Verses 33 & 34 remind me of Martin Luther King's open letter from the Birmingham jail to a group of ministers who wrote him to basically rebuke him for his non-violent protests.
1. MLK's sitting in jail which, in itself, is a societal condemnation of his actions.
2. His fellow pastors are writing open letters, telling him that he is wrong.
3. I'm sure that there must've been people even within his own movement who were getting tired of the dogs and hoses and the police brutality.
But, MLK stood his ground and knew exactly why he was justified. He drew historical and Biblical precedence from Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as well as negative examples in the "legality" of Hitler in WW2 Germany.
The section of the letter about the white moderate also reminds me of a recent verse I heard, Revelations 3:15:
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth
Off the cuff thoughts on Verses 35-39:
1. Verse 35 resonates with an understanding that's been popping up a lot lately for me; that faith doesn't make hardship disappear, it galvanizes us to endure hardship.
2. Verse 38 is a sort of, reassurance that God's love for us is steadfast. Kind of crazy that from God's end, nothing is able to break his love for us. But from our end, we are super-prone to putting up idols and distractions and diversions in place of him.
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