Indeed, an angry crowd is the most dangerous thing in the world! What finally sent the crowd over the edge was Jesus’s claim that he was what Abraham was looking for. Abraham was looking for a city not built by Cain. Abraham was looking for a city whose architect was God. Abraham was looking for a way out of the vicious cycle of reciprocal violence masquerading under the guise of freedom. Abraham was looking for a way of structuring human civilization that came not from the satan but from the eternal I AM. What Abraham was looking for, and by faith had caught a fleeting glimpse of, was what
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