Aug 18, 2020
His book, involving a series of questions and answers – a disputation of sorts. In the final analysis, Israel's prophetic line didn't vanish suddenly. Like old soldiers, and old social justice warriors, they just slowly faded away. They came out of nowhere, and when all of their messages had been communicated,...
Aug 18, 2020
During the span of only a few decades, in the early sixth century before the Common Era, the Jews returning from Persian exile (in the wake of the generous edict of the emperor Cyrus) accomplish some remarkable things, including the rebuilding of their holy temple, on the ruins of the old, and erecting a new set of...
Aug 18, 2020
“Comfort, comfort my people.” These remarkably compassionate words are found in the 40th chapter of the book of Isaiah. The prophecy goes on to say enough suffering! It's time to return to the conquered land of Israel. But instead of the Red Sea being crossed, God has made a path in the desert. This is an...
Aug 18, 2020
How many social justice movements today involve groups of marginalized, disenfranchised people, living in one form of exile or another? But despite the exile and the yawning chasm between humanity and the divine world, Ezekiel’s God is intimately present among his people even if only to pin the looming disaster on...
Aug 18, 2020
An amazing phenomenon occurred following the conquest of the southern Israelite kingdom, known as Judea. Whereas the northern ten tribes (conquered by the Assyrians in the year 722 B.C.E.) vanish from the stage of history, the remnant of the two southern tribes, Benjamin and Judah, uncannily survive in exile. The...