Jiang's phrase for poetic and prophetic vocation as divine election rather than self-selected career choice.
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chosen by God
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"...poet. You don't choose to be a prophet. You are chosen by God. Okay. And God channels his power through you. And how do..."
"...his mission the fact that he knows that he's been chosen by God to complete his mission that fills him with an infinite energy..."
"...of the elect? How do you know that you were chosen by God to go to heaven? This creates anxiety, right? Anxiety, as we..."
"...elect, that you are saved by God, that you were chosen by God to go to heaven. And that's the birth of capitalism. Okay?..."
"...God loves you, you must truly believe that you are chosen by God. If you doubt yourself, then you'll be condemned to hell, okay?..."
"...their Bible. Okay? Messiah means the anointed one, the one chosen by God to save the Jewish people. And Cyrus the Great is the..."
"...And also, why the Jews refer to him as Messiah, God's chosen, God's anointed, a man picked by God to come to save the..."
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