Sementes Bíblicas: RELEASE FROM DARK DUNGEONS
Isaiah 42:6-7 (read 42:1-7) NIV
Human eyes are blind to Divine will. The Jews expected the coming of a warrior messiah to put the nation of Israel in the position of supremacy above all nations with them facing toward Jerusalem to receive the light of salvation. They are still waiting! The present day State of Israel is a contradiction to both scriptural and secular standards of righteousness and justice in spite of the Zionist use of “proof texts” to support it.
Many Christians today await the return of a powerful triumphant Christ to establish a Kingdom of peace in the world, with the condemnation of the wicked to eternal torment in hell and the rewarding of the good with endless paradise. They, too, are still waiting!
Both Jews and Christians rely on divine violence to enforce justice and peace. The Jews rejected Jesus because he is not the mighty warrior savior of conquest and liberation. Christians place their ultimate hope in a vindictive Christ instead of in a vulnerable and peaceful Jesus. In the meantime they tolerate armed conflict and injustice.
A careful reading of Isaiah 42.1-7 shows the nature of the person who announces the will of God for all people of the world: “He will not shout or cry out or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out… In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” The light of his teachings would open the blind eyes and release the prisoners from their dark prisons.
The prophet Isaiah indicates that God is pleased with those who do not use force and who respect the broken and the weak. The opening of the eyes of the blind comes before the setting free of the prisoners. The worst blindness is the blindness of closed eyes. Our human tendency is to close our eyes to the truths that trouble us and to live in a world of illusions. Living with closed eyes results in living in dark prisons. A closed mind enslaves.
Often evangelization consists of exchanging one prison for another. When we adopt the posture of possessing the whole truth we think we have the right to impose this truth to others. This "truth" becomes another dark prison. We enter into a state of denial by closing our eyes to everything that is not within that “truth”. Speech is dangerous because it can be used to build new prisons. Testimony, not proclamation, can lead the blind to open their eyes and get out of a prison while avoiding the falling into another one.
Postado por Derrel Homer Santee, às 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM
Sementes Bíblicas: RELEASE FROM DARK DUNGEONS
Isaiah 42:6-7 (read 42:1-7) NIV
Human eyes are blind to Divine will. The Jews expected the coming of a warrior messiah to put the nation of Israel in the position of supremacy above all nations with them facing toward Jerusalem to receive the light of salvation. They are still waiting! The present day State of Israel is a contradiction to both scriptural and secular standards of righteousness and justice in spite of the Zionist use of “proof texts” to support it.
Many Christians today await the return of a powerful triumphant Christ to establish a Kingdom of peace in the world, with the condemnation of the wicked to eternal torment in hell and the rewarding of the good with endless paradise. They, too, are still waiting!
Both Jews and Christians rely on divine violence to enforce justice and peace. The Jews rejected Jesus because he is not the mighty warrior savior of conquest and liberation. Christians place their ultimate hope in a vindictive Christ instead of in a vulnerable and peaceful Jesus. In the meantime they tolerate armed conflict and injustice.
A careful reading of Isaiah 42.1-7 shows the nature of the person who announces the will of God for all people of the world: “He will not shout or cry out or raise his 
voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out… In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” The light of his teachings would open the blind eyes and release the prisoners from their dark prisons.
The prophet Isaiah indicates that God is pleased with those who do not use force and who respect the broken and the weak. The opening of the eyes of the blind comes before the setting free of the prisoners. The worst blindness is the blindness of closed eyes. Our human tendency is to close our eyes to the truths that trouble us and to live in a world of illusions. Living with closed eyes results in living in dark prisons. A closed mind enslaves.
Often evangelization consists of exchanging one prison for another. When we adopt the posture of possessing the whole truth we think we have the right to impose this truth to others. This "truth" becomes another dark prison. We enter into a state of denial by closing our eyes to everything that is not within that “truth”. Speech is dangerous because it can be used to build new prisons. Testimony, not proclamation, can lead the blind to open their eyes and get out of a prison while avoiding the falling into another one.
Postado por Derrel Homer Santee, às 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM