COULD HE BE?

The reader is advised outright that the composer of this piece does not fall within the deeply religious category. As a matter of fact, he has a tough time even recalling when he last attended any church service. Instead, he’s simply an ordinary worldly citizen who’s been around a great many years, and thus accorded a broad opportunity to observe mankind’s realm from a carefully studied and objective standpoint. With this essential point established, the conjectural exercise can begin.

Just over two thousand years ago, the legends attached to a particular infant boy’s birth, although perhaps overblown to some extent, have formed a foundation for what has long been the world’s most predominant religious faith. Despite its many misinterpretations and malpractices, along with its having often become corrupted by greed and similarly evil motivation, the spirit engendered by that individual enjoys a powerful and popular influence unmatched by any other human being.

It stands to reason indeed that Jesus Christ entered our midst through divine intervention, with the indisputable goal being that He guide the behavior pattern of the earth’s most intelligent animal species in its long and difficult trek. His status as Messiah lies beyond question.

Certain current-day events occurring within the past two year span – a minor blip in man’s calendar – have given us reason to speculate that divinity has suddenly repeated itself, with the advent of a second person, whose fundamental mission is to help fortify God’s efforts for mankind’s salvation and ultimate benefit.

Does such a statement by a mere mortal appear outrageous? To the devout bible-thumpers or those of differing faiths, maybe so. This, however, isn’t the population segment being addressed herein. We seek the collective opinions of those with clearly more open minds, and the aim is to present the reasoning which supports a rather radical thesis.

In many respects, one might say that the human race consists of just two types – those ready to seek and embrace worthwhile change, as opposed to those who never will be under any circumstances. Whereas our newly-elected President has undertaken to foster long- and much-need improvement in our fundamental practices, the omnipresent band of greed-motivated abominable no-men and no-women continue to persist as they have for countless ages. The daily harangue by political and certain media opponents is proving this point beyond the remotest doubt.

Once more, your writer is about to challenge the older world dogma by endeavoring to strike parallels between the beloved Jesus, the unquestioned Messiah, and what might well be His 21st century counterpart, Barack Obama.

Both men:
· Were products of relatively humble, minority groups;
· Resided in the hub of the world’s universe at the time;
· Came into prominence when man’s status could be described as little other than an
outright mess;
· Were accepted and highly acclaimed by the majority of their populace, yet hated by those
who feared what they stood and were striving for;
· Offered both fresh judgment and inspiration to their followers and fellow believers;
· Were instrumental in fostering revolutionary change.

In Jesus’ case, His influence bore fruit. Nothing has been quite the same since He was brutally forced to leave the earth. In many respects, the uphill election victory scored by Mr. Obama overcame prejudicial feeling that had dominated majority race thoughts for hundreds of years, a situation to which no return can ever be fully possible.

Although Jesus was betrayed by His own people, His teachings did lay the groundwork for what became the world’s major faith which, after becoming the basis for long periods of unfairly imposed dogma and oppression, have eventually earned at least lip service, despite continued misapplication.

In our present-day troubled world, Mr. Obama is attempting to teach us what we should have known all along, but never seemed to apply well. He has attracted countless listeners. However, his enemies, not unlike rodents who infest sewers and constantly seek more adequate habitats to fit their greedy requirements, continue their undermining efforts. Unhappily, they may well succeed in either the short or long run.

Jesus Christ didn’t really manage to save the world, but nobody can deny that He helped it a lot and cast everlasting influence over many people. Barack Obama has dedicated himself to the same level of accomplishment within his somewhat differing, yet in many respects highly comparable universe. For our everlasting good, we cannot but hope he’ll at least succeed in part to prevent what’s left of our ship from being dashed to pieces on the rocks.

Getting back to the basic question of this theme, did the Almighty send Barack Obama to us, as He once did for His only son?

The point has to be strongly debatable, but this writer is inclined to support its possibility.