![]() Jesus said his gospel would function in the way in which an invasive species of plan displaces the original vegetation or like yeast causing bread to rise, changing the nature of the entire loaf. He established a new and better regime of love and grace that destabilizes the old system wherever his gospel is recognized and accepted. Jesus' death and resurrection broke the power of fear and death Satan had infused into the human order. ![]() Under this system fear rather than love and grace ruled as the ultimate authority over human life until Jesus came. Jesus referenced one aspect of this reality when he explained the reason for permitting divorce under the Mosaic law, something patriarchy permitted, but was not part of the original divine blueprint for humanity (Matthew 19 and Mark 10.) 6. A triad of patriarchy/monarch/slavery emerged to govern all human civilized life. Certain accommodating social structures developed to prevent social disintegration, with certain injustices thereby institutionalized 5. Violence the consequence of human fallenness Due to the above- 4. The divine image first of all seen in the male/female construct (Genesis1:28) 3. Humanity as a reflection of the Divine 2. Reading the Bible as a unified work of literature, this book reads from the perspective of an artist as story-teller with many voices as follows.
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