LUKE 19:11-27 CALLS
UPON JESUS' FOLLOWERS
TO MURDER JEWS WHO DO
NOT ACCEPT HIM?
WHY WORRY, IT'S
ONLY A PARABLE?
A
parable is just a story used to illustrate a lesson. It conveys its meaning by
using a comparison analogy. Jesus used a parable to order his minions to murder
the Jews. The results have been horrible, bloodthirsty, beyond the wildest
imagination.
In the
image of the parable Jesus told in Luke 19:11-27 (see below), he was the
nobleman who became king. Jesus directed this parable toward the Jewish people
who made up his audience (verses 1-9). These enemy-citizens represented the
Jews who reject Jesus as king. In verse 14 they were called citizens, but by
verse 27, through their rebellious refusal to accept the nobleman's (Jesus’)
kingship, they are now considered enemies. Therefore, Jesus (the king in the
parable) renders a judgment on the unfaithful and disobedient. Just as
Matthew’s Jesus declared,
"He
who is not with me is against me . . ."
(Matthew
"
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should
reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” (Luke 19:27)
Thus
Christianity was molded with these words of Jesus for many generations
thereafter. How could Christians ignore Jesus’ call to action when the Jewish
people steadfastly rejected the dead man-god? Christians saw this parable as a
direct call from the lips of Jesus himself, to render a final judgment on those
who dared to reject Jesus―the bloody slaughter of those who refused to
carry the cross.
The
tragic results of what is taught in this parable are recorded in the history of
subsequent encounters of the Jewish people with those Christians who followed
Jesus’ order. Why do the Jews suffer oppression at the hands of Christians?
A gospel passage answers, "The Jews suffer persecution
because of their refusal to accept Jesus as the Messiah." See
Mark 16:16; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 8:10-12; Matthew 13:36-43; Matthew 27:25; Luke 19:12-27; Luke 20:9-16; John 3:18; John
8:44; John 8:47; John 15:6; John 15:22-25; John 16:2, 3; Romans 11:28; I Thessalonians 2:15; Revelation 2:9-10)
Only one example should suffice to
illustrate the success of Jesus’ teaching; “…bring hither, and slay them before me.”
Godfrey's conquest of Jerusalem―known as the “First
Crusade:”
At the Council of Clermont in 1095 CE, Pope Urban II proclaimed the
First Crusade (1095-1099); primarily to provide Christian pilgrims’ access to
From Gesta Francorum (The Deeds of the
Franks):
“The defenders fled along the walls and
through the city, and our men pursued them killing and cutting them down as far
as Solomon's Temple, where there was such a massacre that our men were wading
ankle deep in blood ... Then the crusaders rushed around the whole city,
seizing gold and silver, horses and mules, and looting the housing that were
full of costly things. Then, rejoicing and weeping from excess of happiness,
they all came to worship and give thanks at the sepulchre of our saviour Jesus.
Next morning, they went cautiously up the temple roof and attacked the
Saracens, both men and women [who had taken refuge there], cutting off their
heads with drawn swords ... Our leaders then gave orders that all the Saracen
corpses should be thrown outside the city because of the stench, for almost the
whole city was full of dead bodies ... such a slaughter of pagans had never
been seen or heard of, for they were burned in pyres like pyramids, and none
save God alone knows how many they were.” 1
Raymond of Aguiles provided eyewitness
account which shows the spiritual excitement that the carnage produced among
these Chrsitians.
“Wonderful sights were to be seen. Some of our
men (and this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others
shoot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them
longer by casting them into flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be
seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one's way over the
bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what
happened at the Temple of Solomon, a place where religious services are
normally chanted ... in the temple and the porch of Solomon, men rode in blood
up to their knees and bridle reins. Indeed it was a just and splendid judgement
of God that this place should be filled with the blood of unbelievers since it
had suffered so long from their blasphemies.” 2
And, to summarize the deeds of the
Christians diligently following their pagan dead man-god, I offer the following
comments.
The Jews were murdered along with the
Muslims; many were huddled into the synagogues and burned alive. 3 Thus was
This was only the first crusade, and
the blood ran deep!
As has been said many
times, "Christianity caused the Jews to be slain by the sword, their
remnants, to be scattered and humbled, the Torah to be altered and the MAJORITY
of the world to ERR and SERVE a god OTHER than Hashem."
Do you recall the hymn “Onward
Christian Soldiers?” Think about these accounts the next time you hear it!
Remember
the words of Thomas Sowell: "One of the common failings among honorable
people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people
are, and how dangerous it is to trust them."
Footnote:
1. Knight, Honest to Man:
p82-83
2. Armstrong, Holy War:
p178-179
3. Robertson, History of
Christianity: p167
4. ibid
Endnote:
Luke
19:11-27 (King James Version)
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh
to
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into
a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered
them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated
him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to
reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned,
having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto
him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had
gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound
hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant:
because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten
cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound
hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over
five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere
man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not
sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth
will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,
taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the
bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from
him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten
pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which
hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be
taken away from him.
27 But those mine enemies,
which would not that I should reign over them, bring
hither, and slay them before me.
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