Simon the Zealot

He was a man of intense earthly passion—a "Zealot" for political freedom—who discovered that the only true revolution is the one that happens in the human heart. Simon traded his sword for the Cross, realizing that the liberation of Israel from Rome was nothing compared to the liberation of the soul from sin. He represents the eternal truth that our natural temperaments, no matter how fiery or radical, are meant to be baptized and directed toward the Kingdom of Heaven. He preached in Egypt and Persia, proving that the Gospel can unite even the most polarized of spirits under the banner of Peace.