THE IMPEACHMENT BEGINS
What problem did the former high priest, Annas, have with
Jesus? The problem was not with His Person, but His disciples and Doctrine
(John 18:19). That He claimed to be God in the Flesh was secondary. Perhaps Annas
knew that his disciples had been cooperative and peaceful, and that the
Doctrine of Love was sound, so all they could do was indict the Man for
claiming to be God. That would be blasphemous and worthy of death whereas His
people and Doctrine would not be offensive, let alone punishable by death,
The pretend high priest did not want Jesus
imprisoned. He wanted Him gone! He was dangerous to the religiosity and authority
of the real high priest (Caiaphas), and in Judea, everyone had to choose their
master. Was Caiaphas to be the master or Jesus? Would the government be the
masters, or would it be God? That is the same issue to this day; who will
people look to for comfort? The government or the Comforter? It is sad to say
but modern youth look toward the government and despise the Holy Ghost.
Socialism diminishes God and elevates man. It is humanistic
in doctrine. All branches of socialism, even so-called “Christian Socialism,”
diminish God because reliance is put on the insane “religion” of Marx. Socialism
is certainly insanity! That people will be pleased with confiscation of their land
to give to others, is an insane idea. People will die and kill to keep what is
theirs, and the outcome of socialism is always death and murder.
Jesus was struck in the face for telling the truth (John 18:22).
The officers thought he was being insolent as Jesus was not saying the things
that they wanted to hear. He was saying incorrect things… politically incorrect
things. What should Jesus have done? They expected Him to grovel for His life.
Indeed, every “court” that judged Jesus, wanted Him to grovel. Annas wanted Jesus
to take a knee to him and he was not really the high priest. Not long after the centurions would take a knee to
Jesus but in defiance of His authority, “And when they had platted a crown of
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed
the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews” (Mat
27:29). Taking a knee to Jesus, if not done sincerely, is blasphemous, and that
is what they accused Jesus of doing. They easily recognized the sin because
they had done it many times.
Taking a knee is mockery. Jesus would not bow down to Annas
because he was nothing more than a demented sinner who at one time was in a
high position. Now he was a nobody but elevated himself to a position of
status. Government officials, if not already, become despoiled with power. The
problem with governments is that governors are to serve the people, but
it is they who get rich. As with the Orwellian farm, Democrat politicians
soon morph from mere “pigs” to masters of the “plantation,” and they run their
new territories as if they are ante-bellum plantations. The large metropolitan
areas become the Democrat “plantations” whereon the master lives in the suburbs
and the subjects in the ghettos. [1]
With the mock court of Annas, the violence began. Jesus was
struck in the face. Jesus is the Face of God, and some “no name” official (likely
not even a true officer) had the audacity of striking God. Annas was the first
attempt at impeaching Jesus, but there was no impeachment for He was telling
the truth. Does that not sound familiar?
The second court was with Caiaphas; the real high priest.
Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas to find fault. No fault was found. “Now Caiaphas
was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should
die for the people” (John 18:14). Jesus at the end, told Pilate that he had no
power of his own, that, “He that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin”
(John 19:11). Of course, neither did Caiaphas have any power of His own, but He
was selected by God to judge harshly.
Now reread Caiaphas’ counsel… that one man, Jesus, should
die for the people. Caiaphas was not really out to get Jesus but to stop
Christianity. That new Doctrine was a threat to his power. Remember that likewise
the left is not out to get Trump; they are out to get you the people and the
President is in the way. Trump is a threat to the Deep State’s power. The more
successful his doctrine, the lesser are the leftists. Jesus seemed to
give a smart-Alec answer to Annas and was struck. Google® “Trump quotes” and therein
you will find hundreds of liberal “slaps” to Donald Trump’s so-called arrogant
sayings.
Before taking Jesus to the Sanhedrin, the men who held Him mocked
and beat Jesus (Luke 22:62). They did much what Satan did to Christ at the temptations.
“When they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him,
saying, ‘Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?” And many other things
blasphemously spake they against him.” Luke 22:64-65).
Think on the mockery of that; they blind-folded Jesus then
asked Him to guess who had struck Him. People are more civil in modern times.
Their blows are emotional. With President Trump he was blindfolded and beaten
by the incognito whistleblower who claimed to know that Trump did awful things.
Trump didn’t know what awful things he had done or who said those terrible
things, but one thing he did know, it was an evil and seditious person. Justice
should be blind, not the accused. In the case of Jesus, He was made blind and
for Donald Trump, he had to defend himself as if blind.
Jesus would be weakened before he faced the Jewish “congress”
(the Sanhedrin). Up to now, the court of Annas, the court of Caiaphas, and the
beating had been done in the dark hours of the night. That is how the Deep
State operates. Remember that they went after General Flynn with a false
pretense? Remember they went after Roger Stone in the darkness of night? What
would people think if men with terrible weapons had raided this man’s house?
They had to do what they did under the cover of darkness. “Darkness” in the
Bible is always associated with Satan and “Light” with God. The vigilantes who
beat Jesus did so under the cover of darkness, as if even God could not see
them. Even with the blindfold, Jesus knew who His mockers were because He Is
God! Mr. Trump may still be guessing, but it makes sense that he too knows his
mockers.
To be credible, the trial of Jesus had to be done in full
view. As soon as it was day, the Jewish officials took Jesus to their council
(Luke 22:66). Jesus appeared in Person at his third “trial” as He did in all of
His trials. During His first appearance, perhaps their version of the “Intelligence
Committee,” Mark recorded the proceedings:
55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, "I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands." 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. (Mark 14:55-59)
Can you just see Adam Schiff there? Perhaps Gerald Nadler was
peeking around the corner for when it was his turn to castigate an impeccable
man! It appears that Annas made an appearance for there was two chief priests
there. The leader of the Deep State was there at the trial, of course unnamed,
but he was there. Perhaps in the case of
Donald Trump, Barack Obama was there in spirit. Perhaps he was Schiff’s
inspiration among other Deep State characters.
The “committee” brought in many false witnesses against
Jesus — a bunch of liars. Some of their testimony conflicted with the testimony
of others. The false testimonies against the President are too numerous to
enumerate, but one false witness even tripped up and vindicated the President!
The impeachment of the President was mock justice. The Democrats returned to
their well-know Ku Klux Klan mentality, and the “Grand Wizard,” Adam Schiff, burned
the President at the stake, but Trump still lives. Like Satan before him, however,
Schiff will never relent until he is himself destroyed.
The accusation to the Sanhedrin was that Jesus would destroy
the Temple and build another one in its stead (Mark 14:57-58). Destroying the
Temple, to the Jews, was tantamount to destroying their country. In the Old
Testament, every enemy sought to destroy Judah by destroying their Temple. Finally, Judah was destroyed when their Temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon. A new government was built in Judah and the Jews dispersed.
Finally, when the Babylonians were defeated, Persia, their new masters, allowed
a Second Temple to be built. It was never like the first. Everything changed
with the new Temple, and here again, the Jews worried that Jesus might destroy Herod’s
Temple and build a new one in its place with new doctrines and Laws. They
thought Jesus was out to destroy Judea and its government, perhaps in alliance
with the Romans who would do just that.
Ironically, the Democrats fear the same with Donald Trump.
Jesus was there, not to drain the swamp, but to destroy Judea and its evil
government. They were not really concerned about their religion but with their buildings
and government. Their type of government was for the people to depend on the
Sanhedrin. God’s type of government is for the people to depend on Him. They
feared that the multitudes would turn to Christians and to Jesus, and that was
what was happening. They thought that Jesus would build a New Jerusalem on the foundation
of Jerusalem, and truly, that what Jesus was about to do!
Jesus did have the Temple torn down, but he used the Judean
Deep State to do it. The zealots, hidden in their mountain fortresses,
undermined Roman authority to the extent that they could not take it any
longer. Titus, in A.D. 70, tore down the Temple, but he was only maintaining civility.
The Jewish zealots committed the greater injustice by usurping authority. Those
zealots were much like the organizations Black Lives Matters and Antifa. They
were the mob that caused the nation of Judea to fall, and its religion to fall
with it!
Who gained? There is no longer a Jewish Temple, but the “Temple”
that Jesus built is in His people. Again, why eliminate Jesus? To get to His
people. The same reason that those in power want to eliminate Mr. Trump. Who is
now under attack? The Church. The people are the “lively stones” in the “pillar”
of the invisible Church, and when Christians falter, the Church falls.
Since Christians are the temple of Jesus, Christianity must
fall. There are two basic ideologies chopping at the pillars of America. The socialist
doctrine and the Four Pillars of Islam. Together, as friends with the same
enemy, they in unity seek to destroy the temples of God. Why do evil forces
become friends? “And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together:
for before they were at enmity between themselves” (Luke 23:12). Herod and
Pilate killed Jesus, and thereafter became friends. How is that? According to
the Sanskrit Arthashastra; “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” That’s how
Herod and Pilate became friends, and that is why Islam and socialism has formed
an alliance. They both are out to get the government and destroy the Holy Ghost
in you!
[1]
For more about that, refer to the author’s book, A Day On the Democrat Plantation.”
(picture credit: "Herod's Temple' Wikipedia)
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