Evening: Psalm 145; Zechariah 9:9-16; Luke 19:11-27
Not
every story Jesus tells contains a lesson in itself. One story may be
set beside another, showing the difference between its subject matter
and the Way of Jesus. Isn’t this the case with the story about the
violence of a tyrannical ruler who slaughters those who oppose him
(genocide)? Compare this with the humility of Jesus who, in the next
story, rides into Jerusalem on a colt. Disciples of Jesus follow a very
different kind of king. Sometimes, we have missed this comparison, but
the Gospel is saying: Choose … what kind of ruler do you want?
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