Unreasonable Brutality

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The mocking scourging and crucifixion of Jesus offends both our intellect and sense of morality. Usually when a government decides to execute a person it does so dispassionately. The execution of Jesus though had all the hallmarks of a man being slaughtered for stealing someone's wife or killing their small children. It is possibly one of the most cared-for executions in history. There was such great revelry from the actors; people were delighted to see Jesus tortured and murdered. Though one later repented even the crucified thieves somehow found the strength to mock Jesus with their final breaths. From a purely human perspective the whole thing is an outrageous scene. But to look at it through merely human eyes is to make a mistake. Behind the spitting the jeers the beating the yelling the whipping nailing contempt and fear was a demonic realm at feast.</span></p>