Oh, yeah, Happy Easter! It IS Easter, the day we recognize the resurrection of Jesus and, um, some rabbit, for some reason. Maybe God’s Holy Recharge Blaster was on wide beam and the rabbit just got caught up in it by accident. It seems the Holy Recharge Blaster may cause side-effects. I can’t speak to any possible changes in Jesus, but the rabbit, apparently, started laying chocolate eggs – which is not normally a rabbit thing. Still, chocolate eggs are a much happier side-effect than ‘anal leakage.’ Good job, God! Well done.

‘For God so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son…’ That’s from the Bible. John 3:16. It’s not quite true, though, right? He LOANED his only begotten son. Three days later, he roused him and brought him up to Heaven, ostensibly for a cold beer and a hot shower and a two thousand year head-start on watching ‘Game of Thrones.’ (God is omniscient. That means He knows everything that has happened, is happening, and WILL happen. He knew ‘Game of Thrones’ was coming. HE’S been fuming about that b.s. last season for a LOT longer than the rest of us.)

But the rabbit abides. The chocolate eggs endure. Somewhere along the way, we got chocolate bunnies, too. That’s good, but I think it’s a ‘near-miss.’ (It’s a near-hit, fella…) In order to cover ALL of the Easter bases, shouldn’t God have given us a chocolate Jesus, maybe holding a chocolate egg? I mean, we should at least TRY to keep the religious part in there, somewhere, right? I think Chocolate Jesus would have to be solid chocolate. Hollow Jesus just sounds… disrespectful. Unfortunately, in view of the tariffs, solid chocolate Jesus is prohibitively expensive.

“Ask and it shall be given you.” (Matthew 7:7) If you do a search on ‘Chocolate Jesus,’ you’ll find it. Actual chocolate Jesus’s (Jesi?) but also a novel by Stephen Jaramillo, published in 1997 by Berkley Books and a song by Tom Waits. “Only chocolate Jesus can satisfy my soul…”

Okay, kidding aside, there ARE some lessons many have turned away from, say, about a third of this once-great nation. It might be good to revisit some of the more prescient messages from Jesus on this fine day. Let’s start with this one:

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” (Matthew 7 : 15-19, KJV)

Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing, right? We’ve all heard that. Now we’re seeing it, playing out on a daily basis by one of the most corrupt men ever to walk the Earth. Felon 47 is there and he’s a fact. FAR too many people are following him and his example. But they should pay closer attention to that last sentence from Jesus. “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” That’s a warning. If your efforts bring forth corrupt fruit, you WILL BE cast into the fire. Every tree.

“No,” you might say. “I tell EVERYONE I’m a Christian and I always make a great show of it.”
“But you follow the example of 47, not the teachings of Jesus.”
“I go to church every Sunday. I sing hymns the loudest and hold my folded hands in prayer the longest. You can SEE how religious I am.”
“Yes,” I answer, skeptically, “I can.”

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” (Matthew 25 : 45) I’m thinking, here, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly accused of being a gang member and criminally deported without due process. The case offered against him – only in the court of public opinion, NEVER in a court of law – is based, entirely, in lies. 47 even went so far as to show a photo that purports to be Abrego Garcia’s hands with ‘MS-13’ tattooed on the fingers.

The thing is, the photo isn’t what it’s held out to be. Abrego Garcia RAN FROM gangs. He didn’t join any. He has some tattoos on his fingers. The Felonious Fraudster says they’re symbols for MS-13. The “MS-13” part has clearly been Photoshopped onto the photo. The actual tattoos are other things. According to experts, actual members of MS-13 tattoo ‘MS-13’ all over their bodies. They don’t WANT you to need a super-de-duper decoder ring to know they’re MS-13.

The First Felon, the False Prophet, the Father of Lies, is offering his flock some of that evil fruit we just talked about. He CANNOT make an honest case against Abrego Garcia, so he makes a false case. Remember, a corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit.

“Not every one that saith unto me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.'” (Matthew 7 : 21-23) ‘Iniquity’ is defined as a gross injustice, wickedness.

I don’t accept so-called ‘Christian Nationalists’ AS Christians. I classify them as ‘Christian in name only.’ (CINOs?) In my mind, one has to follow the teachings of Jesus – or at least TRY to – in order to qualify. But who am I? I think they’re putting a LOT of hope in that slogan, ‘Christians aren’t perfect – just forgiven.’ But that’s the thing. It’s just a slogan. You won’t find that in the Bible.

What you WILL find is, “And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity,” and “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.“

So on this fine Easter, I’m here to remind the followers of the Felon, you are being deceived and you WILL suffer the consequences, even though you were deceived, because He gave you the tools you needed to keep from being deceived – and you turned away from them. I know you by your fruits. The world knows you by your fruits. Jesus will know you – or not – by your fruits, as well.

Go in peace…