Essay On Jesus Is A Rebel

Jesus Christ is considered the Son, the Father, the Holy Ghost, and the Messiah, to millions of Christians around the world, but the debate still continues on whether or not Jesus is a rebel. A rebel is a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance to change the existing ideas or government. During his time, Jesus was a rebel, because he threatened the High Priest financial powers, and he challenged the upper class on how they treated the lower class and the social outcasts.
The High Priest, Annas, gained his political power by using his wealth to bribe the Roman governors, to appoint his five sons and his son in law to numerous positions in the ruling government. In order to do this, he had to obtain his wealth, by corruption. Since he was a high priest, he controlled the temple and benefited from the Jews payments for an “approved” animal to sacrifice, “When a Jew came to pray at the temple and offer a sacrifice they had to exhange Roman coins for Jewish ones so they could buy “approved” animals to sacrifice” (Jesus and Politics) . This corruption didn’t coincide with Jesus ideas, so he directly
The lower class and outcasts addressed the upper class with deference due to wealth and power, but the rich didn’t address the needy with deference, instead they saw them as inferior since they were subordinate. Jesus however, did not view this as acceptable to society, so he aided the poor and the outcasts and viewed them as equal, to break down social barriers. For example, a Samaritan woman came to draw water at a well in Sychar, when Jesus approached her asking for a drink of water, “When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’” (John 4:7). This was uncommon in Jesus’s time since Jews were not allowed to associate with Samaritans since, “In 2 Kings 17:23-34, we are told that the Jews never came back to Samaria” (What’s Wrong With