By Zweli Martin Dlamini

Jesus Christ is not recognized as the Messiah-the Son of God by over 70% of the Israel population of the Judaism religion, they regard him as a convict who was arrested, charged with treason and subsequently sentenced to death for calling himself “the King of Jews and Messiah-the Son of God”.

Pontius Pilate, the then Governor of the Roman Empire ordered the execution of Jesus through his soldiers who carried out the crucifixion but, the crowd played a role in motivating this decision, Jesus was rejected and killed.

The crowd was against the religion introduced by Jesus under the New Testament and therefore, after being consulted by Pilate, they suggested that, Barabbas who was found guilty of sedition and murder having been imprisoned subsequent to a rebellion against Roman rule, must be pardoned and Jesus be killed.

But while the specific details of his crimes committed by Barnabas remain a subject of Biblical debates, the Bible describes him as a “notorious prisoner” and an insurrectionist who committed murder during an uprising.

Israel is killing Palestinians these days and Christians mostly within the African continent, side with Israel describing the descendants of the Jews who killed Jesus as “more important” than anyone on Earth.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a Jewish not a Christian, his religion does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah and I am sure if Jesus could emerge again, Netanyahu would not hesitate to kill him.

In fact the Book of Revelations suggests that, the “Anti-Christ” will be first welcomed by Israel as the ‘Messiah’ they have been waiting for, anyone found worshipping Jesus will be killed. 

Gaza and the WestBank where Palestinians reside is situated in an area previously known as Judea and Samaria at the time of Jesus, with some parts previously known as Galilee in the northern Israel-eastern border with Syria, over two hundred kilometers(200km) from Damascus.

But when Jesus arrived on Earth to teach and communicate the gospel of the coming new Kingdom of God, he found hostility between Jews and Samaritans but because “Jesus is love”, he never discriminated Samaritans even though he was a Jew.

Indeed, Jesus by his earthly birth is a Jew, he comes from the same line of birth with the current Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is referred to as “the Son of King David”. 

But the Jews rejected and killed Jesus after failing to understand that, he was more than a human being but the Son of God who was there in the beginning, he was born from the extended family of Abraham and King David for a specific purpose and in respect of previous covenants God had with Abraham.

What Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing now, killing Palestinians has nothing to do with Jesus who died so that, everyone including Palestinians could have internal life.

The killing of Palestinians even though the war was prophesied thousands of years ago, does not make it right, there’s absolutely no Nation or any human being on Earth with the monopoly to kill other people while claiming to be a “chosen Nation”.

The United Nation(UN) must work towards promoting peace between Israel and Palestine but, peace cannot be achieved if Israel participates in the negotiations table claiming to be the “chosen the Nation”.

Jesus died on the cross and converted every Nation and everyone to be the child of God, Palestinians are the “chosen Nation” as well and their lives matter.

Israel killed Aljazeera journalists amid the war in Gaza merely for reporting news, this must be condemned.

Benjamin Netanyahu is not special in the eyes of God, only ignorant Christians will applaud the killings claiming to be rallying behind a “chosen Nation”.