Wednesday, August 07, 2019

A Lawyerly Question – v2

It always seems, wherever I turn
in holy scripture, in the bible,
we are the bad guys, the ones in the way
the ones asking Him questions, pressing for
the new law, testing the assertions,
learning the edges, the words -
“Who is our neighbor?”, a logical question,
Hardly worth casting aspersions over.

It was just the definition of the term of art,
a nuanced word thrown by Him into the mix
a new test of faith, of living the law of Moses,
of living the good life, the life well blessed
earning passage from Sheol, beyond the grave
the end of their days. It wasn’t a test so much
as a questioning for knowledge, learning,
asking, “Who is our neighbor?”

What Christ meant by the two commandments,
replacing the ten, Mosaic laws, regulations, rules
for life, layer on layer, parsed and teased,
as they are still. Rabbinical interpretation,
the lawyers, the scribes, just doing their best
to live the life of a religious man
asking to know, the bargain, the balance,
words to live by, these words of power.

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edited August 7, 2019
A Lawyerly Question – v2

November 18, 2006 22:28
A Lawyerly Question
Luke 10:35-37

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