“….they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ “
Matthew 28:8-15
This floors me.
His band of brothers abandoned Him when things became threatening. And yet, He never backed down. All were witness to the horrendous end they chose for Him to endure for our sake. He accepted it fully. Without condition.
Neither “chief priest” nor “elder” could hold a candle to His level of covenant with us. As is to this very day, well designed deceit funded appropriatelty is the primary weapon used to defend the status of ego, rank and false esteem. Endorse, spread and maintain the lie.
As Bishop Barron asserts, there are faculty lounge versions of His life, death and so called resurrection. All attempts at mythifying truth. To this day, still well designed deceit, funded appropriately to encourage disbelief and spread that word. All meant to efend the status of ego, rank and false esteem.
Though thousands of years have passed, the chief priests and elders remain, renew and multiply.
In that regard, nothing much has changed in this world since then.
Thank God we were provided the option to choose another world in which to live.
“Thank you.”