Planet Rebirth

Jerusalem is a great city, the pinnacle of human history.When Moses led the Israelites back here, the industrious Jewish ancestors expanded their territory here, established the city under the leadership of King David, and brought her to its first glory in the era of King Solomon.

But in the following time, the Herodians occupied Jerusalem and implemented a brutal rule, and then the Romans defeated the Herodians and established the Jewish province of the Roman Empire in the area centered on Jerusalem, and established According to the officials conquered by the Roman Empire, King Herodias was retained as a puppet.

The Jews living here from generation to generation continued their simple and poor life, living a difficult life under the dual rule of Rome and Herod.

Passover is one of the most important Jewish holidays and is also the Jewish New Year. This day commemorates Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt and seeing God punish Egypt.

This is a festival that all Jews attach great importance to. According to the custom, every household must slaughter lambs on this day, make traditional Jewish food such as unleavened bread and bitter vegetable platter, and spend this festival together with the whole family.

However, when the Passover festival came in Jerusalem this year, it was a different scene.The dual rule of Rome and Herodia made life difficult for the Israelites. On this important festival, most Israelis had no lambs to slaughter. Even green vegetables were extremely precious food. The poor Israelis had only unleavened Bread is edible, but what festival is it without lamb and greens?

On this day, the atmosphere in Jerusalem was extremely tense. Not only this year, but in recent years, before Passover, the air above Jerusalem was filled with anger and anxiety.

The Roman governor Pilate ordered the Roman legions from all the provinces of Judea to enter Jerusalem to impose martial law.Because the local governor of the Roman Empire deeply understood that there was a powerful undercurrent surging in the introverted and deep character of the Israelites. Once this undercurrent broke out, an irreparable and terrible situation would occur.

On the Passover of this year, Jesus came to Jerusalem for the first time.He had heard about the magnificence and magnificence of this city for a long time, but when he saw it on the hillside outside the city, he was still deeply impressed.

Jerusalem is built on the mountain, and the patchwork of buildings covers the entire hillside.Among them, the tallest and most majestic buildings are the Temple of Judaism, the palace of King Herodia, and the official residence of the Roman governor.

After admiring the beauty of Jerusalem, Jesus strode toward the city.He was invariably blocked at the city gates, for a man dressed as a shepherd had to pay a tax to enter the city.

Jesus' attitude was extremely cooperative. He paid the entry tax, but the Roman soldiers guarding the city gate let him go. He entered Jerusalem smoothly.

Jerusalem was extremely depressed and tense on this day.Although it was only noon, there were few pedestrians on the street, and the vendors doing business almost disappeared. Instead, there were teams of Roman soldiers patrolling the streets.They occasionally brush shoulders with Jews.The eyes of the two sides returning to each other were full of anger, and the anger seemed to be ignited at any time.

Jesus walked toward the city center along the street, and his destination was the Jewish shrine, after inquiring a few times.Passersby pointed him in the right direction.

The tall roof of the temple was getting closer and closer, and on the way to the temple, Jesus passed the grain storehouse in Jerusalem.The door is locked here.Roman soldiers and Herodian soldiers surrounded it because a large number of hungry people gathered here.They were all very poor Israelites, poor people who couldn't even afford unleavened bread.

They stretched out their bony arms, hoping that the ruler of Jerusalem would give them some life-saving food in this Thanksgiving festival.However, what they waited for was merciless whipping and threats of swords and guns.

Jesus stood aside and watched silently. His face was expressionless, but his hands were already tightly clenched into fists because of anger.

He turned and continued walking like a temple.

The closer you are to the temple, the more gorgeous the buildings on both sides of the road will be.These buildings are the residences of the Roman and Herodian nobles and the Israeli priests, especially the priests' residences. They even built bridges so that they can directly enter from the courtyard of their homes across the entire street. In the temple, they don't seem to want to walk side by side with ordinary people unremittingly. Being high above can make them despise everything, and at the same time make them completely separated from the life of the world.

The smell of roasted lamb and the sound of laughter wafted from these buildings. There were singing and dancing, and the rich were celebrating Passover. They simply forgot that just outside the walls, countless people were starving.

Jesus came to the door of the temple, and he strode in without hesitation. At this time, on the square in front of the temple, the priests were preparing for the burnt offering every night.

The bonfire has been blazing, and the lamb to be sacrificed to the god is tied to a post beside it. When the time comes, the poor creature will be thrown into the fire and burned, and use its death to sacrifice to the god.

A huge red drapery hangs over the entrance of the temple, fluttering gently with the breeze, covering everything inside the temple, making people feel that the inside of the temple is mysterious from the outside, and it is definitely not a place that mortals can enter.

But Jesus ignored the existence of this authority. He strode up to the lamb and released it, and continued to walk into the temple.

At this time, the temple was very cold, hesitating that today is the Passover, so all the clergy seemed extremely relaxed. They gathered in small groups and chatted in the corner, so they relaxed their guard, and let Jesus, the earner, break into the came in.

They realized the seriousness of the situation when they discovered that the sacrificial lamb was missing and that a disheveled stranger had broken into the temple.

They stopped Jesus and asked loudly, "Who are you that you dare to trespass on the forbidden place, and are you not afraid that God will punish you?"

Jesus was not afraid of these clergymen’s obstruction and questioning. Instead, he shouted loudly: “Our people are suffering. Why don’t we distribute food to them? Today is the greatest festival for the Israelites, and it is by no means a day for the people to starve !"

The clergy were a little bewildered by Jesus' fearlessness, because for so many years, no one dared to challenge the clergy, but today, facing this young Israeli, they didn't know what to do.

At this moment, an old voice shouted: "Arrest this offender!" (To be continued...)