Did Saul fall off a horse? Scripture says he was struck down. And in his agony he saw Jesus, "the one whom you are persecuting."
Jesus was dead. Let there be no mistake about that. Dead as the nails forced into the palms of his hands.
But here he was again. "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
"Me." - in the person of his followers, Jesus was persecuted. In the person of human beings, the oppressed, the poor, the wayward, the destitute, Jesus. In the place of ordinary men and women and children. Jesus.
Why are you doing this?
And he had no answer. Not to make, not then. No politicians' ramble. No casuist's prevarication. Not a word.
And they led him as one born blind but struck with sight.
The light was too bright for mortal eyes.
He had seen the savior, the light of the nations and the glory of his own people Israel.
There was no turning back now. There was a long road ahead.
And to bring that light to those nations, the peoples of the earth beyond the covenant, became his task.
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