Suppose Jesus was crucified again( oh, again! that would be unfair...Ok I said suppose) especially in Kenya how would the passage be written?
I guess this is how it shall be written:
And it came to pass that unto Kenya the son of man was born and died. Unto Kenya was our Lord crucified. Jesus was tormented in mind and spirit seeing his hour had come. He cried to Abba Father: Father, if it be my will, remove this cup of suffering from me, not my will but your will. But a man named Judas Tribalism had sold peace in Kenya for thirty pieces of silver. Judas gave Jesus a kiss and seeing that Jesus was betrayed hung himself on an akoretee tree near Chebengi on the dark morning before the Peace Accord was signed.
Jesus wept for Kenya.
He wept for her leaders who led but were guided by the lust for money.
He wept for her people who instead of loving, hated each other more than hate itself.
He wept for her innocent people who were silent when the atrocities bedevilled Kenya.
He wept for our Latter Day Simon Peters who have betrayed him and embraced violence.
Jesus wept.
And so, after the Sanhedrin had discussed about the affairs of Jesus, they decided that he had to be crucified. He had blasphemed. At the Tribal Square where lay machetes, pangas,rungus and blunt axes, Jesus was declared guilty.
The crowd shouted:
He has to die, He has die!
The blasphemer of our tribal thinking has to die!
And so the son of Man was whipped through the lands of Rift Valley, Murang'a, Burnt Forest and Kisumu. He was flogged, he was crowned with thorns and spat at. He carried the wooden cross of tribalism and was lashed at again and again and again.
And when the hour came, the son of Man cried out a loud: "Eloi, Eloi Lama Sabaktani" meaning " Kenya, Kenya, why have you forsaken me".
When the tribal bigots had made sure that Jesus had died, he was removed and buried. On the third day he arose and shouted:
"To Kenya do I rise again, To Kenya do I resurrect, I died for you so that you may receive lasting peace"
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