15/01/2026
Jesus was born under Roman occupation.
His land was taxed by a foreign empire.
His people were monitored by armed forces.
He was tried with no real justice.
He was executed by the state as a political threat.
His story is not the story of a coloniser.
It is the story of the colonised.
He did not live in mansions.
He did not command armies.
He did not own land.
He walked with the poor, the sick, the outcasts and the powerless.
And when He confronted injustice, religious hypocrisy and corrupt leadership, the political system and powerful elites joined forces to silence Him.
So when someone says “Christianity is the religion of the oppressor,” it is worth asking:
Which Christ are you talking about?
Because the real Jesus stood where Africa has always stood
under exploitation
under foreign control
under systems designed to keep others on top
Yet Jesus declared a Kingdom no empire, corporation or political system could ever control.
That is why His message outlived Rome, outlasted every empire, and still refuses to be controlled by any government, corporation or political system today.
It travels.
It survives.
It resurfaces wherever people are told they are small, invisible or expendable.
That is the Jesus I know, the one who walks with the wounded, lifts the forgotten, and stands with us in our struggle.
