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<img src="/icons/star_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/star_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Defining messiahship, Give to God the treasures of your heart 🫀.
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- And when he came the people said: “All hail! Behold the king!”
- And Jesus spoke a parable; he said: “A king had vast domains; his people all were kin, and lived in peace.”
- “Now, after many years the king said to his people: ‘Take these lands and all I have; enhance their values; rule yourselves.’ 🫵”
- “And then the people formed their states; selected governors and petty kings. 👑”
- “But pride ☝️, ambition 🥇, selfish greed 💹, and base ingratitudes grew fast, and kings began to war 🔪.”
- “They wrote in all their statute books that might 💪 is right; and then the strong destroyed the weak 😿.”
- “A long time passed 🕰️, and then the king looked out on his domain. He saw his people in their cruel wars 🪖; he saw them sick and store distressed; he saw the strong enslave ⛓️ the weak.”
- “And then he said: ‘What shall I do? Shall I send forth a scourge❓Shall I destroy my people all ⁉️’”
- “And then his heart was stirred with pity 😢 and he said: ‘I will not send a scourge; I will send forth my only son, heir to the throne, to teach the people love ❤️, and peace ✌️, and righteousness 🛡️.’”
- “He sent his son; the people scorned him and maltreated him, and nailed to the cross ✝️.”
- “He was entombed; but death was far too weak to hold the prince and he arose 🕊️.”
- “He took a form man could not kill 🛡️; and then he went again to teach the people love, peace, and righteousness.”
- :And thus God deals with men.”
- jk: foregiven
- A lawyer came and asked: “What does messiah mean? And who has right to make messiah of a man?”
- And Jesus said: “Messiah is one sent from God to seek and save the lost 🗺️. Messiahs are not made of man.”
- “In first of every age 📅 Messiah comes to light the way 🔦; to heal up broken hearts ❤️🩹; to set the prisoners free 🔑. Messiah and the Christ are one 1️⃣.”