If you have followed my blog for a while, you may remember that during Lent I listen to “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Although it’s an artistic musing, it does cause me to think of my scripture reading from a different perspective. In the recording, Judas asks why Jesus came, “in such a backward time in such a strange land.” He goes on to say, “If you’d come today, you’d have reached a whole nation. Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication.”
It’s a fair question, and I pondered it for a while and arrived at an answer that at least makes sense to me.
I think that Jesus’ aim was to inspire, teach, challenge, and demand that we take things into our own hands and do God’s work. It is up to us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, and perform such works in His name and to give glory to the Father.
But what if He had chosen today? I suspect for a while He would be the top story on the news and a meme on the internet. But would we take Him any more seriously? Personally I doubt it. Besides, in a few days some other story would have pushed him out of the limelight.
It was within His power to solve all our problems – disease; poverty; everything. Instead, He solved the biggest problem – our separation from God.
The rest is up to us, but don’t worry. He taught us how.
sfnowak 
Don’t worry. He taught us how. Good quote.
Jesus gave His life for us. He not only died for us. He LIVED for us.