Jesus goes further than "lack of resistance", one of the reasons the people you call "collaborators" (they weren't) were so enraged by Jesus was by his appearance of active support for the "occupation" and him telling them to their face they deserved to have it all taken away from them and given to another people, as for example, in the Parable of the Vineyard.
Another reason they hated him is because Jesus associated with actual collaborators, like the tax collectors.
I am really baffled about how this can be twisted into comfort for people oppressed by occupying forces. Especially the part where he tells them Jerusalem is going to be destroyed and that they’ve earned it! Prophesying the destruction of the Temple and mass death and telling them they’ve earned it is comfort for other oppressed people?
> They thought of Jesus as one of them. Not as a Middle Eastern man.
The whole point is none of them think of Jesus as a man at all. Certainly not evangelicals. What do you mean by this?
Another reason they hated him is because Jesus associated with actual collaborators, like the tax collectors.
I am really baffled about how this can be twisted into comfort for people oppressed by occupying forces. Especially the part where he tells them Jerusalem is going to be destroyed and that they’ve earned it! Prophesying the destruction of the Temple and mass death and telling them they’ve earned it is comfort for other oppressed people?
> They thought of Jesus as one of them. Not as a Middle Eastern man.
The whole point is none of them think of Jesus as a man at all. Certainly not evangelicals. What do you mean by this?