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Book Reviews and Theological Rants of a Liberal Christian

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Job 38:7, Martin Luther King: A New Day

January 21, 2013

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy

//On March 31, 1968, a week before his assassination, Reverend Martin Luther King quoted the book of Revelation to conclude a sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.:

Thank God for John, who centuries ago out on a lonely, obscure island called Patmos caught vision of a new Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, who heard a voice saying, “Behold, I make all things new; former things are passed away.” God grant that we will be participants in this newness and this magnificent development. If we will but do it, we will bring about a new day of justice and brotherhood and peace. And that day the morning stars will sing together and the sons of God will shout for joy.

Bible Commentary all things newformer things passed awayJohn of PatmosMartin Luther King assassinationMLKmorning stars singsons of God

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