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Re: Good news for all the people
It has always seemed interesting to me, as a middle class American, that YHWH seems to have such a strong interest in the affairs of the people in the margins of the world, and such a flippant attitude towards many of the nations and empires that are exerting the most influence and/or have the most power. Reading from hindsight, such nations of power are seen as rather fleeting in the grand scheme of things. How many people, though, suffered and died under them, knowing nothing more than the rule of the Egyptian Pharaoh’s rod or the fist of the Babylonian kings? We live in an age where the market is glutted with “Christian” literature, at least in this part of the world. Websites like this one are available the whole world over. However much in decline, however much this is a “post-Christian” era; Christianity still has a pervasive influence on the world. To what degree does that limit our perspective in understanding the gospel and the way it is presented to the shepherds and the way it is manifested throughout both the Old and New Testament in the working of YWHW. Jehovah Jireh, or the Lord as Provider, often means little to those who hold the purse strings. Messiah means little to those who are comfortable. Salvation is only something to rescue a person from the banality of existence or personal psychological problems. When we can only see through the bright eyes of the Caesar, we cannot see the gospel of another kingdom. Perhaps that is why Israel seems to be broken so many times; the good news is not suffered upon the proud or wise. The world of the Romans already has their savior, has already heard the good news he brings, and already lives under his peace. The tongue of the angel thus pronounces hope for those even pushed aside in Jewish society, (the testament of a shepherd was not considered valid in Jewish court), and judgment upon those who have already chosen and continue to choose a different kingdom.
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Sure, we all sang “red and yellow, black and white” in Vacation Bible School, but not many of us invited the red, yellow, black and white kids to our birthday parties. -Ronnie Fauss