The True Jesus
The irony is that Jesus was so anti-packaging.
In His preaching, He called out the abuses and
misdeeds of the religious establishment. In the
Sermon on the Mount, He said, “Do not think
that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
I did not come to destroy but to fulfill,” (Matt.
5:17). Jesus came to illuminate the true meaning
of religion, “the law and the prophets,” that had
been twisted and abused.
In fact, the Scriptures that He preached even
predicted a false, corrupted Christianity to come
in the future. It would cause global suffering and
persecute those at odds with its teachings, which
misrepresented God. It would “make war” with
anyone that disagreed with it and “prevail against
them,” (Dan. 7:21). But despite the abuses of
religion in the past and in the future, Jesus did
not seek to destroy it, but to illuminate its true
meaning.
Before His death on the cross, Jesus was
brought before Pilate, a Roman ruler. When Pilate
questioned Him regarding His arrest by Roman
soldiers and the Jewish leaders, Jesus said, “My
kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were
of this world, My servants would fight, so that I