Interpreter's Pulpit: SLAVERY & God's Accommodation to this Great Evil

[Rebbe]

Our latest Interpreter's Pulpit 101 Podcast can now be downloaded for our Guests.

Please feel welcome to access: SLAVERY & God's Accommodation to this Great Evil.

http://www.bripodcasts.com/Interpreter'sPulpit101/Interpreter'sPulpit101_16.MP3

In God's accommodation to humankind there is not one word in the entirety of the biblical revelation that speaks out against slavery. True, Paul had written that slaves had to obey their masters (Eph 6.5-9) and yet if a Christian slave could gain his freedom then he or she ought to take the risk of attempting to obtain it (1 Cor 7.21-24). But having said this, Paul nowhere encourages the sentiment of liberty and freedom for slaves. Nowhere.

Think also of a little prostitute who was a slave to her profession and is located in the book of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 23. Isaiah wrote that the hire of a certain prostitute was considered -- at least during his day -- "holy to the Lord" because that "hire" was used to purchase food and clothing for the Lord's people (Isa 23.17,18).

Listen! We humans were created in the image of an accommodating God. And we need to become more like Him.

We thank you for allowing us to serve you in our teachings of the biblical revelation -- and we ask you to share our podcast location with family and friends. Our aim is re-education, and not indoctrination.

Rebbe