[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, in today’s Gospel, we see* Herod interested in and perplexed by
Jesus. *
*Political rulers don’t come across wel*l* in the New Testament. In Luke’s
Christmas account*, *Caesar Augustus is compared very unfavorably to the
Christ child.* *And in Matthew’s account*,* that child* *is hunted down by
the desperate Herod. Later, Herod’s son persecutes John the Baptist and
Jesus himself. *More to it, *the Jewish authorities are seen *in all of the
Gospels
*as corrupt.And Pontius Pilate is a typical Roman governor: efficient,
concerned for order, brutal. Like the other rulers of the time, he
perceives Jesus*, quite correctly, *as a threat*.* “Then you are a king?”
Pilate asks. Jesus says, “My kingdom does not belong to this world.” *
*This does not mean that Jesus* *is unconcerned* *for the realities of
politics, with the very “this-worldly” concerns of justice, peace, and
right order*. When he speaks of his kingdom not belonging to the “world,”
he shades the negative side of that term. The “world” is the realm of sin,
selfishness, hatred, violence. *What he is saying is that his way of
ordering things is not typical of worldly powers like Pilate, Caesar, and
Herod. *

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