Ecce Homo: Crucify him! Crucify him!
"His blood be upon us (Jews), and upon our children "
- - Matthew 27:25 - -
by
Hector Carreon
La Voz de Aztlan
Los Angeles, Alta California - February 13, 2004 - (ACN) The modern day Pharisees first exerted great efforts to sabotage the filming of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ". Later, they interfered in the distribution and showing of the film. All their efforts, however, have been in vain, thank God. "The Passion of Christ" will be released on Wednesday February 25 in over 2000 theaters nationwide.
Why have the Pharisees, whom our Lord Jesus Christ called "sons of vipers", gone through such extraordinary efforts to destroy what will most certainly become one of the "classical films" of all time? Why would modern day Pharisees risk being further exposed to the world at a time when they are already under public scrutiny for their criminal actions in the Holy Land?
The answers are all in the New Testament of the Holy Bible, especially in the 4 Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and in an extraordinary but little known sacred document written by a German holy woman named St. Anne Catherine Emmerich. The meditations and sacred visions of St. Anne Catherine Emmerich are outlined in a document titled "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" (see below). Mel Gibson based his film on the 4 Gospels and on what many Christians consider the 5th Gospel by Anne.
There is no question that we are living in extremely dangerous times when every day is lived under great apprehension and fear of the next devastating terrorist act. There is no question that the West is rapidly falling into a moral sewer as demonstrated by what is increasingly being shown on prime time television, national magazines and on Hollywood movies. There is no question that even some of the principal Christian denominations have been infiltrated by agents of evil as demonstrated by the consecration of a sodomite bishop by the Episcopalians, the protection of pedophile priests by the Catholic Church and now the efforts underway by many churches to consecrate holy marriages between sodomites.
What many people don't see, however, is that the present sad circumstances we live under are all the consequences of the evil actions of the modern day Pharisees as it was during Jesus Christ's time. Today, there are only a few human beings who are struggling against what Jesus struggled against 2000 years ago in the Holy Land. Today, the Pharisees are still crucifying people as they are doing to the Palestinians and as they attempted to do to Mel Gibson.
The Pharisees led by Caiphas, their High Priest of the Temple, conspired against Jesus to have him put to death as they conspire against many good people today. The Pharisees in the time of Jesus, as it is today, did not like the Son of God to point out their sins. The Jewish priests Annas and Caiphas through their kangaroo court, the Sanhedrin , brought forth trumped up charges against Jesus in order to convince the Roman Magistrate Pontius Pilate to issue an order to crucify Jesus. They accused and brought forth false witnesses that Jesus was a rebel planning an insurrection against Rome. They also accused Jesus of espousing the non-payment of taxes to the Roman Empire.
All these accusations were false and the real reason that the Jews wanted Jesus crucified was because they hated him. The Pharisees wanted to continue living their sinful and perverted lives, as they are doing today, and Jesus was a very heavy weight on their conscious. Most serious of all to the Pharisees, Jesus claimed to be the much awaited Messiah that was prophesied in the Torah by their prophets. Their sins blinded them to the truth. Not even the many miracles that Jesus performed throughout the Holy Land convinced the Pharisees that Jesus of Nazareth was in fact the true Son of God.
The Pharisees today fear that Mel Gibson's film about Jesus' last twelve hours on earth will unveil the truth about who really was responsible for the gruesome torture and execution of Jesus. Pontius Pilate wanted to spare the life of Jesus but the Jews would not allow it. When Pilate gave the Jewish High Priest and the mob of Pharisees a choice whether to release the criminal Barabbas or Jesus, they all yelled "Release Barabbas!" Pilate than asked the Jews what he should do with Jesus and they all yelled in unison, "Crucify him! Crucify Him!" The Roman Pontius Pilate said " I washed my hands" of the murder of Jesus and the Jews than yelled "His blood be upon us, and upon our children ".
The last utterance by the Jews, "His blood be upon us, and upon our children " has been a curse upon them for 2000 years. They have wondered the earth never finding a true home. They have been expelled by scores of host countries after the nations grew tired of putting up with their evil and sinful ways and their corruption of local cultures. These expulsions are documented at http://www.aztlan.net/jewexpulsions.htm
Today, there are very few films produced that "uplift the spirit", primarily because these very same Pharisees hold a monopoly on all aspects of film production, marketing and distribution. We Christians can change this. We can do this by primarily "boycotting" the decadent films that are coming out of Hollywood and by supporting independent films like Gibson's "The Passion of Christ". Take the day off this coming "Ash Wednesday" and take the entire family to see the film.
God bless Mel Gibson!
PLEASE NOTE:
Aztlan Christian Ministries are making the book "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" by St. Anne Catherine Emmeric available to the readership of La Voz de Aztlan. The illustrated electronic book will be e-mailed to anyone that requests it and makes a donation at http://www.aztlan.net/donate.htm
Related La Voz de Aztlan articles:
Mel Gibson, Anne Emmerich, Jesus and the Jews
Mel Gibson's Film on Jesus Christ: "buono per l'anima, non buono per il portafoglio"
