"A Revolution on the Sabbath" (Psalm 71:1-6, Luke 13:10-17)
Rev. Dr. Marjorie E. Nunes, August 21, 2016Part of the Sunday series, preached at a Sunday service
In the Gospel story that was read in your hearing one can certainly imagine that this woman bent over -crippled for 18 years would have lamented to Yahweh the God of Israel.
She might have cried out:
When will i stand straight?
When will I see the skies?
When will walk upright?
She needed healing- she needed a drastic change -she needed a bold move!
She need A Revolutionary Change and it would come on the Sabbath.
Revolution is defined as a radically new or innovative;
outside or beyond established procedures, or principles.
Walter Wink, in his book Engaging the Powers, suggests that Jesus' action represented a revolution happening in seven short verses. In the midst of a highly patriarchal culture Jesus breaks at least six strict cultural rules.
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