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 311 Let Justice Roll Down (Amos 1:1-2 and 5:14-24)
Episode 310 Elijah and the Still Small Voice of God (1 Kings 19:1-18)
Episode 309 Solomon‘s Temple (1 Kings 5:1-5 and 8:1-13)
Episode 308 The Anointing of David (1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Psalm 51:10-14)
Episode 307 The Call of Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-21)
Episode 306 Manna in the Wilderness (Exodus 16:1-18)
Episode 305 The Call of Moses (Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; 4:1-10)
Episode 304 SPECIAL EPISODE Brent Strawn: Lies My Preacher Told Me
Episode 303 The Blessing of Jacob (Genesis 27:1-23 and 28:10-17)
Episode 302 The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-3 and 22:1-14)
Episode 301 God's Generous Creativity (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 250 (Replay) Resisting Ethnic Nationalism (Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10)
Episode 249 (Replay) Resisting the Patriarchy (Esther 1:1-22)
Episode 248 (Replay) Reading Ruth Against the Grain (Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15)
Episode 247 (Replay) Making Ancient Israel Great Again (Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17)
Episode 246 (Replay) Solidarity and Allegory (Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10)
Episode 245 (Replay) The Joy of Sex (Song of Songs1:12-2:6 and 7:1-13)
Episode 244 (Replay) Trauma Has Many Voices (Lamentations 3 and 5)
Episode 243 (Replay) Trauma and Protest (Lamentations 1:18-22 and 2:10-22)
Episode 242 (Replay) For Everything There is a Time (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11)
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