Easter’s Hidden Betrayal

For me – a seminary trained critic of Christianity and a circumnavigator of the Biblical Moments of Jesus - I understand this season of Easter basket gift giving and family togetherness to be contradictory and outlandishly complex. Consequently, the intricacy that I have assigned to Easter has led me to one controversial conclusion: 

I am of the belief that Jesus Christ should not be the celebrated. Neither should the Easter Bunny. Jesus Christ should not be the human trophy that so many Christians acknowledge as their savior...Jesus Christ should not have been declared the reason so many walks of life revel in the form of gluttony and material excess. The contradiction is deceptively Hidden in big church hats, cream-colored Steve Harvey suits and lavender Sunday dresses. 

A more productive piece of literature is Hidden in the mixology of bible interpretation. 

Judas Iscariot's story is the fictional fable that's conveniently ignored and/or used as an evil subplot by the masses. Simply put, The Messiah needed some assistance to fulfill his purpose...his destiny. His father’s suicidal-laced mission was insufficient. Jesus needed an additional circumstance outside of his criminal act e.g. the defacement of the money tables to solidify his fate. 

Assistance/Help is what we should give during this commercialized period of temporary joy and abundant homelessness charity. The hollow bunny rabbit chocolate bar gift givers and receivers of baby blue boiled eggs should be the heroes of the day...the Super Heroes of Easter. We are 'called' to betray so that we will reveal the truth as Judas did. We are summoned to help someone reach their purpose...We are to give back in Betrayal. It is the believers in the Jesus story who should assist in the transformation of man/woman…transform as the Jesus story declares. 

Give the Gift of Betrayal instead of Holy Ghost shouting with competition in mind during church service. Give the Gift of Betrayal instead of sitting through another Resurrection Sunday sermon entitled, He Rose. Give the Gift of Betrayal instead of eating too much hickory smoked ham. The ham that your bible says you should not eat. 

Disloyalty is sealed in our creation. It is our go-to-card when we need to forge Purpose for someone other than ourselves. The original man and woman should be the formatters of all Easter transactions. The he or she sitting next to you is the breathing life spirit that needs your Betrayal. 

Turn your back on just one…on one of God’s most desperate. Do this until death approaches – and then sit back and watch Life as it is Resurrected. 

The Pseudo Preacher