Is Jesus of Nazareth a hypocrite? Would it matter if he is? Those who follow him care little or nothing for his words; they would much rather drink his blood and eat his flesh than hear his words; they would rather sin and believe in him than repent and believe in themselves. Nonetheless– in spite of the fact that it will only make more enemies for me to so say– I must confess, in respect of his words, Jesus Christ must be a hypocrite.
How is a family formed? Is it by man's device? Can a man and woman build a family of their own desire, simply by wishing it into existence while they copulate hopefully together? Does it not require God's cooperation to bring children into their life? "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD [Proverbs 16:33]." How much more are the elements which make a family the disposition of God to ascertain?
The truth is, Jesus Christ is– by his own admission– a curse. According to Matthew, Jesus Christ said, "34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household [Matthew 10:34- 36]." Behold the homewrecker.
This curse is foretold by Malachi in the final word of the Old Testament canon. Malachi wrote, "5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse [Malachi 4:5 & 6]."
We know Jesus Christ is this curse, inasmuch as he said, (immediately following the passage from Matthew 10 cited above) "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me [Matthew 10:37]."
This last citation from Matthew is problematic. Should we disdain the namasté encountered in the countenances we may behold for fear of offending someone we've never met? How could "God [who] is love [1 John 4:8b]" be satisfied therewith? "God is a spirit [John 4:24a];" not a dead man's name. Again, John writes, "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen [1John 4:20]?" Is a curse a "perfect gift [James 1:17a]?" If so, to whose children: God's? or the devil's? To the point:
Jesus Christ, by his own admission, came to destroy families. Does this not make a hypocrite of him? It was none other than Jesus Christ, after all, who said, "What therefore God hath joined together [families being one such thing], let not [the Son of] man put asunder [Mark 10:4- 9]." What, but a hypocrite, could he be?
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