This article comes to me by The Prophet Benjamin: in his own words.
The Spirit of the Lord came to me in a dream, and Jesus anointed me to preach the good news to the poor and suffering—and to the immigrant and suffering children. He has sent me to proclaim the deliverance to the captives… those families captured by the Conservative government and oppressed by those who wear his name yet serve his arch enemy. Because of the idioms of the twenty-first century, Jesus has demanded that I call this article: “An Open Letter from Jesus to Conservatives!” Yes, THAT Jesus.
What follows is his Word:
I wonder if you have read my gospel or taken what I said to heart. Have you read the stories in Matthew Mark and Luke where parents brought their children to me? My own disciples rebuked them, and I shut them down quickly. Mark says I was ‘indignant,’ but it was more than that. Do you remember that verse?
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
~ Mark 10:13-16
Did you read the verse? BLESSED are the children. I BLESSED THE CHILDREN, I DID NOT separate them from their parents. My Kingdom belongs to ALL children (and their parents). I came down hard on my disciples for their lack of compassion, and their violence toward the youth. These were the men closest to me. Men I shared my life with. So, imagine how I feel about you, who wear my name, yet abuse those most precious to me. Did you think I was kidding when I said:
It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
~ Luke 17:1
As I told the Psalmist (or David if you like):
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
~ Psalm 127:3-5
Notice there’s no qualifier in this verse. I didn’t say AMERICAN children… I said CHILDREN… ALL children. Not just yours. Did you read what I said in Matthew?
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
~ Matthew 18:10
When I was on earth, my disciples argued about which of them would be the greatest in my heavenly kingdom, and I literally had a child stand beside me and said:
Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.
~ Luke 9:46-47 (also Mark 9:35-37)
Again, no qualifiers. Not AMERICAN children, Jewish Children, Conservative Children… CHILDREN! And yet, you have assaulted, abused, violated and assailed the greatest in my Kingdom—Children. My Kingdom belongs to children. How are you missing this? I could not be clearer on this issue. Seriously. Remember what my little brother said?
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
~ James 1:27
“But wait!” You say. “These children are not orphans.” Only they are, because YOU have made them so. Let me be clear: I LOVE children. I adore them. I called them the “Kingdom of Heaven.” I plan to put THEM over YOU! I was clear when I said:
So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.
~ Matthew 18:14
Yet here you are, in MY name, harming those who are the most precious to me. And you know that you’re abusing my name, which is why you are moving in darkness. The fact that you are “moving under the cover of darkness” means that you know I disapprove. But do NOT forget:
All deeds done in darkness will be brought to light. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
~ Luke 8:17
Know this, I’m done with you. You are not my lambs, you are goats, and I am ready to turn you over to the evil that you have perpetrated. You are of your father the devil. Even while you justify your evil deeds with my name, you bow to my arch enemy.
Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,I was a stranger and you did not invite me in (instead you separated me from my families), I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.
Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.
~ Matthew 25:41-46
You rail on about the “Radical Left, but notice where I have put YOU! YOU are the “radical left,” because you are on my ‘left hand,’ among the goats, among those I abhor. And YOU are those whose souls I will destroy forever.
Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” And the least of these are my children.
~ Matthew 25:40
You think that because I died for your sins I will let you run roughshod over others (particularly MY children)? Know this… I LOVE you as much as the person you HATE the most. And hating my children takes my ire to a whole other level. So here’s what I have to say to Conservatives:
The greatest among you shall be your servant (that means you Donald) For whoever exalts himself will be humbled (That’s you Paul Ryan), and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.…
~ Matthew 23:11
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ (Moral in your terms) for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers (that means with liberals and immigrants).And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven (In other words, stop worshiping Donald Trump). Nor are you to be called instructors (righteous ‘deciders’ for those with whom you disagree), for you have one Instructor, the Messiah (You got that Franklin Graham?).The greatest among you will be your servant (or as you like to call them, ‘illegals’).For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
~ Matthew 23:8-12
So I give you this warning:
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees (that means you Conservatives), you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in children’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Woe to you, blind guides (That means you Fundamentalists and Teabaggers)! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the (national debt/illegal immigrants/your fears and lack of faith), or the temple that makes the gold sacred (your mega-churches/Fox “news” your Conservative media)?
Woe to you, Conservatives and Republicans: you hypocrites! You pretend to give your tithe to God. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
~ Matthew 23 (Just read it all)
Notice I used the term: “brood of vipers.” How quaint. In MY time, snakes were dangerous; and since I wore sandals, that meant YOU (Conservatives) were always biting at my feet and attacking my children. And here’s the word hypocrite: YOU use hypocrite to mean, “someone who says one thing but does another.” But the word hypocrite simply means “actor.” In other words, You are NOT Christians, you are only pretending. You are NOT my children, you are only pretending. Despite your words, you are nothing but pretending, and I see right through you.
Do not be deceived. These are not random insults. I mean what I say. It matters to me how you behave, and I’ve had enough of your hubris, pride, and arrogance, and cruelty. Have you read my parable of the Good Samaritan? Notice who I cast as the good guy… Israel’s/YOUR enemy—a Samaritan (an immigrant).
Do not be deceived, Conservatives. You are my enemy. And unless you repent, I will abolish you to my LEFT hand, you workers of iniquity.