Metábasis eis állo génos (21)
Everett Fox suggests that in Judges 5, there is a connection between the stars and the flooding of the Kishon; the stars are to be seen as a source of rain. This makes the victory over Sisera a kind of baptism–flood!
Kings came, they waged battle,
then they waged battle, the kings of Canaan,
at Ta’nakh, by Megiddo’s waters—
profit of silver they took none.
From the heavens the stars waged battle,
from their courses they waged battle with Sisera.
The Wadi Kishon swept away [the foe],
the ancient wadi, the Wadi Kishon,
—May my being bless them with strength! (Judges 5:19–22, Everett Fox)
I love this verse. Jamie Soles has made it the theme of several serpent–songs:
So perish all your enemies, O YHWH,
but let those who love you
be like the emergence of the sun in its might! (Judges 5:31a, Everett Fox)
The left-handedness of Eglon and the men of Benjamin was apparently trained:
And the Children of Israel cried out to YHWH,
so YHWH raised up a deliverer for them:
Ehud son of Gera, a Binyaminite,
a man restricted in his right hand.
And the Children of Israel sent a tribute-gift by his hand to Eglon king of Moav. (Judges 3:15, Everett Fox)
Fox comments:
[“Restricted”] probably refers to their training, leading to the capability of fighting with either hand (Halpern). The Binyaminites are known in the Bible as talented warriors.
Strangely, I’m reminded by this of Vladimir Putin.
Aaron Renn is producing more interesting content at The Masculinist; he’s added to his mailing list a blog and a podcast.
One of the differences between an enchanted vision of the world and a modern spiritual vision of the world is that the enchanted vision identifies multiple themes in scripture. In addition to understanding redemption as a primary theme, we also see equally important themes of maturation and of holy warfare. As usual, I take this from James Jordan.
The Great Reset is not a conspiracy theory. It is so open that it is not even really a conspiracy. See also: Our greatest responsibility; Build back better. However, don’t forget Revelation 20:3! Aslan is on the move. In Jesus we are saved and the principalities and powers have already been disarmed and put to shame:
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. (Colossians 2:13–15, ESV)
If you live in Wake County, NC, your library membership includes Overdrive benefits. Most books available to Wake County on Overdrive have a limited number of copies, meaning that you may have to wait your turn. Lewis’s space trilogy, however, is available unlimited!
I misread “editable file” this week as “edible file.” I wonder how that would work. Something like a fortune cookie, I think.
I don’t take the same implication from this that Taleb does, but his tweet is still a delightful confluence of people and ideas. Our pediatrician told us that his simple secret to not getting sick was washing his hands and not touching his face:
Rectitude matters:
“As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out.” (Ezekiel 43:10–11, ESV)
I still maintain that the keys to understanding 2020 are Girard:
and Friedman:
People today often suppose that the early years of a person’s Christian pilgrimage are the difficult ones, and that as you go on in the Christian life it gets more straightforward. The opposite is frequently the case. Precisely when you learn to walk beside Jesus, you are given harder tasks, which will demand more courage, more spiritual energy. (N. T. Wright, Mark for Everyone; source: John Barach)
John Ahern and David Erb discuss Praetorius and church music.
I gotta have my orange juice. 
[…] See also James Jordan’s further comments on the principle that the church is the center and ruler of the world. One of our contemporary failures has to do with narrowing our understanding of God’s work in the world from one of dominion, conquest, and redemption to focus exclusively on redemption. […]
Metábasis eis állo génos (2-4) | I gotta have my orange juice.
January 24, 2021 at 6:46 am