Glenn – No Beauty In The Beast – Israel Without Her Mascara

HISTORY’S FOGOTTEN BRAVEHEART 135History’s Forgotten BraveheartUnbeknownst to them, he stood there as motionless as a statue, staring at them intently with a fixed andseemingly determined gaze. He eyed the enemy with the same resolute stare that any revolutionarydoes, calling to mind the wrongs that had been inflicted upon his innocent countrymen, and the justicethat they as victims deserved in bringing things back into balance. He knew there could be no going backonce the deed was done, and that by throwing down this gauntlet, he would begin the war forindependence for which his people had been waiting more years than they could remember. He noddedhis head slightly, as if to acknowledge that he had made up his mind, and turning towards his men whohad arrived with him, indicated to them with a facial expression that they should pay attention to whatwas about to take place. As he started off, one of his men, made uneasy by what he suspected was aboutto occur, asked him with just a hint of nervousness in his voice “What are you going to do?” And despitehis not saying anything, nevertheless they all understood his answer by virtue of the language in hisbody movements. The answer that he did not give, but which they nevertheless understood quite wellwas the same response given by the Scottish patriot William Wallace in the movie Braveheart beforeriding off to meet the English envoy, which simply was, “I’m going to pick a fight.”A minute later, in an event which was to alter the course of human history, he fashioned a whip out ofsomething he had found along the way, and drove those out of the Temple who had desecrated itsholiness through their love of money and ambitious designs. History had just been made, and a majorshift in mankind’s destiny had now taken place.The event had caused a good deal of commotion, and as such did not escape the notice of those whosemoney went flying end over end with the turning of the tables. Many profits had been lost that day as aresult of this vigilante’s actions, just one in a series of fights he would pick during the course of the weekagainst the powers that be. To him, there was no gray area when it came to dealing with his adversary,nor were there any kind, diplomatic words to be found in his discourse with them. In his estimation, theywere the children of the Devil, a brood a vipers and a synagogue of Satan who would not escape thepunishment of Hell for having oppressed those under them. He fingered them as the root of all corruptionin his country, and warned everyone in his proximity to stay as far away from these individuals aspossible, and for their own good. What he did was to merely state the obvious which everyone alreadyknew, and this being the case, no one bothered to argue away his assertions, which would have been awaste of time anyway.A few days later these same individuals who sat stoned face through all the condemnations that whereleveled at them for what was their criminal and corrupt behavior would decide to suffer the militancy ofthis pesky revolutionary no longer. So, after gathering together in dark rooms, amidst whispers anddarting eyes they would plot to have him killed in what was to become the most infamous scandal ofpolitical corruption in the history of mankind. And despite Pilate’s reluctance to be responsible for themurder of an innocent man, nevertheless he was made an offer which he simply couldn’t refuse. And soin the end, the simple peasant from Nazareth who dared to attempt the liberation of his people from thedevilish grip of the Sanhedrin was strung up and nailed to a tree like an animal, an act of brutality thatwas meant to be seen as a warning to all the ages should anyone else get any funny ideas. As he hungthere naked and stripped of his flesh, his enemies paraded at his feet, shaking each other’s hands incongratulatory fashion and mocking him for having dared to disrupt their interests in what was hispathetic display of resistance. As he hung there, history’s forgotten Braveheart, his message to those who