Podcasts about New Israel

Today's Topics: 1, 2) The "New Israel" IS the Catholic Church, not the state of Israel: Here's why https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-new-israel-is-the-catholic-church-not-the-state-of-israel-heres-why/ 3) Charlotte Latin Mass ban is "heartless," and  "ideological" https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/charlotte-latin-mass-ban-is-heartless-ideological-peter-kwasniewski-tells-raymond-arroyo/ 4) They're not just after the Latin Mass https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/theyre-not-just-after-the-latin-mass

Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to a common proof text of supersessionism (aka replacement theology). They teach that because 1 Peter 2:9-10 contains Old Testament references that were originally applied to Israel, they should now be re-interpreted to be replaced by the Church being the "New Israel." And consequently, they infer that God no longer has a future program for ethnic, national Israel. But is this what the context of 1 Peter teaches? A fundamental question is who is the "you" in our target passage? Dr. Kurschner explains how it refers to Jewish believers, not the Church as a whole, including Gentiles. Listen to find out the reasons why this is the case. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Pet 2:9–10) Become a ministry partner: https://www.alankurschner.com/partner/   Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference:   https://www.alankurschner.com/2025/03/11/minnesota-bible-prophecy-conference-april-26/    

Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to a common proof text of supersessionism (aka replacement theology). They teach that because 1 Peter 2:9-10 contains Old Testament references that were originally applied to Israel, they should now be re-interpreted to be replaced by the Church being the “New Israel.” And consequently, they infer that God no longer has […] The post 1 Peter 2:9–10 Refers to JEWISH Believers appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.

Israel has turned their back on God, but has God turned His back on Israel? By no means! Paul shows in these opening verses that God is dealing with New Israel the same way that He always has: through keeping a faithful remnant for Himself.

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Revelation - Victory Through Apparent DefeatA glimpse of the church in Heaven! The 144,000, the New Israel, the Church of Jesus. YT: https://youtu.be/PMNpC4rs7As

As speculation about an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities grows, Iran held massive war games this week as a warning to Israel and the United States. Iran also unveiled a series of attack drones that they believe will cement its status as a drone superpower. Meanwhile, an Iranian general is vowing a third direct attack against Israel. Is the Middle East about to erupt once again? Check out our YouTube channel to never miss the Watchman Newscast live updates during the week and be sure to subscribe. WATCH Stakelbeck Tonight episodes for free on TBN+ here. The Watchman Newscast with Erick Stakelbeck features host Erick Stakelbeck's breakdown and understanding of current events and how they play an impact on Biblical Prophecy, Israel, and how it all impacts the world, no matter where you live. Tune in for more understandings on the major issues and news that matter to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mother Miriam Live - February 13th, 2025  Septuagesima and the Parable of the Vineyard Part 2 How should we view the term, "The New Israel"?

Trump is changing the face of the Middle East. Tune into this round table discussion to know the inside story with pioneers both Jew and Gentile, both from Judea and Samaria. Check out the new "Land of Israel Guys" podcast this week!

Whatever your position is on Israel, on Zionism, on Hamas' attacks on October 7, 2023 or Netanyahu's prosecution of the war in Gaza, it's undeniable that Israel had an outsized influence on our recent presidential election.And it's ironic that our greatest ally in the Middle East, that tiny state described as the only functioning democracy in the region, may well have been a major contributor to the undoing of American democracy. How did the promise of Israel become the problem of Israel? Unreasonable executive producer and this episode's guest host, Bennett Windheim, spoke with political economist, educator and author Bernard Avishai and asked: Is Israel a theocracy, and are there cautionary lessons for America to learn?Avishai is the Visiting Professor of Government at Dartmouth and former adjunct Professor of Business at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He's taught at MIT and Duke. A Guggenheim fellow, he is the author of several books including 'The Tragedy of Zionism,' 'A New Israel,' and 'The Hebrew Republic.' He is a former editor of the Harvard Business Review and contributes regularly on matters of political economy and Israeli affairs to the New Yorker, The New York Review, The Nation, the New York Times Magazine, and Harper's, for which he wrote last year's captivating report entitled “Israel's War Within: On the Ruinous History of Religious Zionism.” Support the show

Paul asks the question of whether or not God can be trusted. He turned Israel away, didn't he? How did Paul answer? Let's find out together as we read Romans 9-11.

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The majority of today's church stands behind the modern nation of Israel claiming that they are God's chosen people. The truth is that today the Church, and the Church alone, is the Israel of God.

The majority of today's church stands behind the modern nation of Israel claiming that they are God's chosen people. The truth is that today the Church, and the Church alone, is the Israel of God.

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The early British settlers in North American took their Bible seriously—including the verses in Genesis (12: 1-3) that promised a special blessing to those who blessed the children of Abraham. Amazingly, leading scholars and preachers emphasized this promise even before a significant number of Jews had found their way to the New World. Ironically, the original center of antisemitic sentiment was in New York (then New Amsterdam), which later developed the largest, most productive Jewish community on earth. John Adams and George Washington praised and welcomed Jewish settlers, and even befriended Mordecai Manuel Noah who developed a plan to build a “New Israel” on an island in the Niagara River in upstate New York. Later, Warder Cresson, a prominent Quaker (and briefly a convert to Mormonism), became America's first consul to Jerusalem, where he debated Herman Melville on the Holy Land's future and tried to deploy American aid in rebuilding a new Jewish commonwealth, based on scientific agriculture, in the then desolate site of ancient Judea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The overwhelming majority of what is Christendom believes it is functioning under the New Covenant and that it is somehow a New Israel or a replacement for Israel. This belief will destroy (and has destroyed) many a Bible commentary. Further, it has stifled the growth of millions upon millions of believers. Finally, it has deluded well over a billion into believing that can attain resurrection life by their own efforts.On the right side of the web we find almost all the robbing from Israel. Not only does this lead to gross antisemitism, but it sadly leaves so many ignorant of the blessings of the far above the heavens. Believers trade the unsearchable riches of Paul's revelation in Ephesians for some ethereal heavenly hope based on earthly promises. Sad. But we don't have to stay where we are. God is ready to enlighten unto Paul's revelation those who seek it. #theology #zionism #israel

So often, telling the story of the Israel-Hamas war is reduced to a catalog of numbers.But this war is much more than all of that. It is the daily life of the people living in the midst of the war that has now been raging for 10 months.The war has also come to encompass a sense of insecurity that permeates, as the humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza through famine, unclean water and dwindling resources. Pair that with the prospect of a wider regional conflict with Iran that looms nearby.On Thursday, U.S. and Arab mediators will launch new talks to attempt a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. But hopes for tensions to be diffused are not high.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

There's a ton of debate in theological circles about whether or not God has forsaken Israel. Today we're looking at Isaiah 49 where we'll see that God will continue to be faithful to the people of Israel and His covenant with them. Likewise, we'll see that even the Gentile believers will have a role in God's plan of redemption for His people. Join us in this key study in this key chapter!  DISCUSSION AND STUDY QUESTIONS: 1.    Have you ever felt as though you disappointed someone? How did it feel? How do you think the faithful remnant of Israel would have felt knowing that they had disappointed the Lord? 2.    The podcast mentioned that Isaiah 49 contains the second “Servant Song” in the Book of Isaiah (the others are Isaiah 42, 50 and 52-3). What is a “Servant Song”? Who are these referring to? Why do we need to know that these passages are unique in the Book of Isaiah? 3.   The background to Isaiah 49 is that the people have broken their covenant with God. Think back to our previous studies in this book. How has Isaiah shown the people that they have broken their covenant? 4.   In verse 1, who is speaking? Quickly skim this chapter with this “speaker” in mind. How does the fact that this is the Servant speaking help us understand the heart of this chapter? 5.   The opening verses of Isaiah 49 let us know that the Servant is a specific individual. What do these first few verses tell us about Him? 6.   The podcast mentioned that in verse 3, the Servant is the “New Israel”. How does this give us a window into Jesus' preincarnate work among His people (in verse 4)? 7.   According to verse 5, who (or what people) comprise this “New Israel”? In verse 6, who is also included in this new nation? In verse 6, why would it be too small for the New Israel to be limited to just Israel and Judah? 8.   Verse 7 describes the Servant as one who is despised and abhorred by his own nation. How was this fulfilled in Jesus' earthy life? Verse 7 also says that the kings of the world will come to Him. How has that borne out to be true throughout history? 9.   In verse 8, the Lord gives the Servant as a covenant for the people. Think back to our study of Isaiah 42. What covenant would this be? Glance over at Matthew 26:28. How did Jesus inaugurate the covenant? 10.  Read over verses 9 to 13. What are some ways that this new nation or kingdom is described? Is this a place you would want to live? Do we see these kinds of promises in our world today? When will they be fully instituted? 11.  In verse 14, why would the people be afraid that the Lord has forsaken them? What is the Lord's response in verses 15 & 16? How do these words of encouragement show God's love for His people? How did Jesus fulfill these statements in His own ministry to His people? 12.  What does the Lord promise to do for the people in verses 18-23? How are they exalted in the world? How are these promises reaffirmed in other places in scripture? 13.  What kind of protection does the Lord promise for His people in verses 24-26? How does this remind us to keep praying for God's people? How often do you pray for Israel? How often do you pray for Christians around the world? 14.  As you think over the principles from Isaiah 49, how does this chapter help us see that God has not forgotten or forsaken His people and His covenants with them? Yet also, what role will they have in the New Israel when it is finally and fully established? Check out our Bible Study Guide on the Key Chapters of Genesis! Available on Amazon! To see our dedicated podcast website with access to all our episodes and other resources, visit us at: www.keychapters.org. Find us on all major platforms, or use these direct links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6OqbnDRrfuyHRmkpUSyoHv Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/366-key-chapters-in-the-bible/id1493571819 YouTube: Key Chapters of the Bible on YouTube. As always, we are grateful to be included in the "Top 100 Bible Podcasts to Follow" from Feedspot.com. Also for regularly being awarded "Podcast of the Day" from PlayerFM. Special thanks to Joseph McDade for providing our theme music.    Check out our Bible Study Guide on the Key Chapters of Genesis! Available on Amazon! To see our dedicated podcast website with access to all our episodes and other resources, visit us at: www.keychapters.org. Find us on all major platforms, or use these direct links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6OqbnDRrfuyHRmkpUSyoHv Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/366-key-chapters-in-the-bible/id1493571819 YouTube: Key Chapters of the Bible on YouTube. As always, we are grateful to be included in the "Top 100 Bible Podcasts to Follow" from Feedspot.com. Also for regularly being awarded "Podcast of the Day" from PlayerFM. Special thanks to Joseph McDade for providing our theme music.   

In this episode, Pesach flies solo and has a conversation  with one of America's leading academic theologians, Professor Gerald McDermott. The topic is the long-held Christian position that the church has replaced the Jewish people as God's covenant people. Prof. McDermott explains how this anti-Jewish theology began, why it is wrong, and how Christian thinking is changing regarding the Land of Israel and the Jewish people. You DON'T want to miss this important conversation. Plus: Pesach explains why Israelis, perhaps more than any other people outside the United States, should consider celebrating Thanskgiving.

The Minor Prophets - Habakkuk #2Habakuk's Burden.Habakkuk was praying his way through very perilous days indeed. All of this turmoil was taking place in a nation that comprised the chosen people of God, and who find their ultimate fulfilment in the the New Israel, the church. That's why this is SUCH an important book. It's like history continually repeats itself, and the prayer and the answer to prayer of Habakkuk is our prayer too. In this study we look at Habakkuk's approach to God in prayer, as recorded in God's Word.Read the NOTES HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reparation Prayer, Prayer of Divine Praise and Adoration, Original Prayer to St. Michael, Powerful Invocation of Protection, Prayer for the New Israel, Atonement Prayer with the Crown of Thorns, Prayer for Control of the Tongue, and Crown of Thorns Offering. www.PreciousBloodInternational.com

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We revisit the Sermon on the Mount again and the call to give to whomever asks of you. Oddly, I've been asking Red Letter Christians to help with my medical bills for years! But like many other red letters, they don't seem to feel compelled by those.We also look at a chart created by Replacement Theology adherents to try and prove that the "church" is some sort of "New Israel." But the chart is great jumping off point to help us see that the gospels and and the Acts age are based on the earthly hope of the earthly people, Israel!

If the OT promises concerning a new Israel and new temple are being fulfilled now in the church, there is no need to look for a for a future Millennial fulfillment of Israel amongst only ethnic Jewish believers (apart from Gentiles believers) or a future brick-and-mortar temple, since the new Israel and new temple is being fulfilled in the church in Christ. You can watch this message here.

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), member of the Senate Homeland Security and Armed Services committees, joined the Guy Benson Show today to discuss the latest on Trump's trial in New York and why Senator Scott made an appearance at Trump's trial on Thursday.  Sen. Rick Scott also addresses his opponent, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, and her accusation that he skipped votes to go speak at Trump's NY trial. Benson and Scott also discuss Scott's own Senate race in Florida and the state of the race for 2024 as a whole. Finally, Benson and Sen. Scott also discuss Biden's recent threats to withhold funding on Israel. Listen to the full interview below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles Lectionary: 561The Saint of the day is Saints Philip and JamesSaints Philip and James' Story James, Son of Alphaeus: We know nothing of this man except his name, and, of course, the fact that Jesus chose him to be one of the 12 pillars of the New Israel, his Church. He is not the James of Acts, son of Clopas, “brother” of Jesus and later bishop of Jerusalem and the traditional author of the Letter of James. James, son of Alphaeus, is also known as James the Lesser to avoid confusing him with James the son of Zebedee, also an apostle and known as James the Greater. Philip: Philip came from the same town as Peter and Andrew, Bethsaida in Galilee. Jesus called him directly, whereupon he sought out Nathanael and told him of the “one about whom Moses wrote” (Jn 1:45). Like the other apostles, Philip took a long time coming to realize who Jesus was. On one occasion, when Jesus saw the great multitude following him and wanted to give them food, he asked Philip where they should buy bread for the people to eat. Saint John comments, “[Jesus] said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do” (Jn 6:6). Philip answered, “Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit]” (Jn 6:7). John's story is not a put-down of Philip. It was simply necessary for these men who were to be the foundation stones of the Church to see the clear distinction between humanity's total helplessness apart from God and the human ability to be a bearer of divine power by God's gift. On another occasion, we can almost hear the exasperation in Jesus's voice. After Thomas had complained that they did not know where Jesus was going, Jesus said, “I am the way. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him” (Jn 14:6a, 7). Then Philip said, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us” (Jn 14:8). Enough! Jesus answered, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (Jn 14:9a). Possibly because Philip bore a Greek name or because he was thought to be close to Jesus, some gentile proselytes came to him and asked him to introduce them to Jesus. Philip went to Andrew, and Andrew went to Jesus. Jesus's reply in John's Gospel is indirect; Jesus says that now his “hour” has come, that in a short time he will give his life for Jew and gentile alike. Reflection As in the case of the other apostles, we see in James and Philip human men who became foundation stones of the Church, and we are reminded again that holiness and its consequent apostolate are entirely the gift of God, not a matter of human achieving. All power is God's power, even the power of human freedom to accept his gifts. “You will be clothed with power from on high,” Jesus told Philip and the others. Their first commission had been to expel unclean spirits, heal diseases, announce the kingdom. They learned, gradually, that these externals were sacraments of an even greater miracle inside their persons—the divine power to love like God. Saints Philip and James are the Patron Saints of: Uruguay Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Award-winning author, journalist, and fellow podcaster Brian T. Kaylor joins Ken to talk about his soon-to-be-released (June 6, 2024) book, Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism. Brian adds a significant contribution to the discussion about the pervasive Christian Nationalism so prevalent today - the movement that became highly visible in the January 6th assault on our nation's Capitol. It's a little-discussed fact that the foundation for Christian Nationalism was laid by the “Seven Sisters” - the mainline denominations that far and away dominated the American religious scene before the explosion of evangelical denominations in the 1960s and 70s. Brian Kaylor asserts that despite its spurious claim, “Christian Nationalism isn't Christian.” Ken and Brian unpack this thesis and review his well-researched, compelling book. They discuss Robert Bellah's “Civil Religion” and the prescient warnings from Paul Tillich and H. Richard Niebuhr. Other topics include The National Prayer Breakfast, The Family, St. John's Episcopal Church (“The President's Church”), the National Cathedral, and traditional hymnology (including the prolific hymns written by Fanny Crosby). All of this has culminated in MAGA Trumpism and the complete takeover of the Republican Party. The American Flag and the Christian Flag have been standards in mainline denominational churches throughout out history - the Confederate Flag, too. Kaylor draws on Greg Boyd's Myth of a Christian Nation to underscore the vast difference between the biblical notion of the Kingdom of God and America as the New Israel. SHOW NOTESBecome a Patron | Ken's Substack PageSupport the Show.

Krystal and Saagar discuss the Baltimore bridge collapse, Bibi cancels DC trip after UN ceasefire vote, shocking new Israel polls, confused Trump accidentally calls for Gaza ceasefire, Trump bond massively reduced, Boeing CEO out after whistleblower death, feds raid P Diddy homes, Andrew Huberman smeared by NYMag, Julian Assange extradition paused by UK court.   To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer sharply criticises the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing him of prioritising his "political survival". Also: Elon Musk's Starship goes "farther than ever", and $500k sand dune built to protect holiday homes in US washes away in days.

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We've entered 1–2 Samuel's epilogue, which rewinds the clock to mighty deeds of mighty men and gives us a chiastic cheat code that reveals some fascinating connections between King David and all that's gone before.

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Bible Study: (2:20) Lk 2:22-40 Father explains the Feast of the Presentation  Letters: (18:28) - The New Israel  (23:51) - The simplicity of the Missionaries of Charity (24:51) - Angels & Visions   (26:56) - Lives of the saints  (27:56) - Anointing of the sick Word of the Day: Unclean (33:13) Callers (37:34) - Was Jesus intolerant?   (41:13) - What is the meaning of 'The Communion of Saints' ? (43:03) - What do you think about this day being the day Joseph was given the title from 'Father' from the Heavenly Father? (44:43) - Question about the five shekels and the first born child? (46:44) - Question about relics, I'm totally confused by them, especially 2nd and 3rd class

Bible Study: (2:15) 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19 Why did Saul lose the crown?  Letters: (20:20) - Is it sinful to only eat the Eucharist?  (24:28) - Why would all Jerusalem be troubled by Jesus' birth?  (27:23) - Why does Father mention Jews so often?  (30:35) - I have an in-law who is high all the time. Word of the Day: Raisin cake (33:32) Callers: (36:05) - How come Jonathan had to die for the sins of his father? (38:46) - Easter Sunday 1st Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. What do you think about that Father? (40:43) - I'm in the process of converting, and a friend was talking about determinism and pre determinism.  Could you explain and help me out? (44:12) - Lumen Gentium says the Church is the New Israel? (48:08) - I've been doing Bible Study in the book of Samuel and I'm enjoying what Fr. Simon's doing. (49:24) - Question about the unforgivable sin of blasphemy and the Holy Spirit.  Could you explain?

Synopsis: Israel is a nation defined by Faith in Christ, not the flesh of one's father. Jesus is gathering a New Israel to and in Himself from all the tribes of the World and will continue to do so until all the elect are gathered in. Sermon Text: Romans 11

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Jeff Durbin's Confusion About Who Are God's Chosen People Today Is today's modern Israel still the chosen people of God? Is it right for evangelical Christians to support Israel unequivocally? Jeff Durbin of Apologia Studios podcast recently said no, Israelis today are not God's chosen people. Dr. Walt Swaim critiques the error in Jeff Durbin's theology and describes who is God's chosen people really were and are today – and the prophetic implications of being scripturally correct about it all. In audio only at https://truthunbound.podbean.com/ Info: https://youtu.be/p4yRH9rA3_o?si=n-6c6K_CmFBD6t3l https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-Israel.html https://www.gotquestions.org/New-Israel.html https://www.gotquestions.org/end-times-Israel.html Truth Unbound website: https://truthunbound.org/ Facebook: Truth Unbound Youtube: www.youtube.com/@TruthUnboundMinistries

Jeff Durbin's Confusion About Who Are God's Chosen People Today Is today's modern Israel still the chosen people of God? Is it right for evangelical Christians to support Israel unequivocally? Jeff Durbin of Apologia Studios podcast recently said no, Israelis today are not God's chosen people. Dr. Walt Swaim critiques the error in Jeff Durbin's theology and describes who is God's chosen people really were and are today – and the prophetic implications of being scripturally correct about it all. In audio only at https://truthunbound.podbean.com/ Info: https://youtu.be/p4yRH9rA3_o?si=n-6c6K_CmFBD6t3l https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-Israel.html https://www.gotquestions.org/New-Israel.html https://www.gotquestions.org/end-times-Israel.html Truth Unbound website: https://truthunbound.org/ Facebook: Truth Unbound Youtube: www.youtube.com/@TruthUnboundMinistries

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Today we speak to journalist Ari Flanzraich about the new war between Palestine and Israel. Flanzraich has been on the ground covering the war from all borders. He gives us an insight into the missions of Israeli soldiers and speaks on how the killing of civilians in Gaza has no end in sight. - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan

Friends, a great theme of the Bible is that of God's chosen people. At the same time, we also see that God's salvific plan has to do with all of humanity—and indeed with all of creation. God chooses Israel—and the New Israel, the Church—precisely for the sake of the whole world. Remembering this helps us keep the delicate balance between bland spiritual relativism and a dangerous religious tribalism.      

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…” (Mt. 16). Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 1. Who is Jesus and what are the keys of the kingdom? Yesterday on Market Street a man wearing worn clothes and just socks on his feet walked along pushing people at random as they waited in a security line to enter Ross' clothing store. Another man crouched in the corner of a bus stop bent over with his head at knee height repeatedly wailing from the heart as a police officer stood five feet away with a loudly barking German shepherd on tight leash. Another man was lying on the ground at Eddy and Mason his hair full of litter. Drugs and mental illness touch nearly every person you encounter just down the hill from here. Most of the stores have left and the world seems like it is ending. This kind of feeling pervades the beginning of J.T. Alexander's book I Am Sophia. His science fiction novel describes a not so distant future as climate change makes the planet uninhabitable. The center of gravity for human culture seems to have shifted into outer space as investors in places like Mars support companies here in the Bay Area doing gene engineering and carbon sequestration. San Francisco has been renamed Sanef and is one of several independent nations formed after the collapse of America. Like narcotics in our time, many people of the future have become addicted to Stims (this acronym which stands for “Sensory-Targetted Immersive Mindtech”). It is a kind of virtual reality that destroys souls. Horrifying and dehumanizing levels of inequality have become commonplace. Poor people are shunned and called lowcontributors. Sometimes they will have their minds effectively erased by the government. Nihilistic terrorists frequently kill ordinary people with bombs. There is almost no religion of any kind. People call it metaphysics (or metafiz) and respond to it with a mixture of disdain, suspicion and fear (as many do around us today). In this anti-religious world of the future there is only one remaining Christian church in the universe. It has ten worshipers and a doubting twenty-nine year old bishop named Peter Halabi. That church is in the ruins of Grace Cathedral. In that future time this very building has holes in the ceiling and the stained glass windows have long been boarded up. But the eleven worship faithfully every Sunday in the Chapel of Nativity. Peter worries that he will have to shepherd the church to extinction. He looks up to that same mural and the image of Mary and says, “I'm not asking… for a big miracle… Just something to let me know [God's] still up there.” [i] Soon a tent appears in front of the Ghiberti Doors. The homeless woman sheltered there enters the church just as Peter is about to read the lesson. She takes the book from him to read and her first words are “I am.” This seems to refer to God's self-description at the burning bush. It is the way the gospels often describe Jesus. It is the meaning of the letters in the corners of icons. This young woman with a scar on her face walks like a dancer. She calls herself Sophia (a biblical word for the divine feminine) and for most of the book we wonder about her. Is she God, the second coming of Jesus Christ? Or is she sick, unstable and deranged. Or is she just a fraud manipulating the gullible Christians for the sake of her own agenda? 2. This feels like the Gospel of Matthew. When Jesus walks on water and then rescues faltering Peter the disciples say, “what sort of man is this” (Mt. 8:27)? The crowds seem to be wondering the same thing when Jesus asks his friends, “Who do people say the Son of Man is” (Mt. 16)? Although we have to answer this question in our lives, as readers of this gospel we stand outside the experience of those depicted in Matthew. We see what they do not. The Gospel begins with these words, “An account of the genealogy of Jesus, the Messiah…” (Mt. 1:1). As we read we wonder when, and which one of them, will realize who Jesus is. This exchange between Jesus and Peter happens in Caesarea Philippi, the capital of the Tetrarchy of Philip son of Herod the Great. Herod dedicated the famous Temple there to Rome and to Emperor Augustus, whose statue stood there. He was the first emperor to add to his title: “Divi Filius” or “Son of the Divine.” Jesus asks his friends who they say he is and Peter says, “You are the Son of the living God” (Mt. 16). Soon we see that Peter does not yet really understand what he is saying. All of us have trouble with this. We think of Jesus as simply a more powerful version of Emperor Augustus when Jesus is really overthrowing that whole way of being. Jesus shows that the way of domination and self-aggrandizement although it seems stable and powerful on the surface is like sand. In contrast we have the path of Peter with his imperfections, his courage and fear, his insight and foolishness, but above all his faith. This improbable foundation is the rock upon which our lives can be founded. This is faith which is a kind of pursuit rather than an accomplishment. Going on Jesus says, “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven” (Mt. 16). Through history this sentence has been used to justify the church in those moments when we have been more like the Emperor Augustus than like Jesus, as if some institutional authority in Rome or Canterbury could have power over whether a person can be saved. This could not be further from the truth. The Biblical scholar Herman Waetjen points out several other ancient examples that clarify what Matthew means. The power of the keys has to do more with things and policies than people. For instance, the historian Josephus writes about Queen Alexandra who ruled the Hasmonean Kingdom from 78-69 BCE. She deputized Pharisees as the administrators of the state and gave them the power, “to loose and to bind.” For Herman this power is about determining what practices are permitted or forbidden. [ii] We all have a role in this. We all in our way preach the gospel through what we say and how we live. We contribute to the picture of what is acceptable. And we have a responsibility for creating the kind of society which is humane in its care for the people I saw on the streets yesterday. The puritan theologian John Calvin (1509-1564) writes that the reason for this passage about the keys is that over history it has been dangerous to speak Jesus' truth and it is important for us to know both that we are doing God's work and that God stands beside us as we do. [iii] The twentieth century theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) writes that the thought of God will always disturb the world. Our relations with each other, will never be perfectly clear. We will never adequately understand our situation in the world. That is the reason we need to orient ourselves toward the Eternal, to God. Barth says, “For the vast ambiguity of our life is at once its deepest truth… We know that our thinking of the thought of eternity is never a thing completed in time...” [iv] Our attention to Jesus, our prayer, is how we avoid being conformed to the world. It is how, instead, we are transformed by the renewing of our minds in Christ (Rom. 12). About half of I Am Sophia takes place at Grace Cathedral and half on Mars. In the book, Sophia was terribly abused as a child but she found nourishment in the Bible and other Christian books. This made her a kind of theologian. Was Sophia the Christ? I do not want to spoil the book for you. As he finds himself falling in love with her, Sophia has a great deal to teach the young bishop, and perhaps us also. She says, “You are the guardian of a great treasure. It is your tradition, and it has an incredible spiritual value, an almost miraculous capacity to change lives for the better. But you misplaced the keys to the treasure chest… when scripture and religion became primarily about trying to determine who was right and who was wrong.” [v] Later she gives a kind of invocation, “May your soul have deep roots and strong wings.” [vi] This means that followers of Jesus need to have a foundation, a stable identity, but we also need room to evolve. Changes in technology and society leave modern people less rooted and more focused on wings. You see this in their emphasis on individual freedom, innovation and progress. In contrast, many Christians regard the secular world as destructive and offtrack. This leads them to become so backward looking that they are all roots and no wings. The living, loving God of the gospel became to them static and oppressive. What does not evolve dies. This summer's survey and our town hall meeting this morning address consider this issue. The idea lies at the heart of our mission statement to “reimagine church with courage, joy and wisdom.” For generations Grace Cathedral has been known for this. But it is up to us if we will continue to have roots and wings. Near the end of the novel, Sophia says to Peter, “You think strength means being untouched by the suffering we are approaching. You still do not know me…” [vii] Will San Francisco as we know it die as people self-centeredly and obsessively seek to save themselves? Will the future Grace Cathedral lie in ruins? Will the world know who Jesus is? At the center of Grace Cathedral is not a statue of the emperor or a belief in domination and self-assertion. At the heart of our being is a living person, the living child of God. He calls us by name and offers the keys to a deeper, more humane and faithful life. Come let us follow Jesus. [viii] [i] J.F. Alexander, I am Sophia: A Novel (Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock, 2021) 7. [ii] Herman Waetjen, Matthew's Theology of Fulfillment, Its Universality and Its Ethnicity: God's New Israel as the Pioneer of God's New Humanity (NY: Bloomsbury, 2017) 185-7. [iii] “It was important for the apostles to have constant and perfect assurance in their preaching, which they were not only to carry out in infinite labors, cares, troubles, and dangers, but at last to seal with their own blood. In order that they might know, I say, that this assurance was not vain or empty, but full of power and strength, it was important for them to be convinced that in such anxiety, difficulty and danger they were doing God's work; also for them to recognize that God stood beside them while the whole world opposed and attached them; for them, not having Christ, the Author of their doctrine before their eyes on earth, to know that he, in heaven, confirms the truth of the doctrine which he had delivered to them…” John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion ed. John T. McNeill, Tr. Ford Lewis Battles (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960) 1213 (4.11.1). [iv] “There is – and this is what we mean – a thinking of the thought of grace, of resurrection, of forgiveness, and of eternity. Such thinking is congruous with our affirmation of the full ambiguity of our temporal existence. When once we realize that the final meaning of our temporal existence lies in our questioning as to its meaning, then it is that we think of eternity – in our most utter collapse. For the vast ambiguity of our life is at once its deepest truth. And moreover, when we think this thought, our thinking is renewed; for such rethinking is repentance. We know too that our thinking of the thought of eternity is never a thing completed in time, for it is full of promise. As an act of thinking it dissolves itself; it participates in the pure thought of God, and is there an accepted sacrifice, living, holy, acceptable to God.” Karl Barth, The Epistle to the Romans, 6th Edition tr. Edwyn C. Hoskyns (NY: Oxford University Press, 1975) 437. [v] J.F. Alexander, I am Sophia: A Novel (Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock, 2021) 60. [vi] Ibid., 95. [vii] Ibid., 168. [viii] Matthew Boulton, “Who do you say that I am…”, SALT, 21 August 2023. https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2020/8/18/who-do-you-say-that-i-am-salts-lectionary-commentary-for-twelfth-week-after-pentecost

Zechariah 14 features many mysteries that even the brightest Christian minds stumble over. We need to tread with humility as we attempt to interpret these verses. One helpful north star to help us interpret these passages is to see them in light of the New Testament. Jesus sees himself as the center of a New Israel. He takes along twelve disciples which equals the twelve tribes of Israel. He leaves Egypt as a child like Israel's Exodus, fights temptation in the wilderness for 40 days which equals the 40 years of Israel's wanderings, gets baptized in the Jordan like Israel got “baptized” as they crossed the parted Jordan sea into the promised land, and cleansed the holy land of occupying demons like Israel cleansed the holy land of Canaanites. Jesus gets “exiled” at the cross, but then rises again much like Israel experienced exile in Babylon only to be “reborn” into the land during Zechariah's day. This close parallel indicates that the promises of Israel's restoration finds its ultimate fulfillment not in a building or a city, but Jesus Christ himself. So when we read these restorative promises we need to understand them in light of Jesus and how he fulfills the story of Israel. This is Understanding Zechariah. Check out the rest of the Understanding series here