Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Bullied Man

Who has suffered the most from bullies?

Have you ever known someone that has been bullied?  Have you been bullied?  Are you currently being bullied?  Have you ever wondered if anyone really understands what you are going through?

There is someone that understands because he was the most bullied man in history.  The bullied man suffered more from bullies than anyone else.  The bullied man knows what you are going through because he went through the same things.

The most bullied man ever is the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ).

The Man of Truth was physical abused by bullies like no one else.  He was whipped by bullies (Matthew 27:26).  He was punched by bullies (John 19:3).  He was beaten down by bullies (Matthew 26:67).  He was treated cruelly by bullies (Matthew 27:29-30).  He was put in unimaginable pain by bullies (John 19:16-18). He was killed by bullies (Mark 15:37).

The Man of Truth was verbally abused by bullies like no one else. He was slandered as a glutton and a drunkard by bullies (Luke 7:34).  He was falsely accused of wrong doing to the authorities by bullies (Luke 23:2-4).  He was spoken of as evil by bullies (Matthew 12:24).

The Man of Truth was humiliated by bullies like no one else.  He was mocked while being abused by bullies (Mark 14:65).  Bullies made fun of him (Luke 22:64-65).  He was spat upon by bullies (Matthew 27:30).  He was stripped of all of his dignity and all of his clothes by bullies (Matthew 27:35).  His weakness was made a public spectacle by bullies (John 19:16-18). He was treated like a common criminal (Matthew 27:38).  He was mocked while he died from their abuse (Matthew 27:39-43).  He was even mocked by those that were dying (Matthew 27:44).  He was made to feel like a worm instead of a man (Psalm 22:6).

The Man of Truth knows the social isolation that comes from bullies.  He was reject by the very people that he tried to help (John 1:11).  Nothing he did was good enough to gain the respect of those in his own hometown (Mark 6:1-4).  In fact, the religious people of his hometown were the first to bully him (Luke 4:28-29).  He was handed over to bullies by his friend (Matthew 26:48-50).  He was abandoned by his friends when the bullying began (Matthew 26:56).  His closest friend denied even knowing him for fear of the bullies (Matthew 26:69-74).

The Man of Truth knows the helplessness that comes from being bullied.  He was not able to get any relief from the government authorities because they were some of the bullies (Luke 23:11).  He was not able to gain comfort from the religious professionals because they were behind the bullying (Matthew 27:1).  He could not get any help from his friends because they ran away from the bullies (Mark 14:50).  Those that should have protected him from the bullies only cried out for him to be further bullied (John 19:13-15).  Even the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) did not help him (Mark 15:34).

The Man of Truth knows what it is like to be the bullied man. He knows what you are going through because he felt what you are feeling so he can help you endure being bullied (Hebrews 4:14-16).

How did the Man of Truth responded to being the bullied man?

He showed us how to deal with a bully even though he felt the same temptations that we feel when we are bullied. He did not retaliate when he was hit by bullies (John 18:22-23). Instead he prayed for the bullies to be forgiven (Luke 23:33-34).  He trusted the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) for his eternal deliverance (Matthew 27:43).  He entrusted Him with vengeance (Luke 23:28-30).

How did that response to being bullied work out for the Man of Truth?

The Father of Truth has forgiven every bully that repented.  Every Jewish bully that repented was forgiven (Acts 5:30-31).  Every Gentile bully that repented was forgiven (Acts 11:17-18).  Every bully that repented was forgiven (Acts 10:34-35).

The Father of Truth delivered and exalted the Man of Truth for enduring the bullying.

The Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Acts 4:10).  The Man of Truth has been exalted to the highest position (Acts 2:32-36). He has been given the only name by which people can be saved (Acts 4:11-12).  He was given a name that is above all names which everyone will have to bow to in total surrender (Philippians 2:8-10).  He will reign over all the Earth (Revelation 19:13-16).

The Father of Truth took vengeance on those that bullied the Man of Truth.
The Jewish bullies were bullied back by the Father of Truth (Luke 21:22-24).  Their capital city was destroyed in 70 AD (Matthew 23:36-38).  Their temple was destroyed in 70 AD (Luke 21:5-6).  Their place, Jerusalem and the Temple, were wiped off the face of the Earth in 70 AD and their nation, Judaea, was wiped off the face of the Earth in 135 AD by the Gentile bullies that had helped them bully the Man of Truth (John 11:48).
The Gentile bullies were also bullied back by the Father of Truth. They too suffered for bullying the Man of Truth - especially Pilate (Matthew 27:17-19).  They suffered to a lesser degree because they did not know His will (Luke 12:47-48).  They were not as responsible as the Jewish bullies (John 19:10-12).  Still they suffered constant internal and external conflicts that culminated in many of the Gentile bullies being killed in the Great Revolt when Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD and the Bar Kochba War when Judaea was destroyed in 135 AD along with great numbers that died from famines, earthquakes and plagues (Matthew 24:6-8).
Every bully that did not repent suffered rather they were a Jew or a Gentile (Romans 2:8-11).
So why the Man of Truth chose to become the bullied man?

If he had not been bullied then he would have lived alone in the House of Truth (John 12:23-25).  He was bullied to draw us to live with him in the House of Truth (John 12:32-33).  He endured the bullying to gain spending eternity with us in the House of Truth (Hebrews 12:2-3).

Now it is up to you to decide if you want to spend eternity with him by coming into the House of Truth.  The Man of Truth was raised from the dead after he was bullied so that you could come into the House of Truth (Romans 4:23-25).  Come into the House of Truth by submitting to the Man of Truth in total surrender because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth.

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