This week BibleWorm continues on in the third week of our Advent series, reading Isaiah 42:1-9, one of the well-known Servant Songs of Isaiah. We talk about traditional interpretations of the servant, some which view the servant as the Messiah but others which view the servant as the people of Israel—or by extension, the people of faith. In typical BibleWorm fashion, we try to read it as both—a view of the Messiah we are waiting for and a model for how we should try to be in the meantime. In that light, we discuss Isaiah’s vision of the servant as one who brings justice to the nations, not through violent retribution but by showing gentleness and compassion to the most vulnerable. “I have called you for a good reason,” says God, “to open blind eyes and to lead the prisoners from prison.” That is what the servant is to do—and that is what you and I can do even here and now, as we wait for God to do a new thing.
Episode 439 The Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)
Episode 438 The Resurrection (Matthew 28:1-10)
Episode 437 Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-17)
Episode 436 The Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)
Episode 435 Celebrating 100,000 Downloads SPECIAL EPISODE (Genesis 2:4b-25)
Episode 434The Parable of the Bridesmaids (Matthew 25:1-13)
Episode 433 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22:1-14)
Episode 432 The Laborers in the Vineyard (Matthew20:1-16)
Episode 431 Accountability and Forgiveness (Matthew 18:15-35)
Episode 430 SPECIAL EPISODE Who is the Greatest? (Matthew 18:1-14)
Episode 429 The Transfiguration (Matthew 16:24-17:8)
Episode 428 Parables of the Kingdom (Matthew 13:24-43)
Episode 427 Do Not Judge (Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29)
Episode 426 Do Not Worry about Tomorrow (Matthew 6:25-34)
Episode 425 REPLAY The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:7-15)
Episode 424 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-20)
Episode 423 Temptation in the Wilderness (Matthew 4:1-17)
Episode 422 The Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:1-17)
Episode 421 The Magi and King Herod (Matthew 2:1-23)
Episode 420 The Genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17)
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