REFLECTION:
Many world leaders rule through politics of fear. Some would deploy armed agents to raid people without warrant or verification.
Others would shame the opposition by digging private issues and personal dirt.
These paranoid leaders go sleepless twenty-four hours making sure no one closes in on their hold of power.
The causes of this fear do not really come from the outside. It is their own incompetence, insecurity, and self-distrust which make them restless days-in-and-out.
This was the case of King Herod. He was held captive by his own insecurity that he could not decide on his own.
He feared his wife, his court advisers, his staff because he is scared of himself. John and Jesus haunted him not because he was moved by their teachings.
He suffered anxiety hearing their names because they hit his fragile base of leadership. They point to him his weak legitimacy to hold power.
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