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"Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality ..."
Rabbi Wolf had a stern sense of justice. One day Mrs. Wolf cried out that her maid had stolen a valuable object. The servant, an orphan, tearfully denied the charge.
"We will let the Rabbincial Court settle this!" declared the rabbi's wife. When Rabbi Wolf saw her preparing to go to court, he began to put on his Sabbath robe.
"Why do you do that?" she asked in surprise. "You know it is undignified for a man of your position to come to court with me. I can very well plead my own case."
"I am sure you can," answered the rabbi. "But who will plead the case of your maid, the poor orphan? I must see that full justice be done to her." (Drum Rolls for Justice)
Jesus, a Jew who was called Rabbi, deliberately identified himself with this tradition at the beginning of his ministry. According to Luke, he came to the synagogue in Nazareth and was given the book of the prophet Isaiah. He selected this passage to read "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ..."
Easter is the vindication of this tradition, and the dethronement of those dark powers which enslave, blind and oppress humankind. If God does have a bias, it is toward the suffering outcast.
-- Bachelder
"Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality ..."
Rabbi Wolf had a stern sense of justice. One day Mrs. Wolf cried out that her maid had stolen a valuable object. The servant, an orphan, tearfully denied the charge.
"We will let the Rabbincial Court settle this!" declared the rabbi's wife. When Rabbi Wolf saw her preparing to go to court, he began to put on his Sabbath robe.
"Why do you do that?" she asked in surprise. "You know it is undignified for a man of your position to come to court with me. I can very well plead my own case."
"I am sure you can," answered the rabbi. "But who will plead the case of your maid, the poor orphan? I must see that full justice be done to her." (Drum Rolls for Justice)
Jesus, a Jew who was called Rabbi, deliberately identified himself with this tradition at the beginning of his ministry. According to Luke, he came to the synagogue in Nazareth and was given the book of the prophet Isaiah. He selected this passage to read "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ..."
Easter is the vindication of this tradition, and the dethronement of those dark powers which enslave, blind and oppress humankind. If God does have a bias, it is toward the suffering outcast.
-- Bachelder
