Saturday, July 14, 2007

Isaiah 25:6-9

And YHWH of Hosts will make for all the peoples on this mountain
A feast of fatty foods, a feast of aged wines
Fatty foods that are full of marrow, aged wines that have been refined.

And he will swallow on this mountain
The presence of mourning, the mournful covering over all the peoples
And the covering that was spread over all the nations.

He has swallowed death for forever
And the Lord YHWH will wipe away tears from upon all faces
And the shame of his people will be taken away from upon all the earth
Because YHWH has spoken.

And it will be said on that day,
“Behold! This is our God. We waited for him and he is saving us.
This is YHWH. We have waited for him.
Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

(Is. 25:6-9, my translation)

Christ the Center

"Christ goes through the ages, questioned anew, misunderstood anew, and again and again put to death."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christ the Center, p. 35