Ancient Words

Woe to those who scheme iniquity, who work evil on their beds. . . They covet fields and then seize them, and houses, and take them away. . . Now hear this, all ye movers and shakers, ye who abhor justice, and twist everything that is straight, who build a nation with bloodshed, and an administration with violent injustice, with leaders who pronounce judgment for a bribe. . . and yet they lean on God, saying, “Isn’t God on our side? Calamity will not fall on us? Later, much later, when the Creator of the Universe showed up as a man, he continued his discourse: “Come and take authority over what I have provided for you, for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in.” And his followers said; “Say what? When did we see you hungry, and feed you? or thirsty, and did give you something to drink? When did we see you as a stranger, or an immigrant, and invite you in? I mean, when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come and visit you” And the prime minister or president or whatever will follow up with a question . . . When did we, like, see you as a stranger or an immigrant or hungry or whatever and give you stuff? And the Teacher, the true Lord of Estate, replied: To whatever extent you provided these assets to the people out there on the fringes, the. . .you know, the immigrants and the foreigners and those people who don’t speak English very well and they don’t dress like you and usually they’re a little darker than you. . .but even so, whenever you’ve provided assistance to them, you have done it unto me. . .yes me, the One who walked from Galilee to Jerusalem, only to be imprisoned, tried and found guilty of some trumpedup charges and then executed roman style. . .yes, me. . . that guy that you’ve been hearing about all these years, and centuries. But it all happened so that Jesus could demonstrate to everyone in the world, rich and poor, black and white, smart and stupid, educated or not, whether foxy or mulish or foolish or even ghoulish. . . all of ‘em. . . could follow a crucified Messiah past death into eternal life.

And if you believe that, we’ve got real estate in heaven to share with you. King of Soul