The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
HER0D IN DENIAL
HE WAS VAMPED'
Didn't Behead John the
Baptist to Please a
Dancer
MORE OF CHRIST CASE
Savior Believed by His Per-
secutor to Be Leading
Revolution
by DIR. SETH II. GORDON.

BY DIR. SETH Il. GORDON.
In my last article your attention
was called to Pilates legal report to
Caesar. the Roman emperor.
Today let me give you some ex-
tracts from Herod's report to the
Roman senate, relating to the trial
and execution of the Christ and also
his reasons, az he gives them, why
he beheaded John the Baptist.
Hcrod.
The Herods were Jews In faith.
but they were backsliders. They at
tempted to form a great and inde-
pendent kingdom. They believed
that IL this could be done. the way
would be open for a destruction Of
the Jewish nationality.
The Herods deposcd the High
Priests, with reckless regard for
the dignity of the office.
Herod Antipas, who was the te-
tranch of Galilee and poraea. In the
time of Christ, was SON of Herod
the Great. Some historians tell us
that he was a Samaritan. You can
readily see. that he was not on good
terms with the Jews.
SO Herod in his Court report" to
the senate. says: THE Jews are a
strange people. They say, when the
sun shines, it is God smiling. When
1t Is cloudy, 1t Is God frowning.
When 1t thunders. God is angry.
and when 1t rains 1t Is God Weep
Ing"
lie says money must he given to
the priests, to keep them going, be-
cause they are lazy. I'VE could keep
4 thousand Caesars for what 1t costs
10 keep the priests"
Poisoned Their Minds.
You will see that lIerod is trying
TO poison the minds OF the Roman
senate against the Jews, and as
Christ was jew. he hopes to con-
vince the senate that he did right
when he sat in Judgment on the life
and character of Christ.
He then relates to the senate the
story of the Wise Men" and gives
a history of the life and preaching
of Christ, which aCcords in the
main, with the report given by Cal
aphas to the Masters OF Israel, and
the report of PLATE to Caesar.
You will remember that Luke
tells us, THAT Herod with his men,
set Jesus at naught, and Knocked
him, and arrayed him in "a gorgeous
robe, and sent him again to Plate"
He. in his report says; Il saw an
tnsurrection coming, and / believed
that Christ was the cause of 1t, and
l felt that | must head 1t off. did
what l thought was best for the
country"
He said: "If I had believed that
such an one as Jesus was better
than the gods or the Romans. l
would have favored him. II l had
just known that Jesus was The one
who saved Daniel and other Israel
ties. l would have tried to have
saved him. But l thought he came
TO drive out the Romans, and reign
in Caesars place, and / sent him
back to Plate.
"HEROD ANTIPAS.
The Killing OF John.
Herod says the facts are these:
John the Baptist set up a new
religion, which seemed to me 10 be
against the Old Testament religion.
John was a very eccentric man, with
long hair, and wearing funny
clothes, and living on beans and
bugs. He had a sreat crowd to
follow him. So that the temple was
being deserted, for he took people
into the wilderness. He claimed to
be a 'forerunner of the Christ, and
he preached forgiveness through the
blood OF this coming one.
lie was deceiving the poor peo-
pie, and all men were running after
him. | felt sure that he was going
to destroy the whole nation. And
thought that 1t was better to consent
to kill one man than TO see hun
dreds of people going to ruin.
so ! had officers go to the prison
And cut his head off.
1T has been reported that ! killed
John, that / might keep a promise
and please a dancing girl.
II had him destroyed because
believed that he was leading the peo-
pie away from the old religion. and
he would be the means of endanger-
ing the welfare and salvation of the
whole nation.
Il want to report to you that
did not kill John to please a dane
ing girl"
In these five articles that ! have
written / have only given you ex
tracts from these voluminous rec
ords," but the extracts are true cop
les Of the original.
II Is worth while 10 know tina
these records" were kept and where
and how they were preserved, ano
that they are now accessible, ant
Il indl lncy are relldDle anu dulnoii
tatve and that they corroborate II
detail the inspired accounts of al
these important events that haV'
kbeen given us by the inspired writer
vDf the New Testament.
IN Jews sun Believe.
All The Jewish people, with us, be
"a neve in the Old Testament. The ful
u tllment of many Old Testamen
prophecies, In detail. in our dag
eonvinces the thinkers of the wori
mat the whole Old Testament Is tn
inspired word of God. And since "
nave reason to believe t..-t the An
Ho-Saxon people are the descend
ants OF Abraham, Isaac and Jaco'
lhen we know that the Old Testa
ment is a book for us and For IN
present day.
And there are so many evidence
ol the truth OF the New Testamei
ana these civic records" clinchln
al other arguments in its favor,
rejoice that we have This one boo
~ ~ Two parts as the revealed will
uod' 1t Is the only book that &C
Ter wrote and perhaps he will nev,
Nilte another. How much we oug