Jesus' Pouring From A Vial

Seen it, I haven’t; I’ve just heard of it, a satirical meme that’s circulating. It shows Jesus with a vial of COVID virus in His hand turning it bottoms up and pouring it out on planet earth. It is an attempt to saddle God with the problem of evil during this pandemic. It purports the assumption that, if there is evil in the world, God is evil—in this case Jesus. Jesus, who is God, is the immediate, direct agent of COVID, and, thus, He is responsible for the evil and is to be blamed and disliked. I will resist responding to the fallacies of such an argument. I wish only to point out some ironies: First, the meme got the three elements right in the “cartoon;” Jesus, the vial, and an evil disease. The irony is they have them in the wrong positions. The vial is not being turned upside down by Jesus over the world. It is being turned upside down over Jesus. Jesus is not the source but the recipient. The evil is not from Jesus, it is poured out on Jesus. The evil poison is not COVID, it is sin. What people need to know is that, when Jesus was on the cross, the vial of all sin, wickedness, suffering, etc., was poured out on Jesus. “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” He drank the bitter vial, cup. Second, the fashionable pseudo-tolerance of our times renders people incapable of even considering or investigating that humans—not God--may be responsible for this COVID virus’ being unleashed. I do not know if it will be proved true, but there is a real possibility that this virus is the result of human error, if not, intent. I am certain that the artist of the meme of Jesus with the Vial would not even begin to countenance any evidence of the human instrumentality of the COVID pandemic much less consider it credible. Yet, those thus minded are quick to blame God for such evil. Third, the “artist” and those who would approve of his work, do not know how correct they are. Two thousand years ago an apocalyptic revelation was given of the end of this age and world. And, the picture the Revelator gives is of God, using angels to do so, pouring out a vials of judgments on planet earth. In summation, folks should remember that it was Jesus who had the vial poured upon Him—so we wouldn’t have to have those end-time vials poured on us. Those that insist that it is not fair that people suffer should consider that Jesus’ having their sins poured upon Him is not fair either. It’s mercy. Perhaps, it’s time for a meme of mercy not a meme of blame. Now mercy is something Jesus pours out on us.

Jesus' Pouring From A Vial

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