S4E5: Metaphors in the Sermon on the Mount
The Apocalyptic Gospel Podcast
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The Light of the World
"We're connecting this metaphor of the salt To Israel's covenant with God An eschatological judgment Really things that would have already been familiar To the minds of 1st century Jews" "I think Isaiah 62 Would have been The primary kind of Scripture that would have come to mind Because the glory of the Lord, the light of God Rises on Zion," he says. 'And then particularly because the light is followed immediately By a city set on a hill' "'The nations shall see your vindication And all the kings, your glory,' Jesus tells his followers in Matthew 5."
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