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

136HISTORY’S FOGOTTEN BRAVEHEARTwere the oppressors of the weak and the peddlers of men’s souls was simply “give them liberty, or give medeath.” The mob bosses got what they demanded, and, as the saying goes, the rest is history.Indeed, the rest is history, but unfortunately a history much of whose importance has been forgotten inthe 2,000 years that have passed in the interim. The image of the Prince of Peace as a militant revolutionarycertainly doesn’t conform to the image that has been embraced by millions of his followers today, andyet, in reality this is exactly what he was. In no way can it be accurately stated that he was a moderate inany sense, for as he stated on several occasions, he detested lukewarmness and ambiguity on matters ofprinciple, comparing such half-measures as nothing better than vomit. He was just one in a long line oftroublemakers who had dared to challenge the corruption that had been woven into the fabric of Jewishsociety by the leadership of Israel, and just one of many who was willing to expose that leadership as thesource of the injustices that oppressed the poor and blameless of his day. Before him were all the prophetswho had castigated a wicked people for their behavior, rabble-rousers who did not neglect to point outthat it was those holding power in Israel who had inspired that deviancy.With this in mind, he who was the mild mannered carpenter and who had suddenly burst on to the sceneand began upsetting the order which had been established for the benefit of the privileged few should inall justice be seen as the liberator and revolutionary that he was. This should only be natural, andparticularly to his followers today, since he never attempted to hide the fact that he was a thorn in theside of the powers that be in the last three years of his life. He made sure that those around him understoodwhat he was about when he said in no uncertain terms that he did not come to bring peace, but rather thesword. In instance after instance he revealed what was his contempt for those who were determined tooppress the people of Palestine and to reduce their lives to that of concentration camp victims in whatwas the spiritual and sociological holocaust known as Pharisaical Judaism. He understood how vicioushis enemy was, and entertained no illusions about the danger that encompassed his mission, understandingthe fact that he was a marked man for his revolutionary activity. Nevertheless, as history has shown, hewas not the type to allow fear to dictate his agenda, and therefore refused to back down in the face of sucha formidable bully. He loved his people and, with equal passion, loved justice, and would do what wasnecessary to free them.It is a curious thing to note these days, the fact that he is called the Savior by his followers and yet few ofthem appreciate him as anything more than this one-dimensional figure who speaks nice words andheals the sick. To his followers, the salvation he won for mankind is limited to their being saved from sin,and yet they do not acknowledge his revolution as going any further than that. Whether this insistenceupon looking at the life of this liberator in a purely one dimensional way is the product of disinterest inpolitics and history or whether it is the product of mass manipulation by interested parties is up fordebate, probably a little of both, to be accurate. In any case, there is an angle to understanding this strugglethat took place between him and the powers that be that is not discussed nor explored, much to thedisadvantage of not only his followers, but indeed to the world in general. This truly is tragic, for containedwithin the drama that took place between the peasant carpenter and the Sanhedrin are invaluable piecesof information which carry the keys to unlocking the most serious problems facing humanity today.Included within this are explanations concerning the destruction of Western Civilization and the presentwar in the Middle East that threatens to consume the world in the very near future. But in addition, (andmore importantly for those living in the present age) this tale is a warning about what lies ahead, awarning which much of the world has chosen not to heed over the course of the last century.The question that should be asked by all those who are standing in the midst of this living history todayis simply, what did this man see? What was it about the power structure of the Sanhedrin that made him