Beck: “The reason why the Jewish community back in the day rejected Jesus is because he was not a warrior”

From the May 24 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

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BECK: Jesus changed hearts. Governments change because people's hearts change. Jesus did not -- the reason why the Jewish community back in the day rejected Jesus is because he was not a warrior. He was not a political leader. They were expecting the messiah to come and mow every -- all their enemies -- down. The enemy of Jesus is not a government. It is the capping of individuals. It is the stopping of people understanding what the power inside of you is, the ability to choose between right and wrong.

Jesus never took anybody, and waterboarded them, and said, “Accept me! Accept me! Accept me!” He never did that. Religions, when they became about politics, did that. Jesus said, “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Jesus said, “Do you not yet understand, all this and more you can do?”

It's individual rights. It is a war that has been going on since the -- since before time. “I'll save 'em. I'll save 'em all. Just give me the credit. I'll save 'em all. I'll make -- I'll make the choices for 'em so no one can fail.” No. No. No. “Let man fail, and I will send a savior, and he will redeem them for the price that they cannot pay.” But let them fail.