Wolves, Lambs, and Lions … oh my!
Isaiah 65:17-25 is not the hope for the obliteration of differences, where the oppressor and oppressed might co-exist. The fantasy of the white liberal - that sees the fight for the sovereignty of Black lives on the same binary plane as white supremacy - that recreates the text to suggest that those who suffer might make room for those who caused the suffering is anti-Biblical and, frankly, idolatry.
Death Becomes Us
Death is not the absence of life. It’s part of living.
Death is not an evil, abhorrent interruption of the natural order. It’s a necessary component for nature to exist.
400 Years….
Theodicy in the era of hyper-wokedness