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We would crucify Jesus again

29 Thursday Mar 2018

Posted by laceduplutheran in Church, Humanity, Politics, Theology

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allegiance, Democrat, Holy Week, Jesus, loyalty, politics, Republican

If Jesus came back and walked among us in 21st century America, would we crucify him again?  I think the answer is yes, without hesitation.  And it wouldn’t take three years of ministry to get to that point.  I think it would sound similar to the Gospel of Mark.

When you read the Gospel of Mark from chapter 1, verse 1 all the way through chapter 16, you have this sense of urgency.  You don’t get the feel that Jesus did ministry for three years.  It feels as though Jesus is doing ministry for just a couple of weeks before going to Jerusalem.

In Chapter 8, halfway through, Jesus predicts his own death.  In chapter 9, he is transfigured.  In chapters 9 and 10 there are fights about who is greater among his followers and he predicts his death again.  And it is chapter 11 when Jesus enters Jerusalem.  But it’s not like the other gospels.  It’s a mockery of triumph.  Jesus doesn’t enter in on a trusted war horse after battle with his bloody sword, but rather on a colt that has never been ridden.  People are there waving palms yelling save us!  But they are thinking – save us from Rome!  And then he goes to the temple, but doesn’t do the normal sacrifice that a conquering general would do – he does some sightseeing and leaves.  It’s all very anti-climatic.  You can often count of Jesus doing the exact opposite of what is expected.

And that’s why I think we would crucify him again.

I can hear the crowds gathered at his “trial.”  The witnesses, especially those that claim to be his followers, would be offering testimony of how Jesus isn’t living up to expectations and doesn’t fit into the culture.  The cries of Jesus being unpatriotic or unloyal to the established norms of society or either one of our political establishments would be loud.

Jesus would be asked which side of the political landscape he owes his allegiance and loyalty to.  And he would be silent.  The outcry would be great.  People would be repeating Pilate’s question to Jesus – “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” (Mark 15:4).

Jesus, are you a Democrat or Republican?  Jesus, why aren’t you wrapping your message in the flag?  Jesus, why aren’t you worshiping the Constitution?  Jesus, why are you not protecting yourself with the second amendment?  Jesus, why aren’t you more vocal in support of the troops?  Do you not think that America is blessed by God?  Jesus, why aren’t you more like us?

Jesus, is your ideology left or right oriented?  Jesus, why aren’t you more vocal in support of unrestricted abortion and the freedom to do what we want, when we want with our bodies?  Jesus, why aren’t you fighting the tax cuts?  Jesus, why aren’t you proclaiming the necessity of larger government?  Jesus, why aren’t you lobbying for more government regulations?  Jesus, why aren’t you more like us?

I envision Jesus’ “triumphant” entrance into Washington, DC would be similar to the Gospel of Mark’s account of Jesus entry into Jerusalem.  People would try to claim Jesus for their own agenda.  They would misunderstand who he is and what he was about.  We already do this.  The problem is we can’t claim Jesus – he claims us.  But that’s awfully uncomfortable and inconvenient.  We prefer to have a Jesus, a savior, that doesn’t demand we change our lives, our beliefs, our actions, our loyalties.  We prefer a Jesus, a savior, that looks like us, thinks like us, supports the same policies and politics as us, and has the same allegiances and loyalties as us.  We want to claim Jesus for us.

Once in the city, he would make his way to our modern-day temple – the capitol building.  It takes the center stage and is the center of all of life in the city.  The business of politics consumes our attention.  The high priests of politics tell us what we can say and do and how to offer sacrifice and who our enemies are.

Once he enters this modern-day temple, he would look around and decide it was late, and leave, unimpressed.  He would show that our ways are flawed.  He would show that what we fight about is flawed and broken – often a distraction.  He would show that our loyalties are misplaced.  He would do all of this without saying a single word.

And when people realized that Jesus wasn’t going to play by their rules, that he wasn’t going to advance a broken system that flops between left and right, they would rise up in anger.  They would do this because they couldn’t claim Jesus any longer.  And so, he’d have to be removed.  He would make life too uncomfortable. We can’t have a savior who makes us question our priorities and beliefs.  We can’t have a messiah who calls on us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross and follow him.  But no worries, we have plenty of other “messiahs” to take his place. They have their own slogans.  They are the hope and change we believe in.  They are the ones who are going to make America great again.  We elect a messiah-like figure every four years.  One that we can shape and mold as we see fit.  One that can be a perfect scapegoat for all our failings when things don’t go our way.

Jesus would probably be found with outcasts – proclaiming Good News to them.  He would be in the streets with the homeless, the drug addicts, the prostitutes, and the poor.  He’d be in the hospitals accompanying people in sickness and on their journey towards death.  He’d be visiting prisoners on death roll and maybe even telling some of them that today they would be with him in paradise.  That’s probably where they would find him when they came to put him on trial.

Would we crucify Jesus again?  Have we really changed in 2000 years?

This is why Jesus came. To bring Good News.  To comfort the afflicted.  To afflict the comfortable.  This is why he contended with Death and Sin.  To conquer them and to begin the unfolding of God’s reign.  It’s a slow unfolding for us in time – or so it seems.  Death and Sin continue to wail.  But their time is coming to an end.

As we approach the passion of Jesus – his suffering, death, burial, and ultimate resurrection – let us remember that Jesus didn’t just come for a sinful and broken people some 2000 years ago.  It wasn’t just the crowd 2000 years ago that screamed a vengeful, angry scream of “Crucify Him!!! Crucify Him!!!”  It wasn’t just Pilate who attempted to wash his hands of the blood of Jesus.  It wasn’t just the soldiers who hammered nails into Jesus wrists and feet.  It wasn’t just the criminals who were crucified with him that mocked him.  It wasn’t just the people who observed and the leading authorities that openly mocked him.

They are us.  It is us who are standing in the crowd yelling “Crucify Him!” with our anger and fear.  It is us who are attempting to wash our hands of his blood.  It is us who put the nails into Jesus.  It is us who mock him.  It is us who want to manipulate and craft Jesus into our own image.  We are no better.

Get ready to be uncomfortable and inconvenienced.  Jesus has a tendency to do that when he claims us.  But it is only in experiencing the death of something that we truly appreciate and understand what resurrection is all about.  Jesus didn’t answer the criticism and accusations because it would have been a waste of time.  Instead, he was focused on something far more important.  Something that still impacts us today.

What was Jesus doing on Wednesday?

28 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by laceduplutheran in Church, Theology

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Holy Week, Jesus

We hear about the triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday in each of the Gospels.  There are variations on the story.

We hear about Jesus going into the Temple on Monday and flipping tables and driving out the animals and raising holy hell.

Tuesday and Wednesday are quiet days.

So what was Jesus doing during those two days before the Last Supper and then his death on a cross?

Was he huddled away in prayer? Did he just wander around?  Was he spending time with people who were closest to him – giving his last goodbyes?  Did he just hang around the house he was staying in?

What does a person do before they know they are going to die?  That’s a different way of asking the same question.  Except this question feels very different from the other questions.  We’re forced to deal with the reality of death in our midst when we ask the question this way.

What would you do with your last few days before you knew you were going to die?

A day with God

26 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by laceduplutheran in Church

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Appalachian Trail, God, Holy Week, Mark, nature

Today I am taking time to spend with God.  As a pastor, this is vital to my spiritual health.  As a human being, it’s just as important.  It’s no different from breathing the air – without oxygen, the body dies.  Without the breath of life, the spirit dies.

I’m not sure what to expect, to be honest.  My plan is simple – to take the dog as my companion, and to walk along the Appalachian Trail for a few hours, stop for a break and something to eat, and then head back a few hours.  I imagine that there will be stops along the way – time to take notice of what is around me.  Time to see or hear nature.  Time for the dog to stop and sniff all sorts of wonderful things.  Time to stop and reflect and listen to what God is whispering into my heart.

I am not going with an expectation to hear some kind of miraculous epiphany.  That doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen.  I just don’t have that many questions right now.  I’m just experiencing life as I go.

I scheduled this day away with God on the Monday of Holy Week.  It’s a bit crazy – there is much to be done before all the worship services coming up later this week.  But in another way, this time away makes a ton of sense – it’s an opportunity to start the week on the right foot.  It’s an opportunity to start in silence.

Monday of Holy Week is traditionally seen as the day Jesus re-entered Jerusalem without any fanfare (according to the Gospel of Mark).  We went to the temple and did the unexpected – he flipped tables and drove out the animals and upset the status quo.  On his way back into Jerusalem, he curses a fig tree.

I don’t plan on cursing any trees.  Nor am I going to be flipping tables.  I’m just going on a walk, and taking in the story of Jesus’ final week before crucifixion.  And I’m keeping my eyes open for where God shows up on the journey.  It’ll be God, me, and the dog.  And a whole lot of nature.  Nature has beauty, and it has natural cycles of seasons and life.  Nature has organisms eating one another, and others assisting others.  Nature has sound, and it has silence, if it is far enough away from human touch.

Today is a day away with God and dog.  Tomorrow I am back to Holy Week.

Holy Week

23 Friday Mar 2018

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Holy Week, Jesus

Holy Week begins next week for Western Christianity.  It starts with Palm Sunday and the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, leads to suffer and death by crucifixion, and finally ends with resurrection on Easter Sunday.

It’s quite a week.  The emotional roller coaster that a worshipper experiences in the span of one week can be many things.  It can be exhausting for some people.  It can be exhilarating for others.  It can be contemplative.  It can be motivational.  Each person will deal with Holy Week differently.

For me, Holy Week is my favorite time of the year.  Far better than Christmas, as far as I am concerned.  Christmas often gets wrapped up in nostalgia and the gifts.  But Easter is different.  Easter hasn’t been consumed by the culture.  Often the culture doesn’t know what to do with Easter.  Yes, there is the Easter bunny and chocolate, but it doesn’t have the same grasp on the holiday that cultural christmas does.

Holy Week forces me to stand in the crowd and do some self-examination.  I’m not Jesus in any of the stories.  I’m an onlooker.  Do I follow the herd?  I stand and walk the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.  The crowd seems to think that this Jesus is going to overthrow Rome.  Where is his army – they must be hiding in the hills of the surrounding countryside, ready for the order.  Do I believe that too?  When are the times when I wish Jesus was a mighty general ready to inflict justice on my enemies?  When are the times I want Jesus to force people to be “good.”  When are the times when I want revenge?  When are the times that I want a strong leader to show up and make things right, the way I want them to be?

Then Jesus enters the Temple and flips the tables over and confronts the authorities.  Why didn’t he go to the king’s domain instead?  No it was the Temple.  It was to cleanse the place.  And I watch.  And I wonder.  When are the times I wish Jesus would cleanse the temples in our lives, in our nation, in our communities?  When are the times when I wish Jesus would show up and rattle things?  But do I dare wonder how Jesus flips the tables within me?

Jesus spends time with his closest friends and shares a meal with them.  One will hand him over.  When are the times that I scoff at spending time with people – when they are a hindrance?  What if that time was the last time I would have with them?  When are the times I hand Jesus over in the way I live or what I do?

Jesus is arrested and brought before Pilate for trial.  He will be beaten and handed a cross.  Then made to carry the cross to the place where he will be crucified.  That is a heavy burden.  When are the times I try to wash my hands of Jesus blood, like Pilate did?  When are the times I yell “Crucify Him, Crucify Him!” like the crowd?  Who are the people I would yell this for?  How am I adding an extra burden and weight onto the cross that Christ carries?  When am I the one that is pounding a nail into Jesus hands and feet?

And then there is death.  But death does not have the final say.

And finally, there is resurrection!  Joyous resurrection.  That which was dead is brought to life – renewed, restored, and transformed life.  Oh how beautiful it is.  All the assumptions about life are wiped away.  Christ is raised.  How does Christ raise himself within me?  How does this transform my life?  How does this move me forward from this point forward?  The past has been crucified.  Now there is a fresh start.  There is new life.  How is Jesus renewing my life and sending me out to proclaim this Good News to those around me.  How is Jesus encountering people and changing their lives.

Holy Week is an opportunity to delve into the unordinary.  To experience time differently – where everything slows down.  Where we walk with Jesus through his Passion and Resurrection.  In Holy Week, we experience God’s time and God’s plan.  But we aren’t just bystanders.  We are a part of the unfolding of the tragedy and joy.  We bring it on, and at the same time, we experience it – especially the parts that are out of our control.

Holy Week is a time to look inward and outward.  To see.  To hear.  To feel.  To know.  To change.  To die.  To be resurrected. And to share this Good News with those who have no idea – to those who think that it’s just another week.  To those who live in darkness.  Let the light of Christ shine bright during Holy Week.

Holy Week Wednesday

12 Wednesday Apr 2017

Posted by laceduplutheran in Church, Theology

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crucifixion, death, hand over, Holy Week, Jesus, paradidomi, Spirit

We don’t hear much about what happened on the Wednesday of Holy Week.  We hear that Judas makes a deal with the chief priest to hand over Jesus and then looks for an opportunity to carry out the plan.

Often, most Christians will think of betrayal.  That’s the way it is translated in English in many biblical translations.  Here’s the problem – that’s not the best translation of the Greek.  (A sidebar – This is also a good reason why literal interpretation of an English translation is highly faulty) The Greek word used for this is παραδιδομι (pronounced paradidomi).  It means to hand over and it can also be translated as betrayal.  I’m going to be jumping ahead to Friday here, but I think understanding what’s happening on Wednesday makes a bigger impact to understanding what happens on Friday.

Many of our English translations translate this word as “betrayal” when it is used in regards to Judas, but then the translations change.  They translate the term to “hand over” when it relates to the chief priests, Pilate, and the Roman soldiers.  So why betrayal for Judas, but not for everyone else?

Maybe we humans want there to a human bad guy to start the chain and so we cast Judas as the guilty party – the one who causes it all to start.  That’s satisfying isn’t it.  Yet it removes us from any participation.  We’re no longer the ones crying out Crucify him! Crucify him!  It was Judas’ fault.  We’re no longer the guilty ones along with the rest of humanity.  Only maybe that’s not totally the case.

If we look at the Gospel of John, we see in John 13:2 that it was the devil who had already put it into the heart of Judas to paradidomi Jesus.

For John, it starts with the devil and goes forward.

Except, death and sin and the devil don’t get the last laugh.

In John 19:30 Jesus received the wine and said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.  Or at least that’s what most English translations have.  Yet, that’s not exactly it.

First, Jesus doesn’t say “It is finished.”  That’s an active present statement.  It means it is done and complete.  That’s it.  Game over.  The Greek word here is τετελεσται (pronounced tetelestai) which is a perfect passive word.  A better translation is “It has been accomplished.”  What’s the difference?  Significant.  The perfect passive voice in scripture is often considered the Divine passive.  Which means that it is God’s action that is happening.  And furthermore, the perfect passive indicates that something isn’t just done – but the effects of what happened carry on into the future.  It’s not just a one time event that is done and complete.  It’s an event that is done, but still has an effect today and into the future.

And how about when Jesus gives up his spirit.  Again, that’s not exactly what it says.  The Greek says – παρέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα.  παρέδωκεν is a form of παραδιδομι which I’m translating as “hand over”.  τὸ is the definite article, in simple English, this means “the”.  And finally πνεῦμα means Spirit.  There is no possessive in the statement.  It’s just not there.  Instead, when we translate the Greek, it should say “He handed over the Spirit.”

Satan is the one who starts the process of handing over Jesus.  But it is God who has the last laugh.  Jesus hands over the Spirit to continue to work of God in the world.  God hasn’t been defeated in Jesus’ death.  Rather, Jesus overcomes sin and death and hands over the Spirit to continue his work in the world.  Holy week isn’t just about Jesus dying and being resurrected (although that is powerful in its own right).  It’s also the handing over of the Spirit to continue the work of God in the world.

There isn’t a betrayal.  There is a handing over that carries on through many actors who just don’t know what to do with Jesus.  And in the end we have Jesus, God self-emptied  who hands over the Spirit.  That’s powerful.

On this Wednesday of Holy Week, as we prepare to enter into the holy three days, let us take a breath and remember.  Let us let go of our need to scapegoat.  Let God wash over us and hand over the Spirit to us to work through us for God’s glory.

 

Holy Week Tuesday

11 Tuesday Apr 2017

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dialogue, discussion, Holy Week, Jesus, Pharisees, Sadducees, Temple, Tuesday

There are many sad verses that accompany Holy Week scripture passages.  The beginning of the week usually doesn’t get much attention, even though there is literally a ton of activity and dialogue and teaching surrounding Jesus.  And all of it is so important because it tells the story of how things turn on Jesus throughout the week.

Today I want to highlight one of these verses – Matthew 22:46.

No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

(Source: NRSV bible)

Throughout the day, Jesus spent time in the Temple in Jerusalem, teaching and talking.  We’re told in Matthew 21:45-46 that

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.  They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.

They had to shame Jesus to turn the crowds.  They had to discredit him.  They had to show that he was a threat to the people.  How?  Well, one way would be to show that if Jesus was a threat to the Roman empire, the empire would come down on everyone.  Hence, people would die.  They were essentially saying to the people – you want your prophet and the death that comes with it from Rome, or would you rather be alive and have the status quo?

The Pharisees gave it a shot and it didn’t work.  The Sadducees, not to be outdone, tried.  Failure.  And finally the Pharisees, lead by a lawyer, tried one last time.

And when those attempts failed, discussion ended.  The break of the relationship was complete.  There would be no reconciliation.  No more discussion.  Only war.  Only death.  There were no other options.  Jesus simply wouldn’t comply.  Or seen from another angle – they weren’t open to other possibilities or to listening and learning.  Too much was at stake.  When you are leadership in the status quo, you have everything to lose.  When you are leadership in the status quo, there is no incentive to change.  You must grasp onto all that you have.

And when those who are attempting to upset the status quo gain some traction, look out.  The status quo will turn violent, will stop talking when the “other” can’t be reasoned with to maintain the status quo.

On this Tuesday of Holy Week, I can’t help but think – How is Jesus upsetting the status quo today?  In our world?  In our church?  In our lives?

And how are we reacting?  Have we shut down communication with Jesus because he’s not doing things our way?  Because he’s calling on us to do things differently – not the way they’ve always been done?

Are we angry with Jesus because he just won’t stay up on the altar and stick to the text?

Are be upset because Jesus calls up to pray for and to love our enemies?  How dare he!  Doesn’t he know we are “in” and they are “out”!

Are we mad as hell because Jesus demands loyalty to him and to the Father’s reign over all else – even the flag that is in the sanctuary?  Or maybe we just shouldn’t bring that up – it might upset people.  It might make us consider that God and country are not one and the same.  That might be unnerving to us.

On this Tuesday of Holy Week, we see a transition taking place.  It’s ultimately a transition of who Jesus is.  Or rather, recognition of what Jesus is actually calling for.  It’s far different from what the crowds wanted.  It’s a far cry from what the leaders of the Temple wanted too.  Yet, it’s what Jesus wanted.  How will we respond?

 

 

Holy Week

10 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by laceduplutheran in Church, Theology

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Christians, Christmas, Easter, Holy Week

Holy Week is my favorite time of the year.  I know that many people love Christmas.  I actually don’t.  The commercialization of everything at that time of the year makes me sick. The fakeness of the season, the forced happiness (whether you feel it or not), the spending, etc. – I’m not a fan.  But I do love church Christmas.

We don’t have the consumer Easter – not much anyway.  Easter pretty much is solely a religious holy day.  And there’s no covering up what it’s about either.  The Easter Bunny doesn’t have the same stature as Santa.

And Holy Week actually gets noticed – unlike Advent, which so many don’t even realize exists.  There’s just no way to spin Holy Week into some kind of buying frenzy.  In Holy Week we hear about Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey with palm branches waving at him.  People there must have thought they were waving to a politician who was going to set everything right, or make Israel great again, or was bringing hope and change for their them.  He was, but not in the way they understood.

Holy Week is the time we hear about the flipping of the tables in the Temple.  We hear about conflict with Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, the chief priests and elders.  We hear about the Roman occupiers asserting their fear and power.  We hear about a “trial” and punishment.  We hear about mockery.  We hear about violence and death.  We hear about betrayal.  And there is no way to hide these things.  Holy Week speaks to us because we still live in that world.  It is still a part of our reality – whether we want to admit it or not.  Jesus shows us the reality of a broken world – and shows it right in our face.

Holy Week is also the time when we see who God really is – a self-emptying Savior who loves creation so much, that this same God would go all the way to death and beyond for creation.

Holy Week is the time we see that our expectations of who God is, or who we think God should be, are shattered and destroyed.  Jesus doesn’t fight back against all that oppose him – like we want him to.  We want him to pull out a sword and kick ass and take names.  But he doesn’t do that at all.

Holy Week is uncomfortable for so many Christians.  Too many will just skip the whole week and go to Easter, where we can all be happy again and sing Alleluia!  But Holy Week is supposed to be uncomfortable.  Holy Week is Jesus holding up a mirror to us and showing us who we are – We are the ones who yell out “His blood be on us and our children.”  We are the ones who cry out with a bloodthirsty cry – “Crucify him! Crucify him!”  We claim these things every time we choose violence, hatred, war, and death.

Yet, the same blood that is on us and convicts us, is the same blood that will be shed for us and will cover us in forgiveness.

Holy Week is a time when we see who God is, who we are, and how God goes to the ends of the earth to right the wrongs of the world – the ones we can’t fix ever.  But God can.  Holy Week is scary for so many.  Yet it is beautiful.

Easter 2014

20 Sunday Apr 2014

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It’s been a busy Holy Week and Easter this year.  There was Maundy Thursday service, then Good Friday, then Easter Vigil, and today Easter.  That’s a lot of church for the entire family.  But it’s all good.  Church is good.  And it’s also good to let loose a bit.  The kids have a great way of doing this – Easter Egg hunt!!!  I think we did about four different Easter Egg hunts over the last few days.  They are always fun.  And the kids love to find the eggs, empty the contents and then hide them for the adults.

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Find those eggs!

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They can be in all sorts of spots.

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And finding out what is inside is half the fun!

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And then it’s time for the adults to find the eggs.

Here’s hoping your Easter was holy and relaxed.  Happy Easter.

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