Article September 30, 1967 Issue

Signs of the Times

M. Jackson White

M. Jackson White First Baptist Church of Clarendon Arlington, Virginia in Christianity Today Washington, District of Columbia

[Reprinted by permission]

We most often think of the Messiah as the Comforter who comes with healing in his wings, speaking peace to troubled hearts. But Isaiah writes: "So shall he startle many nations" (Isa. 52: 15, RSV). Here the Messiah is seen as one who disturbs, startles, and confounds. For some he will be a Deliverer, for others a Disturber....

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