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Jesus of Nazareth increasingly became the re-
ligious “competition” of the high priests and
priests – and He is that until today.
But He was loved very much by the people of the
folk. Therefore, one had to proceed in a diabolic
and devious way, in order to clear Him out of
the way:
First, through character assassination, by spread-
ing all kinds of lies about Him, then by incitement
to betrayal; furthermore, by the high treason of
Judas who was bought by the caste of priests,
and finally, by the false accusation of the caste
of priests and finally through the false accusation
on the part of the high priest and the scribes, fol-
lowed by judicial murder:
Jesus was executed like a dangerous criminal
after being cruelly tortured. ...
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Jesus taught
the truth of heaven
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He, Jesus of Nazareth, taught us the prayer of
unity, the Lord’s Prayer. With this prayer, He gave
us an understanding of the fact that no priests
are needed as intercessors between God and
the people.
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The Jerusalem of those times –
a volatile place
God’s prophets
against animal sacrifice
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Let us remember what was just described about
Jerusalem 2000 years ago. At that time, this ac-
cusation and this deed was a further provocation
without equal. The statement by Jesus of Naza-
reth: “But you have made of it a den of thieves
and filled it with all kinds of abominations,” ap-
plied to the priests and their retinue in general
and to the high priests in particular.
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blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing
a camel!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you clean the outside of the cup and the
plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-
indulgence. You blind Pharisees! First clean the
inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside
also may be clean.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you are like whitewashed tombs, which out-
wardly appear beautiful, but within are full of
dead people‘s bones and all uncleanness. So you
also outwardly appear righteous to others, but
within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate
the monuments of the righteous, saying: If we
had lived in the days of our fathers, we would
not have taken part with them in shedding the
blood of the prophets.’
Thus you witness against yourselves that you are
sons of those who murdered the prophets. ...
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But you are not to be called rabbi – today we
could also say: you are not to be called pastor
or reverend – for you have one teacher, and you
are all brothers. And call no man your father on
earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Neither be called instructors, for you have one
instructor, the Christ. (Mt. 23:8-10)
Can we imagine what enormous courage is re-
quired of a person to continuously address the
religious power-holders of the people in such a
straightforward and clear-sighted way? ...
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He brought the law of God, by which measure the
caste of priests revealed themselves as hench-
men of a power far from God, just as has been
passed down by the words of Jesus in the Bible
of the churches. Therefore, only the mute Jesus is
presented to the people by the caste of priests,
because no one should hear His words. They think
that they have thus silenced Him.
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