Colin Sheridan: 21st century would be incompatible with a modern-day Jesus

If Jesus were alive today, he would be placed directly in the crosshairs of the Israeli government and security apparatus, writes Colin Sheridan

US president Donald Trump (left) speaks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the Israeli parliament last year. Imagine how Netanyahu would respond to Jesus rejecting violence, preaching peace, declaring himself the Son of God, and building a following on teachings fundamentally antithetical to his rule. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

If Jesus were alive today, there is a very good chance he would find it even more difficult to be heard, trusted, and followed than he was back in AD 33 — and they crucified him then.

It shows, not how far we’ve come, but how far we haven’t. Some 2,000 years later, there are still Pontius Pilate types spewing misinformation and inciting hate. There are still leaders such as Caiaphas, the high priest who orchestrated the plot to arrest Jesus and presided over the kangaroo court that charged him with blasphemy.