Christ entered the world as an insurgent who migrated across borders to avoid captured; tested the institutional leaders as a man/child; called for the “Year of the Jubilee” in his first sermon; buoyed the hopes of עם הארץ (people of the land); became a threat to authorities; was charged with insurrection; died as a criminal; left behind an effective network; and lives in the hearts of his followers, who are assured Christ’s kingdom will be manifested here on earth as it is in the heavenly places.
