The Supreme Fool-Maker

  This point i am about to make leads us right to the third type of fool in the Bible—the fool maker.

  The fool maker is the person who (once again) is not a fool at all, but who is prepared to be seen and treated as a fool, so that from the position of derided folly, he or she may be able to bounce back and play the jester, addressing truth to power, pricking the balloons of the high and mighty, and telling the emperor that he has no clothes.

 This, says Paul,the great Apostle, is what God did on the cross. 

If Jesus was the supreme fool bearer, God is the supreme fool maker. He simultaneously shamed and subverted the vaunted wisdom, strength and superiority of the world through the cross—shaming and subverting the world’s wisdom through folly, the world’s strength through weakness and the world’s superiority through coming in disguise as a nonentity.

 by Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk:

 

Final Comment:

Its been my kind belief that GOD has a sense of humour. Even tho there are some instances of satire and sarcasm in the Bible. 
My best example of GOD's humour is found in the story of Balaam's Ass , when Balaam,the errant prophet was in a hurry to curse Israel,the nation, on behalf of a wicked King. 

His loyal donkey or mule stubbornly refused to move forward when confronted by an invisible Angel brandishing a glowing sword in the narrow mountain path. After being beaten several times by the annoyed prophet, the ass turned his head and spoke... 'who is being stubborn now,you or me ?' Balaam,the prophet, knew that he was doing disfavour to Israel, he knew that Israel was God's chosen nation, but money and fame turned his head to near infamy of stupidity.

( there are in modern life numerous examples of sense -of- humour moments like Babylon Bees headline: Prominent Muslim Leader resigns.
Another instance is that senior cleric reveals that in theocratic Iran they were forced to close 50K mosques due to lack- of- interest in a nation of 75K mosques.)

 

by Digital Anvil