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Aug 22, 2024 · In fact, Israel’s job was to reflect God’s image to the world, much like that one friend who always reflects the best parts of a group selfie. 2. A Covenant People: More Than Just a Contract ...
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Jul 21, 2014 · Most importantly, Israel was chosen to bring forth the promised Messiah. The Lord elected Israel for the privilege of receiving these blessings, and by His choosing, the Lord made Israel special and set them above all other nations on Earth. The Lord did this out of love for Israel and out of a desire to use Israel to glorify Himself and bless ...
Jan 4, 2022 · When the Israelites refused to enter the Promised Land after hearing the report of the ten faithless spies in Numbers 13:31–33, they wanted to choose new leaders to take them back to Egypt (Numbers 14:1–4). At this rebellion, God was going to strike the entire nation down and start a new nation through Moses (Numbers 14:5–12).
May 18, 2022 · God chose the nation of Israel to be the people through whom Jesus Christ would be born—the Savior from sin and death (John 3:16). God first promised the Messiah after Adam and Eve’s fall into sin (Genesis chapter 3). God later confirmed that the Messiah would come from the line of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 12:1-3).
- Who Are God’s Chosen people?
- So Why Did God Choose Israel?
- Non-Israelites Welcomed in The Old Testament
- Gentiles Welcomed Into God’s Chosen People, The Church
- Israel’s Future
The Scriptures are quite clear that among all the nations in the world, God chose Israel as the one He would work with. God said through the prophet Isaiah, “Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen” (Isaiah 44:1). This was the nation that God delivered out of slavery in Egypt, the nation to whom God gave the land of Canaan, ...
There are two basic reasons: 1. God was fulfilling a promise to Abraham. 2. God wanted Israel to serve as a model nation. So why did God choose Israel? God chose the ancient Israelites because He had promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great nation and occupy the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:3, 7; 17:4, 7-8; 22:17). God blessed Abrah...
While God chose to work with the ancient nation of Israel, this decision did not exclude people of other nations (gentiles) from coming to understand God and serve Him. God instructed the ancient Israelites that they were to respect peoples of other nationalities who came to live among God’s chosen people. As for observing the Passover (one of God’...
When the Holy Spirit was granted to Jesus’ followers and the New Testament Church was established on the Day of Pentecost, the people in this beginning congregation were initially Jews (Acts 2:5), descendants of Judah, one of the 12 tribes that comprised ancient Israel. Because God had specifically chosen and worked with their ancestors and now was...
Because the ancient Israelites went into captivity for their sins and lost their national prominence, many have wondered what lies ahead for their descendants. Actually, the Bible reveals that there remains a bright future for these peoples. When Christ returns to earth and sets up the Kingdom of God, He will restore a repentant Israel to its posit...
Nov 24, 2007 · I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory. (Jeremiah 13:11) God rescued Israel from Egypt for his glory: Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works . . . but rebelled by the Sea, at the Red Sea.
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May 17, 2004 · At this word, the Israelites repented, putting off their gold ornaments as God had instructed them through Moses (vss. 4-6). Verses 7-11 then describe the “tent of meeting,” that tent which was set up “outside the camp” at some distance (33:7), where the Israelites could go to seek God, and where Moses went to commune with Him.
