Sunday 10 June 2007

I keep coming across that verse

If a verse pops up a lot, in my head, or in weird unexpected contexts, I start thinking that uh oh, let's pay some attention.

"Woe to you Korazim! Woe to you Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you".

(Here's the last place where I came across it while searching for a commentary on another verse. Before that was this morning in the shower, and yesterday on a blog)

Liberal readers please note: a prophetic voice often means "watch out, danger here", much in the way in which you would say "watch out, there's a bus coming". It doesn't mean you'll be hit by the bus. It means "do something".

Conservative readers: can we talk about this when we meet up in "the depths"? :-)

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