A Hipster's Gospel
Published on Dec 16, 2015
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A Hipster's Gospel
Hannah-Leah Lambert
It was the other side of the world...
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Some details of the story have been lost over time
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The exact dates are hard to establish for sure
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The events though, all really happened
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On the surface, it is a simple story of a small Jewish family traveling across the country. Actually, everyone was traveling, but this one family in particular, they had an interesting story.
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People in Israel liked to talk about angels, about God sending someone to save their people, about the heroes of old. This family though, knew something the others didn’t.
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They had been visited by an angel so now, in a crazy, extremely personal way, their entire lives had changed as the promised savior had been announced to be the baby they would soon have. So as they took to the crowded roads and went the same direction as everyone else, they were not so ordinary.
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The trip took them a little bit longer than they would have liked, and they arrived after the city was filled. They were coming from far away and had to travel slowly because of the soon to be born baby.
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When they finally did arrive, every hotel was full; not even the most expensive rooms were available, not that they could have afforded them anyways; this man made his living as a carpenter.
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So they went where no one else was. They stayed in a stable. It was dry, it was warm. Would have been easy enough...
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Except for the baby. There wasn't time to find a midwife. The city was an unfamiliar mess. And he came suddenly.
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So he was born. Right there in the stable with the sickening smell of the animals
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He was born.
In the dark, unsanitary cave in the uncaring surrounding city
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He was born
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It was still dark and dirty and
no place for a newborn to be
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We now skip ahead to when this baby became a man, a teacher with revolutionary ideas
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In a time of war, he was calling for peace and unity. In a time of corrupt politicians he was speaking out on justice and condemning corruption.
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He was standing up for those in poverty and helping those who were sick. In every way, he was contrary to the culture in which he lived.
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We all know about this man. You’ve probably heard his teachings, in fact, and thought he was a good person
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Do for others what you would like them to do for you.
If you have two coats, give one away to the one who has none.
If someone slaps you, don’t hit them back, turn the other cheek instead.
These words of peace speak to our own generation even though they were spoken over two thousand years ago
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In a time when everything was changing to new, he was returning to the old ways, and he made them new again.
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In hatred he loved. He did not just love his own, but loved all, even those who were trying to kill him.
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Yet he was not afraid to stand up for what was right against the tyrants who would easily abuse the poor
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Even when he put himself at risk and was threatened continually
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He lived in the
culture, but was
outside of it: revolutionary and traditional at the same time
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His way of
challenging the beliefs of the day made him fall out of favor with the leaders through no fault of his own
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They tried to silence him, but his message was full of unstoppable truth that had caught on fire
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So they came to get him one night when he was with just a few of his followers
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He did not resist them, his time on earth was coming to a close
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To the end he loved and gave himself up for a cause
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