Genesis 49:27
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that wants a domesticated God and a declawed gospel. Our modern sensibilities prefer a Christianity that is, above all else, nice. We want a Jesus who is endlessly affirming, a lamb but never a lion, a savior who would never be so rude as to overturn a table. And consequently, we want saints who are more like placid sheep in a petting zoo than the flock of a conquering king. We have traded our swords for plowshares, and then traded the plowshares for participation trophies. Into this tranquilized landscape, the Word of God lands with the force of a thunderclap. An animal that is lean, hungry, dangerous, and utterly uninterested in public relations. It is a prophecy of martial prowess, of fierce loyalty, of a tribe that would produce warriors and kings and one of the most ferocious apostles the world has ever known.