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

98THE NEW SANHEDRINThe New Sanhedrin“What are we to do with these men?” they asked among themselves. “We must warn them not to speak anymorein his name.” The problem for those who were debating this question of “what to do with these men” wasthat many miracles had been performed by them in the plain sight of the whole community, and therewas no arguing against it. What was even more vexing to them was the boldness of these former fishermenin going forth fearlessly like first century renditions of William Wallace and his band of Scotsmen, refusingto knuckle under and abandon their War for Independence in the face of so many threats. And it was dueto these reasons that their opponents were gathered that day, and understandably anxious about handlingthis problem without too much attention being drawn to it.Those who were gathered together pondering this troubling question were the members of the Sanhedrinwho had just recently put that ambitious and pesky carpenter from Nazareth to death, and who nowwere in the business of persecuting his followers, stoning them, having them thrown into prison, and ingeneral bringing to bear all of the mechanisms of coercion which were available to them at the time.Clearly, the business of bringing to an end the boxing match that took place over the course of 3 yearsbetween the Nazarene and the most esteemed and honored members of the religious leadership was notas finalized as they had thought it was. In killing him, they had opened up a can of worms that appearedto be almost uncontainable, and now, in utter desperation, they were attempting to stop a fire that appearedto be unstoppable.Thus were the events which gave birth to the Christian faith as recounted in the Book of Acts, a heartpounding,heroic tale in which a band of revolutionaries defies the powers that be in their desire to live asfree men. As such, there are to be found in this story all the elements which have encompassed other talesof similar theme, including the evil tyrants who oppress and weigh down the people, and the heroeswho, having been struck with the idea that it is better to perish as free men than to live as slaves, bravelygo forth lighting the fires of revolution and justice in the process. Most of those who call themselvesChristians today, while acknowledging their respect for these events, nevertheless seem to have littleunderstanding as to where the importance of such events lie in the present. To those who pay some lipservice to the freedom fighters, (Peter, Paul, et al) the events are simply occurrences of a bygone history,as was General Washington’s crossing of the Delaware or Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia Houseof Burgesses. Little do they appear to realize that they are living in the midst of this event, an event whichwas only part one in the War of Independence which Christianity declared against Pharisaical Judaism inthe tiny town of Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago. The danger to this inaccurate understanding of theevent is lethal, both spiritually and physically, for in the process of getting bad intelligence reports muchof what calls itself Christianity has made fatal errors in terms of logistics and planning, and as such nowstands poised to be overrun by the enemy, if indeed this has not already happened.“What are we to do with these men?” they ask on a daily basis today, and have now, for at least one century,possibly two. Those who are gathered together today, pondering this troubling question are the modernday descendants of the same Sanhedrin who had put that ambitious and pesky carpenter from Nazarethto death, and who now are in the business of persecuting his followers, killing them, having them throwninto prison, and in general bringing to bear all the mechanisms of coercion which are available to them atthis time. “We must warn them not to speak anymore in His name.”The average Christian contemplating who such persons might be today, (and inevitably falling back onthe propaganda which has been poured into his or her consciousness by a Zionist media) would invariably