Holy Week gives to us the gravest example in history of what men will do to maintain their political power.
John 11:47–So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
v. 49f–Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”
v. 53–Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.
Matthew 26–Then, “a great multitude with swords and clubs came from the chief priests and elders…”
and “led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scribes and elders were assembled.”
27:1ff “When morning came…they led him away..to Pilate.”
Pilate also had a position to maintain. He found it expedient to give the chief priests and elders their demands.
v. 20f “the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask [Pilate] for Barabbas and destroy Jesus…they all said, ‘Let him be crucified.’”
Now, as this Holy Week begins here, and Great Lent begins there, we come to the fratricide and slaughter in Ukraine as the United States seeks to delay its demise as the uni-polar power of the world by expedient measures to promote “regime change” (the President’s words) in Russia, even to “the last Ukrainian.”
And at what cost?
This is the anniversary of the peace plan that was negotiated TWO YEARS AGO, but was KILLED by the American NeoCons, as Israeli PM Bennett who helped facilitate the agreement noted. Worse as a former PM of Ukraine stated, regarding a member of their parliament who was a party to those negotiations, “they simply shot him afterwards and threw his body on the street.”
Since then, over a quarter million (250 Thousand) bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, young and old, have piled up. But as NeoCon Senator Graham says, “And the Russians are dying….best money we ever spent.”
German General Kujat stated last month, “The window…for a negotiated settlement could quickly close….[then] the risk of limited nuclear war.”
We must ask, “Where are the voices of the churches, of the Christian leaders, of the Patriarchs?”
And in this Holy Season those outside the Body of Christ need to be aware that the window for peace bought by Christ’s death for sin on the Cross closes quickly at each man’s death.
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
–Psalm 90
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