Jesus Was A Character

Jesus  Was A Character

Jesus was a character

In a work of fiction,

                   designed

For a two-fold purpose:

       on the one hand

To save the skins

Of some priestly line

Of Jews (among them

          and principally

   a man by the name

         of Josephus,

        who became

      a character

    in his own Play

      named Paul)

And who thereby lived

     to fight another day

And on the other hand

              to elevate

    the Roman general

         named Titus

         to the level

Of the ‘Son of Man’

Of Jewish prophecy;

         all designed

         to further

         human

         ambitions,

                   not

                  that

                 of God

For His creation.

         (But that's
           free will

           for you.)

                 Jesus

Being, then, merely

    a concocted

    combination

Of other god-men

         of the day.

             A sad
and most aggravating

            story.

              But true.

           And Truth

  is what we must

         always

         aim for.

For without that 

        as our star

       to guide by

   on our Journey

           back

          Home

      there is only

       falsehood.

        And that 

   is not enough

       to live by

        and for.

So, take heart,

     everyone.

There is more

      to come

               on

  the morrow

             after

  the sorrow

 and the lesson

           about

               not 

Putting all your eggs

         in one

           Easter

              basket.