![]() ![]() Yet Jesus failed to reestablish nation of Israel.However, later Aslan seems to backtrack: “Nor can Jesus be labeled a violent revolutionary bent on armed rebellion…”. The God of violence is “the only God that Jesus knew and the sole God he worshipped”. Jesus intended that the twelve tribes be reconstituted for a single purpose: war.John 18:36 has been totally misunderstood. For Jesus, the Kingdom of God is very much of this world. ![]() Jesus was a zealot, advocating violence to overthrow the occupying Romans as well as the corrupt priesthood.The numbers in are the page numbers in the paperback edition. Listen, or just read through the notes below. To hear my review of Reza Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (2013), click on the arrow. Prism : Insight & Inspiration (Christ in the Old Testament). ![]()
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