Biblical Text: Luke 1:29-56
There is a story about a Song that Lord Cornwallis had played at Yorktown – The World Turned Upside Down. That’s the opening story of this sermon. The biblical text is Mary’s Magnificat. And that psalm of the blessed virgin is the pinnacle song of the world turned upside down. There is a history of Hebrew women singing such songs. Miriam’s at the exodus. Hannah’s at having Samuel. But the best, the fulfillment is the mother of our Lord.
And the story of the world turned upside down is the reversing of everything you thought was true. In this case the world hold out that man must find god – the religious quest, the heroes journey. But that was never the way of the God of the Bible. He isn’t cruel and that quest is cruel. Because man can never find God. Which is why God came to man. And the World Turned Upside Down.
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