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Bible Project podcast — https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/justice-part-3-jesus-and-his-mission-justice/
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What this book knows
Biblical justice means disadvantaging yourself for the vulnerable because every human bears God's image — and Jesus enacted this at the cross.
faith-and-doubt
This is a uniquely Jewish Christian tradition — that every human life has equal sacred value — not derived from nature, unique in the history of civilization.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-005Human life is sacred and precious — every single human life — and a follower of Jesus who takes it seriously will try to notice and act.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-006obedience-and-authority
The righteous are those willing to disadvantage themselves to the advantage of their community. The wicked disadvantage the community to advantage themselves.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-008The cross is where God's love and justice meet — God embodies mishpat for the poor by taking the consequences of injustice himself.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-011belonging
Abraham's family living among the nations with a different value system — tzedakah and mishpat — so all nations will be restored to divine blessing.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-007A just society takes care of the vulnerable — the widow, the orphan, the poor, the immigrant — what theologians call the quartet of the vulnerable.
BP-JUSTICE-PART-3-JESUS-AND-HIS-MISSION-JUSTICE-RC-001Illuminates
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