Sermon Tone Analysis
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I should love my neighbor.
But the Assyrian invaders were not “neighbors.”
Similarly, Judaizers were not Paul’s neighbors, and the Pharisees (mostly) were not Jesus’s neighbors.
There is such a thing as a (cosmic) enemy.
Considering the Parable of the Good Samaritan, not all we meet are neighbors who should be loved.
This seems to be the case for the Rabshakeh.
Matt
Wrath and Christ
I should love my neighbor.
But the Assyrian invaders were not “neighbors.”
Similarly, Judaizers were not Paul’s neighbors, and the Pharisees (mostly) were not Jesus’s neighbors.
There is such a thing as a (cosmic) enemy.
(I figured this out in the shower on Dec. 18, 2017.)
Jesus came to deliver us from the wrath to come
I should love my neighbor.
But the Assyrian invaders were not “neighbors.”
Similarly, Judaizers were not Paul’s neighbors, and the Pharisees (mostly) were not Jesus’s neighbors.
There is such a thing as a (cosmic) enemy.
(I figured this out in the shower on Dec. 18, 2017.)
Wrath and Christmas
Why did Jesus come?
To save us from what?
To save us from “the wrath to come,” God’s wrath.
But what is God’s wrath?
Wrath and a Christophany
The Face of Wrath
lips full of fury
tongue like a devouring fire
breath like an overflowing stream
“His burden is easy” vs. “His burden is heavy”
Isaiah 37:
The angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrians: this angel of the LORD is worshiped as is God.
And it likely is a pre-incarnate Christ.
The meek and gentle Jesus slew tens of thousands in the Assyrian army.
Wrath and the Christian
Did Jesus come to save us money
Isaiah 30:29
During this onslaught, Judah behaved (or was to behave) as if it were in the middle of a holy feast (“song in the night”), or on the way to a feast (“sound of the flute”).
Sennacherib
The Defeat of Sennacherib (Peter Paul Rubens)
Isaiah 30:31-
The LORD strikes the Assyrians with his staff, resulting in terror for the Assyrians, but resulting in tambourines and lyres in Judah (or dancing!).
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