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Pontius Pilate was a man of the world. He knew something about suffering. He was a soldier and a governor. When the native Jews were getting restless, there was nothing like a public execution to tame the uprising. His sarcasm and, ultimately, his fascination with Christ led him to stumble upon a truth.
In response to Pilate’6 taunting question, “Are you the King of the Jews?”, Jesus reveals the nature of his kingship: “My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight....” Christ was prepared for suffering and death because his kingship was heavenly. But is a heavenly ruler detached from the world? On the contrary. In his dialog with Pilate, Jesus establishes the heavenly link to the world.
Christ is certainly a king. “For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.”
Earlier in the Gospels, Christ reveals this foundational truth of the Christian faith: “Greater love than this no man hath that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Sacrificial love! In the sufferings of Christ, man discovers a kind of “divine empathy.” He understands. When we
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