Posted by Deborah R Elston
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Change is part of life, revolution is a movement, not reform of the old worn out skins but something that has not been seen or heard before. The old stagnant life dies away and something new is born out of the peoples movement. When Jesus said new wine has to be put into new wine skins, he was speaking about being revolutionary and he was leading a revolution, with new ideas about faith, life and existence as a Jewish man under Roman occupation, which was a very dangerous thing to do. Jesus and we who follow him are not interested in reforming the old as the old will split and break as it is rigid with laws, obligations and penalties. So I am a revolutionary in the fact that I don't want reform of the old systems which are broken but a new of living and being on this planet and to the State and wealthy, these are dangerous and radical ideas that how dare we, us ordinary peaceful men and women reject the militarization, denounce genocides of the ...
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