Remember the story about feeding the multitude with 5 fishes and 2 loaves of bread? So much for food stamps, social security and welfare. And all those miracles healing the sick and infirm? Medicare and Medicaid covered. Spread the gospel in Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea, no more defense spending either. Which means --- wait for it --- we don't have to soak the rich with higher taxes! Tax cuts for everybody! Gotta be a republican IMHO.
Ahhhhhh.....but recall the story in the gospels about the woman who merely touched the garment of Jesus and was healed by her faith. Jesus was not prepared and it drained him of energy and rendered him nearly unconscious. Healing that many people on a daily basis might render him so exhausted that he would be unable to focus on other matters.
Seriously though what occurs to me is that governments are an incarnation of humans and in dealing with foreign relations that means that sometimes governments must engage in practices that are quite unsavory. Would Jesus be able to do those things? I see arguments both ways. Jesus was a pacifist in a lot of ways but he wasn't above kicking ass when the time came. The money changers can attest to that.
Also I would be concerned about his cabinet selections. I mean his appointment of Judas Iscariot as Secretary of the Treasury didn't work out so well the first time around.
But in the Gospel According to John, Jesus is quoted as saying this:
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do..." John 14:12.
So if Jesus is made President, we can expect a whole bunch of power given to the people to do the things he did,.
There is no evidence that Judas was anything other than a good steward of the treasury to which he was trusted. And he didn't betray Jesus for the money but I believe it was on the theory that Jesus would then be forced to out himself as the authority that he was. When that turned out so badly he was so devastated that he killed himself. An evil person. No, I don't think so. Just a badly misguided one. And given the incredible track record of others that Jesus called, I would trust him to recruit and train a cabinet anytime.
Jesus would protect and defend the children, and while he did not promote or advocate war, neither did he condemn it. In fact in his words he said there would always be war and rumors of war. Did that suggest that war was an inevitable condition of humankind? Or could it also suggest that at least some war will sometimes be necessary at least until He installs Peace on Earth?
And Jesus had a way of cutting through the crap and getting to the heart of matters, he was well educated, he was innovative, and quite intelligent.
He would not look to government as the solution for anything, but rather would look to the people to exercise compassion, good judgment, sound economic principles (including capitalism), traditional values, personal industriousness and accountability, and moral integrity to solve problems. That would be a refreshing change, yes?
I think he has better credentials to be President than a number of the people we have put into the White House. If he runs, he'll have my vote.
