Meekness Of Spirit

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

Matthew (27:54).


Remember the 'Racist sheriffs who imprisoned Martin Luther King Jr the Soviets who deported Solzhenitsyn the authorities who imprisoned Nelson Mandela, all thought they were solving a problem. Instead they ended up unmasking their own violence and injustice 'When Jesus died, even a gruff Roman soldier was moved to exclaim, "This man truly was the Son of God".

He saw the contrast between his brutish colleagues and their victim Who forgave them in His dying gasp. The pale figure nailed to a crossbeam revealed the ruling powers as false gods who broke their own lofty promises of piety and justice. Religion, not irreligion, accused Jesus; the law, not lawlessness had him executed. By their rigged trials, scourging and violent opposition to Jesus, the political and religious authorities exposed themselves for what they were 'Each assault laid bare their illegitimacy, yet in the end - He won!'