Han and Luke have “snuck” into the detention center to save Princess Leia.
In his odd-fitting Stormtrooper armor, Luke opens the cell door to free her and finds her lounging on a bench as she snaps, “Aren’t you a little short for a Stormtrooper?”
Luke pulls off his helmet and triumphantly declares, “What? Oh…the uniform. I’m Luke Skywalker. I’m here to rescue you.”
Instead of being relieved or happy for being rescued, Princess Leia questions, “You’re who?
Desperately, Luke lets her know that he has her R2D2 unit and is here with Obi-Wan Kenobi. And with that proclamation, the Princess finally starts moving.
Just like Princess Leia, Herod, and the Jews were not expecting their Rescuer (Savior) to be anything less than a conquering hero. Jews in the first century were under Roman occupation and had tried on more than one occasion to rebel— only to be crushed by the Romans each time.
Princess Leia had resisted the best she could. She watched her home world of Alderaan be destroyed entirely. She was on death row and was not expecting any rescue.
Many people today have resigned themselves to their fate or lot in life. They go through their paces with death as their final release. They either do not know or care that they can be freed from sin and despair.
A baby born nearly 2,000 years ago came to fulfill centuries’ worth of prophecies.
As Jesus said in Luke 19:10 and Matthew 18:11, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
This statement by Jesus makes as much sense to people today as Luke telling Princess Leia that he is here to rescue her.
We must share and explain the Gospel to them, that Jesus Christ came from God to redeem and rescue people.
