Thursday, September 2, 2010

BECKon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.


Just can't shake the image of that great adversary of Liberation Theology, Glenn Beck, standing at the Lincoln Memorial,  evoking the memory of Martin Luther King?  Maybe, like the divine natural flyover its all part of the master plan.  After all, this text from Isaiah which contains his name seems to be a call for social and economic justice.



A Prophecy Against Babylon
1An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded my holy ones;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—
those who rejoice in my triumph.



But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I Have a Dream"
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.



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