“…your old men shall dream dreams (chalomot), and your young men shall see visions.” Joel 2:28

The recent presidential election was the most interesting in my memory.  These are interesting times, economically and politically.  These are also spiritually interesting times of momentous transition.  We may well be seeing a Second Reformation, involving rediscovering and redefining the complementary roles of Israel and the Church in the purposes of God.

In the third chapter of Luke, Yochanan the Immerser, a.k.a. John the Baptist, confronts us with seven questions, as relevant to our times of transition as they were to his.

(Luke 3:1-2) The chapter begins by situating the events amidst the mundane politics of the day.  Are we prepared to believe it is even possible God is now up to something extraordinary in the midst of ordinary history, or is our default assumption that this is an ordinary time when nothing out of the ordinary will be required of us?