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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Jesus Was Killed Because He ‘Occupied’ the Corrupt Temple

Tim Tebow wasn’t the only famous figure to deliver an Easter message this weekend.  Reverend Jesse Jackson marked the occasion with a message of his own– that Jesus was an “Occupier.”

(Related: Tim Tebow Draws Massive Crowd to Celebration Church on Easter Sunday)

Jackson was speaking to a crowd of predominantly “Occupy Chicago” individuals when he made the analogy, right after a “Chicago Spring” event.

After introducing Jesus as an “immigrant” and “refugee,“ as ”someone who fought for the poor because He was among the poor,” Reverend Jackson asked the group to recall when Jesus cleared the moneychangers out of the Temple in Jerusalem.

“But why was he killed?” he said. “Because he fought, and he occupied the corrupt Temple.  He went to the house of prayer to pray, and found corruption [in] the holy place.”

Jackson becomes somewhat difficult to understand after that, but he clearly refers to a “woman across the street” who “is the 99%.”  Perhaps he is referring to the woman Jesus spoke of in Mark 12:41-44:

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

This is not the first time Reverend Jackson has referred to Jesus as an “Occupier.”  Back in December, he said Jesus, Ghandi, Mandela, and Martin Luther King were all Occupiers.

I wonder how these lauded men would feel about the rampant crime, rape, and filth reported at the Occupy camps?

(H/T: Lonely Conservative)

Comments (304)

  • BlackCrow
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:51pm

    A divinity degree from a ******* Jack box? Or just self proclaimed “reverend”?

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    • BlackCrow
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:55pm

      Ritz, Animal, Premium, Sailor Boy, Oster How many others are going to be censored?

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:38pm

      Corner barber shop honorary degree from harlem………..

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  • Paul
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:45pm

    They all coming out now…

    Or should I say shedding their skin ?

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    • Paul
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:50pm

      *are

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    • Brasil2520
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:04pm

      20 years ago J.Jackson tried to start this protest drama in Brasil
      Luck for us Portuguese that the mulattos have been so dumbed down with soccer that they are aloof to a better life, don’t get angry at me before you try it, the cheap labor is nice we have maids for $20 a week in some cities even cheaper, yes my friends parts of Brasil are like America was 200 years ago, the good old days : )

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:06pm

      Doesn’t JJ have a cult of idiot following him ?

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:45pm

      democracy killed Jesus…and Jesus was a tool of God sent to do his part in an already well-scripted plan

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    • AmericablessGod
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:04pm

      Jessie, you should axe for a refund from that mail-order minister site you got your “Reverend” from. Trying to portray these “Occupiers” as like Jesus is disgusting and an insult to our Lord.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:34pm

      I hope Jessie “occupies” the same corrupt Temple and suffers the same results.
      Not very Monk like you might say but, Jessie needs to “live his own words”.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:52pm

      Christ… was the Sacrifice… to replace the Sacrifice of Isaac… being Perfect and Ending All Sacrifices!

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:10am

      Jesse Judas Jacko is a media slut.
      Can we just dissect Chicago and push it out to sea?
      Preferably aim it towards Russia or Kenya.

      His only claim to fame is that he stood with MLK on a balcony.
      Take your Rainbow,your illegitimate kid and your “revy-hood” and go away.
      You are essentially killing your brothers and sisters.
      OMG 2012

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:17am

      OMGosh!!! I always suspect that “REV” Jesse Jackson was not really a Christian, not educated in the faith, but a user. Every real Christian knows that JESUS came to DIE for our SINS. That’s it. He was not here as anything other that what He is…the WAY to Heaven. Whatever is Good, decent, honorable, truthful, loving, kind, considerate, peaceful…that is JESUS. The Occupiers are nothing like that, but they should be. NONE OF US like crony capitalism, Obama styled “favoritism’ Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Islamic Sharia- ism… the way people like Jackson and the OWS are going about their “protests” are not accomplishing anything but making Jackson more $$.

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    • TomSawyer
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 1:07am

      It is amazing that Jackson calls himself a Reverend and does not even know why Jesus died on the cross.

      “No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again.” John 10:18

      “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

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    • Macman1138
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 1:32am

      I’d like to ask Jackson what MLK was doing in that hotel room the last night of his life.
      Think he’d give an honest answer?
      No.

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    • Brasil2520
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:12am

      Mac man 1138

      We had to wait till Jackie Kennedy died, before we find out what she thought of MLK “that man’s terrible” and that’s what Robert told her.
      The secret FBI wiretaps of a hotel suite occupied by MLK the night before his historic speech revealed he telephoned white women to invite them to a sex party, where he would beat the woman doing sex.
      The surveillance tapes, made by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, remain sealed by court order until 2027.
      So since the tapes are sealed till 2027 us white people have 15 more years of getting dumbed down by how great MLK was.

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    • db321
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:19am

      Obama paved the way for Jessy to come out of the Closet with his anti-Christian BS, when Obama attacked the Church – Women support of Obama went up and Blacks support remained the same.

      We now know that Jackson is against God – Can we also assume that all Blacks and 75% of the Women in America have also turned their back on God with their support of Obama.

      There is not a single man or women walking on the Earth that I will trade my Soul for.

      Here are just 2 reasons that your vote (Your Deed) should not go for Obama – unless you like swimming in a Lake of Fire.
      1) Obama told Israel to go back to 1967 Borders – This would be instant death to the “Apple of Gods Eye” if that happens.
      2) Obama attacking the Catholic Church.

      There are many others, but based on these two items alone – your Vote (You Deed) will bring God’s judgement on you – according to the Bible!

      Don’t get mad at me – I’m in sales – God’s in management.

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    • maccow
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:22am

      What Jesus might yet say to the occupiers.

      Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not [occupied] in Your name, cast out [businessmen] in Your name, and done many [government programs] in Your name? And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness. (Matthew 7:22)

      And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am [the 99%],’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them. (Luke 21:8)

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    • Dde13
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:11am

      DB321 LIKE YOUR POST….omg… omg…OMG…OMG..GET OUT AND VOTE…(it is all our Deed) Obama Must Go!!!

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    • spikebu
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:07am

      @Brasil2520…I‘m so glad you have come to a point in your country that is even 200 years in America’s past! How amazing for you!!! Keep your Freedom. Limit your Government. Be vigilant. The people you elect don’t always believe what you elected them for. If you have a national constitution, do not trust them to honor it. They WILL subvert your constitution. They do it over time, so you need to be very alert. I want to say I wish I had this warning, but I did. It’s called The Constitution. Brasil, what does your country have to do with our Constitution?

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    • spikebu
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:20am

      Are Mulattoes like White Hispanics? What happened to American? Oh. Media.

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    • spikebu
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:52am

      Did anybody notice Brasil2520 said the Mulattoes had been so dumbed down with soccer they are indifferent to a better life. What? Huh? Because they are half black and half white they can’t function? OOPS! I must have missed something, somewhere. I am a proud American.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:13am

      Uh, yeah, apparently Jesse “IS” no more a “reverend” than I am. Just as I suspected for more than 35 years. All B S and self righteous bloviation.

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    • jkjk
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 10:57am

      one word for this guy, IDIOT !!

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:08pm

      I don’t recall pictures of Christ crapping on cop cars,shooting up drugs,raping women,or spray paints slurs on churches…..

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:51pm

      I am of the belief that in spite of their use of the title “Reverand”, neither Jackson or Sharpton ever studied the bible. They may have riffled through one a few times but they never really studied it. If they had, they wouldn’t make such darn stupid remarks all the time!

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:39am

      Jew-hating Jackson needs to stick to sexually harassing his young male aids and leave religion to the more-qualified.

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    • georgette
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:16am

      Politics and Religion killed Jesus……..or so they thought.

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Yes,of course, Jesse Jackson, a self proclaimed follower of Christ, a REVEREND[teacher of HIS word]. Jesse Jackson, who got a girl pregnant, and worse, while married to another woman. Yes of course, THAT Jesse Jackson. He IS of his father the devil. A false preacher, an adulterer. Repent Jesse and RECEIVE Christ, or you will spend eternity with your present father in the Lake of Fire.

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:18pm

      Paul: No need to correct the mistake. I jus thought you were goin’ all gangsta on us.

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  • Stew57
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:44pm

    It is sad to see what mr Jackson has become. Sorryy but Christ came as “The Lamb slain before the foundation of the world”. You need to preach the Gospel Jesse and hearts will change leading to a change in society. Won’t work in the opposite direction, sorry.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:11pm

      I dont know what Bible he is reading…Maybe the Rick James version..

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:16pm

      Ha, Rick James version. That’s funny.

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    • Paul
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:22pm

      @Baddoggy

      New Version NIV

      Destroyed by the enemy… “Edited”

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    • angelcat
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:51pm

      He muyst be reading the New Black Panther version of the Bible or the Reverend Wright version.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:09pm

      The Jesse James Version Bible.. Thou shalt Steal. Thou shall father illegitimate children. Thou shall covet.Thu shall bear false witness .

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:35pm

      BLT folks…….I wish something resembling a brain would occupy Jackson’s skull but alas it seems like that miracle will never come to pass.

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    • johnrussell
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:46pm

      This Jackson, will deal with the Lord for all lies and affairs and corruptness…in the name of? I would not want to be him, if, he does make it to Heaven!!

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  • blackyb
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:43pm

    Make that the “rev” Wrights anti-American church of sedition and treason.

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  • cantbelieveallthisgarbagecouldhappenwhodoislap
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:42pm

    I am very much agains the MOUTH OFF JESSI,but on this day he has said the first thing I have agreed with in 42 years of listening ! His father and god embarassed act has gone on to long.. but i do agree take down the bankers,oh im sorry the fed.faney freddy,oops sounds like I want the government out of monitary control

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:12am

      Can you show me what country has ever survived by not having the “government out of monitary control”.
      I’ll wait.

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    • Kerstile
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:10am

      The USA. There is a difference between “coining” money and “controlling” money. With the creation of the Federal Reserve, a NONGOVERNMENTAL, PRIVATE BANK, the USA illegally ceded its authority to “coin” money to an entity that “controls” money through debt. The only control the Federal Government should have is to have Fort Knox filled with gold and silver and then issue paper currency BACKED by said gold and silver. Each citizen should be able to go to any bank and exchange his paper currency for real gold and silver AT ANY TIME (’cept bank holidays of course ;).

      Do I win a prize?

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    • Kerstile
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:19am

      I should clarify: The USA up until the creation of the illegal (Unconstitutional. Congress has no authority to cede its authorities in the enumerated powers. Article I, Section 8: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;) Federal Reserve Bank. Nowhere in The Constitution is a statement along the lines of “Congress, the Executive or the Judiciary may allow some other private, non-governmental entity to perform these stated enumerated (numbered) powers.”

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  • blackyb
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:41pm

    Remember the song: “He An’t Heavy, He’s My Brother?

    Well Jackson is heavy and he an’t my brother or even fellow American. He needs to be arrested for attempted overthrow of this country. All of them who are playing their roles in this are open seditionists. We have a likely ineligible sitting President. This is all people like them know. They do not follow the rules and want to take by grabbing, not working and earning. Well, they better really look out because some people do not let go of what is theirs. It is not going to be a cake walk, so know what you do you better do not. People will not put up with your phoney power grabbing without making it where you will not have a chance to enjoy or see the results.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:41pm

    I believe the “Rev” in front of his name stands for “Revolting”

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  • momprayn
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:38pm

    No, he was killed because He spoke Truth and came to die for the “unrighteous” ones such as Jackson (I refuse to call him “Rev.”) – probably rebuking their lies, how they take advantage of minorities & others for their own political gain and position…..etc. I also thought of how Obama is like the anti-Christ who comes in “under the radar” and usurps the highest position in the land and “occupies” with no intention of leaving. But yes, I will pray for them………….

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:31pm

      This guy is a pea brain.
      Pray for those that hear him that nothing he says reaches their hearts. He leads people astray.
      Jesus came to take back what men lost … EVERYTHING. You don’t “occupy” what is yours !!!
      MY house shall be called a house of prayer … say’s the Lord.

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    • Snidely
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:03am

      Exactly. And of course what prompted them to crucify Jesus was that He said He is God. Mark 14:61b-64a
      ” Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
      62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
      63 The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. 64 “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:38pm

    Apparently, Jesse knows as much about the Bible as Obama knows about the Constitution….

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:25pm

      Must have been giving out those “REV” creditials in bubble gum packages … like Obama’s constitiutional law degree .

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    • Chromo200
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 6:57am

      Great comment.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:11am

      Yes Catb, I think you’re right.

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:38pm

      Obama with the help of Bell learned how to get around the constitution. That is his mission given by Soros. Jackson learned how to get around the Holy Bible. That is his mission given by Lucifer.

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  • momrules
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:37pm

    Please!!………. Never call Jackson a Reverand again, anybody, ever. This is no man of God. This is an evil man who will even corrupt the Bible and defame our Lord to increase his earthly value.

    Jackson is despicable.

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    • momprayn
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:40pm

      Ha! I posted my reply before I read your post – about how I refuse to call him “Rev.” — LOL

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:45pm

      He blasphemes our Lord on Easter Sunday

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:48am

      Neither Jackson or Sharpton have ever had a church. Just like Barry Lynn, they’re liberal phonies actually in the business of undermining organized religion. Like KICKINBACK said, the “Rev.” in front of their names stands for Revolting.

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:37pm

    Jesus would occupy the Whitehouse. It is the center of corruption of today’s society. It speaks in lies, idiocy, hatred under the guise of helping the underprivileged. It’s an elitist run machine of privilege and mockery. Jackson is no Jesus. Jackson has no soul. You can’t have a soul and be that evil.

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  • beckwill
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:33pm

    Jesus wasn’t “killed”, he freely gave His life for us. Jesse is an idiot.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:37pm

      Amen to that

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:40pm

      Now buy my new book, titled:

      “How to take the greatest act of charity towards humanity and twist it into propaganda” By the author Jesse Jackson.

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    • franko58
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:44pm

      He’s unbelievable ! He is a reverand? He doesn’t think Jesus knew where he was? I never use this word, but I’m “APPALLED”

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 10:44am

      Amen,

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:32pm

    Nice try Mr. Fetal-Alcohol Syndrome, But no cigar.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:31pm

    concerning jackson…whos the fool ? the fool,,or the fool that follows….

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  • martinez012577
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:31pm

    Jesus sacrificed himself to glorify God and die for the sins of man. Jesse is a false prophet who is a moron.

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  • SpeckledPup
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:30pm

    totally goes to show what a total ‘black liberation’ moron jackson is, Jesus Christ was not an immigrant nor a refugee nor was he an ‘occupier’ moron. with jackson it is always about one thing– perverting Christianity and America.

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:29pm

    He was killed by those like Jackson and Sharpton. That much is VERY true.

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  • txjb
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:26pm

    You are the most STUPID person I have ever known . Start your race war and lets get it over with .

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  • dz5175
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:25pm

    “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” Mathew 7:15

    “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:6

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    • CharlesMartel
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 10:31pm

      I was going to say the Jesse Jackson has once again shown his ignorance of the Bible, but you made the point more eloquently.

      I lost respect for him when he ran for President in 1984 and his tax return said he thought a tithe was 3%.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:25pm

    Jesse is the Miracle Whip of Race Baiters

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  • wingnut1955
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:24pm

    Has Jessie Jackson even read the Bible??? Jesus was killed “Because he fought, and he occupied the corrupt Temple”. I guess Jesus‘ death had nothing to do with Rev Jackson’s sins. When Rev Jackson makes statements like this he just shows just how ignorant he is about the Bible. A book that he claims to preach and follow. When he says things like this, it makes me doubt Rev Jackson’s salvation. Has he ever trusted Jesus as his Savior and Lord? His words seem to show he never did that.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:31pm

      He is not my brother. He is a liar and deceiver from hell.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:46pm

      I question his education in spiritual matters.

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    • Balpit
      Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:20pm

      Jesus died because the people chose to free Barabbas, a criminal, instead of him.

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  • MidWestMom
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:21pm

    Hubris is the only thing that “occupies” Jackson.

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  • Shasta
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:20pm

    The man has absolutely no shame, no morals and no redeeming value. Nothing he can say will ever surprise me after this.

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    • wingnut1955
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:25pm

      Has he even read the Bible???

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:49pm

      I don’t think he has beyond a quick skim to see what parts he could twist to dupe the gullible plebs.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:19pm

    And what religious institution of higher learning did the reverend Jackson attend ? These “ social justice ” types are so far from Christ’s mission and message. He did not come to ” put a chicken in every pot.” Jesus was concerned with man’s spiritual life. He prayed. He taught people to love. Jesus would be Horrified at the Hate and Division that so-called clerics like Jackson and politicians like Obama are spewing in His name. He was NOT a political Messiah. He was a spiritual Messiah. He taught a message of LOVE not hating “ evil capitalists” and redistributing their goods ( was called: Thou shalt not steal in those days ! ) Jesus would look at our Occupiers and say : Father forgive them for they know not what they do. Hate always leads to death and destruction.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:33pm

      Maybe the Writes anti-American church of sedition and treason.

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  • xyfbx
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:18pm

    Jackson is an idiot and so are the people who believe him.

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