The Romans overran the Mediterranean before Jesus was born. Their rule was thought evil; the nations were ‘possessed’ by them. Then Jesus frees the naked, wounded demoniac from demons. The demons go into a herd of pigs, who rush into the Sea, suggesting the Roman occupiers will be thrown back into the Mediterranean. Yet greater than the defeat of Roman rule is Jesus’s story … human evil absorbed in his naked, beaten form. Jesus is the pioneer on the Way to the healing of human brokenness, taking the full force of evil on himself so that others can go free.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Absorbing evil so that others can go free
Morning: Psalms 30, 32; Isaiah 46:1-13; Ephesians 6:10-24
The Romans overran the Mediterranean before Jesus was born. Their rule was thought evil; the nations were ‘possessed’ by them. Then Jesus frees the naked, wounded demoniac from demons. The demons go into a herd of pigs, who rush into the Sea, suggesting the Roman occupiers will be thrown back into the Mediterranean. Yet greater than the defeat of Roman rule is Jesus’s story … human evil absorbed in his naked, beaten form. Jesus is the pioneer on the Way to the healing of human brokenness, taking the full force of evil on himself so that others can go free.
The Romans overran the Mediterranean before Jesus was born. Their rule was thought evil; the nations were ‘possessed’ by them. Then Jesus frees the naked, wounded demoniac from demons. The demons go into a herd of pigs, who rush into the Sea, suggesting the Roman occupiers will be thrown back into the Mediterranean. Yet greater than the defeat of Roman rule is Jesus’s story … human evil absorbed in his naked, beaten form. Jesus is the pioneer on the Way to the healing of human brokenness, taking the full force of evil on himself so that others can go free.
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