“He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.”
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble — the second reversal is political: rulers (dynastas, the powerful) brought down from their thrones, the humble (tapeinous) lifted up. The first-century Roman world, with Caesar enthroned and the vast majority of people in various conditions of subjugation, heard this reversal as concrete and political. Hannah's song (1 Samuel 2:7–8) provides the background: the Lord raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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