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 240 The Fruit of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 & Galatians 5:16-26)
Episode 239 Unity in Christ (Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29)
Episode 238 Faith and Torah (Galatians 1:13-17 & 2:11-21)
Episode 237 The Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15:1-21)
Episode 236 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-39)
Episode 235 The Stoning of Stephen (Acts 6:1-7:2, 44-60)
Episode 234 The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35)
Episode 233 Resurrection and Remembrance (Luke 24:1-12)
Episode 232 Good Friday SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 23:32-49)
Episode 231 Palm Sunday without the Palms (Luke 19:29-44)
Episode 230 The Blind Man and Zacchaeus (Luke 18:31-19:10)
Episode 229 The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
Episode 228 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son (Luke 15:1-32)
Episode 227 The Parable of the Fig Tree (Luke 13:1-9, 31-35)
Episode 226 Eternal Life and Truly Living (Luke 10:25-42)
Episode 225 Ash Wednesday SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 9:51-62)
Episode 224 The Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-45)
Episode 223 Of Centurions and Widows (Luke 7:1-17)
Episode 222 Sabbath Controversies (Luke 6:1-16)
Episode 221 Leaving It All Behind (Luke 5:1-11)
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