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b'In this episode, we take a look at\\n\\nthe fallacy of the dichotomy between the \\u201cOld Testament God\\u201d and \\u201cNew Testament God\\u201d\\nwho God\\u2019s feast and comfort is for\\na connection between verse 8 and a passage in Revelation\\nthe through-line we see in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures\\nthe political context which makes this passage feel relevant today\\nhow LGBTQ+ people might see themselves in this passage\\nwho the harsh words of scripture are directed at\\nwhat we\\xa0don\\u2019t see in scripture and what we\\xa0do\\xa0see\\nwe\\u2019re having a live webinar all about sex on Sunday October 29 at 4:00pm eastern. You can register for free at queertheology.com/sextalk\\n\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nIsaiah 25:1-9\\nLord, you are my God.\\nI will exalt you; I will praise your name,\\nfor you have done wonderful things,\\nplanned long ago, faithful and sure.\\nYou have turned the city into rubble,\\nthe fortified town into a ruin,\\nthe fortress of foreigners into a city no more,\\nnever to be rebuilt.\\nTherefore, strong people will glorify you;\\nthe towns of tyrant nations will fear you.\\nYou have been a refuge for the poor,\\na refuge for the needy in distress,\\na hiding place from the storm,\\na shade from the heat.\\nWhen the breath of tyrants is like a winter storm\\nor like heat in the desert,\\nyou subdue the roar of foreigners.\\nLike heat shaded by a cloud,\\nthe tyrants\\u2019 song falls silent.\\nOn this mountain,\\nthe\\xa0Lord\\xa0of heavenly forces will prepare for all peoples\\na rich feast, a feast of choice wines,\\nof select foods rich in flavor,\\nof choice wines well refined.\\nHe will swallow up on this mountain the veil that is veiling all peoples,\\nthe shroud enshrouding all nations.\\nHe will swallow up death forever.\\nThe\\xa0Lord\\xa0God will wipe tears from every face;\\nhe will remove his people\\u2019s disgrace from off the whole earth,\\nfor the\\xa0Lord\\xa0has spoken.\\nThey will say on that day,\\n\\u201cLook! This is our God,\\nfor whom we have waited\\u2014\\nand he has saved us!\\nThis is the\\xa0Lord, for whom we have waited;\\nlet\\u2019s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!\\u201d\\nPhoto by \\u7dad\\u2027\\u5409\\u2027\\u723e | Virgil\\nThe post God\\u2019s Comfort \\u2013 Isaiah 25:1-9 appeared first on Queer Theology.'