Jeremiah also grieves because, like Isiah, he is speaking to a people who simply cannot and who simply refuse to hear. The Royal Consciousness has closed the ears to hear the words of the prophet.
The Prophetic Imagination – Prophetic Criticizing and the Embrace of Pathos, pt.2 Read More »
God’s wrath is always described as lasting but a moment. It is something that happens only for a while, and never something that abides forever.
The Revelation – The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath – Abraham Heschel, Pt. 2 Read More »
God’s wrath is never spontaneous, irrational, and unpredictable but always is in reference to the behavior of humankind and motivated by God’s intimate concern for right and wrong.
The Revelation – The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath – Abraham Heschel, Pt. 1 Read More »
Throughout Scripture, “righteousness” arises not simply in the negative of doing no harm, but includes the affirmative duties to “show mercy and compassion on the outcast, the oppressed, the weak, the orphan, and the widow” and “to have a burning compassion for the oppressed.”
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