Have you ever Googled Jesus? Like right now go to Google Images and type in Jesus… what come up? Paintings of Jesus holding a lamb, Jesus sitting with children and a picture of Buddy Jesus with a big smile on his face giving us a thumbs up.
The image we have of Jesus is often some kind of, peace giving, sheep petting, thumbs up giving Jesus. And if we look further into Google images we see a Jesus who was tortured, and nailed to a cross. (A Jesus so weak that he couldn’t even save himself).
But this is NOT the Jesus I know. Sure there are scriptures in the Bible where Jesus refers to himself as the good shepherd and where the Bible speaks of his kindness and compassion. And yes Jesus was tortured and did die on the cross. BUT…
The Jesus that I know wasn’t weak! The Jesus of the bible is so powerful that even the winds and waves obey his voice (Mt 8:26). He speaks and people come back to life, (Jn11:43)… even the demons are afraid of him, and an entire town asks him to leave their region because they are so afraid of his power! (Mt8:34) He had at his disposal legions of Angeles. (Mt26:53) And yet this Jesus… who had so much authority and power… allowed people to mock him, torture him, spit on him. And even crucify him!
So often we are lead to believe that Jesus is some sheep loving peace-giving hippie! But the Truth is that Jesus is a King! Jesus is GOD! And the next time we see this Jesus… He wont be petting Sheep! In fact the next time we see Jesus… will look something like this…
Matthew 25:31-33
31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
The next time we see Jesus he will be seen in all his GLORY with 100 Million angels at his side(Rev5:11). As he he Judges us… As he separates us.:
Jesus is not some Sheep, loving, peace, giving hippie! Jesus is King, Jesus is the Judge!!
