "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" (Mat 7:1-3). Then Jesus went added, "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye" (Mat 7:5). The scribes and Pharisees were the hypocrites, and today they are the media and the Democrats.
Then the mob turned on Jesus! Today, the mob has failed to implicate Trump so they turned on William Barr. He is the "face" of justice. Perhaps Barr is the "Jesus" in the analogy. Someone must be stoned! If they can't stone Trump directly, then they will accuse an innocent bystander. Someone needs to be punished for colluding, even though Democrats committed the sin!
Democrats, just as the Pharisees, stretch the law to suit their purposes. The Law is merciful and just; there must be evidence. If the Democrats can't find any evidence, they merely change the regulations by which the law is applied. Trump has not been found guilty of anything, but congress uses different rules. They merely vote on the president's actions, and guilty or not, they can impeach and convict an innocent person.
One huge difference: In the Bible story, the scribes and Pharisees were somewhat rational and honorable; rather than casting the stones, they merely walked off in humility because Jesus shamed them. In the case against Trump, the media and Democrats have no shame; they refuse to let it go! Indeed, they are the ones who need stoned, and perhaps Barr will be able to do just that using laws rightly. Jesus called the Pharisees a generation of snakes (Mat 23:33). Democrats, true to their mascot, is a herd of jackasses. Like any jackass, they won't budge even when they are prodded with truth.
Can Trump be vindicated of everything he has ever done? No! If it was you, how would you like your whole life to be known by the masses who have hands full of stones?
The Romans used crucifixion to murder an innocent King. Legalistic Jews used stones. The woman accused of adultery was about to be stoned until Jesus intervened. Jesus was falsely accused of heresy by the scribes and Pharisees. The "stone" used for him was a cross. The story of the falsely accused adulterous woman was prophetic of Jesus's own "stoning." He knew the mob would be just as unjust with him as the woman.
That type of justice is what is happening in the Russian collusion presently. Now, Adam has pointed the finger at another crime: If Trump is not guilty of this crime, then perhaps he is guilty of covering up a crime that never happened! Perhaps if they implicate Barr, then Trump will be perceived as guilty.
As the wisest man who ever lived said, "There is nothing new under the sun." (Ecc 1:9). What the mob does is always predictable; all we need do is look at how they have always done things. Rahm Emanuel said, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." They created the crisis and refuse to let it go to waste!
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