God is speaking to Solomon...
"but if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among the peoples."-- 1 Kings 9:6-7
Solomon and his sons did as God told them not to do. Solomon worshipped false gods and his son let the kingdom become divided. When you read this don't you get a different perspective on God's promises. If God said he will destroy the Temple and cast them out of the land then you better believe He would do it.
2007-09-17 05:25:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The EVERLASTING COVENANT is fullfilled in Jesus Christ.
2007-09-17 05:37:57 · update #1
I love Jesus and the Bible...
2007-09-17 05:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I wish I had more than 15 minutes to answer this question. I'm short on time, and there's a lot to say.
First of all: Your question illustrates the danger of a little bit of knowledge. You ignore verse after verse which clearly states that G-d will not cast Israel aside forever. Our covenant with Him is forever.
For instance: Deuteronomy 4, 25-35. I don't have time to type them out; but these verses clearly stipulated--BEFOREhand--that Israel would turn its back on G-d. Israel would sin, these verses say, and be scattered among the peoples. Eventually the Jews would return to G-d, though-- and FIND Him.
And it states it as a event that will definitely happen. It doesn't say, "IF you do evil--" Instead it says "You WILL do evil." The very fact of the prediction of our exile makes sure to me the fact of our return.
A true story: At the time of the fall of Jerusalem, two sages (one was Hillel, I think--don't have time to look it up) were sitting near the Temple and mourning. They saw a fox come out of the ruins of the city, and one began to mourn, realizing that he'd just seen a fulfillment of the prophecy that Jerusalem would fall and become the abode of foxes. Hillel began to laugh, though, suddenly full of joy--
"I've seen the prophecy that the city would become the abode of foxes!" he exclaimed. "How can I now doubt the fulness of th prophecy, that G-d will bring us back!"
Deut. 30 details the same idea of our sin and eventual return to the land. The fact that we were cast out doesn't mean that our covenant was annulled. In fact, although we've been punished, G-d says there that He will place imprecations on those who harm us. And in many places it's recorded that He loves us--He says that He has written us on His palms, so that He will never forget us.
We have a covenant with G-d that He will not forget, even when we aren't faithful. He has a long-range plan.
You're right about one thing: G-d DID say that He'd destroy the Temple & cast us out. You forgot the good part, though: He said He'd bring us back. And He also said that curses would follow those who harm us. And if you're in the mood to believe that G-d will do what He says He'll do, you'd better believe that, too.
"For you G-d is a merciful G-d, He will not abandon you nor destroy you, and He will not forget the covenant of your forefathers that He swore to them." Deuteronomy 4, 31
2007-09-17 06:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Tehilla V 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was Abraham who was chosen because of his righteousness. With him, God made a covenant to bring Christ into the world, to give him a great nation and descendants too many to count. From Abraham was Issac and from Issac was Jacob who was later renamed Israel. From him came the twelve sons which became the twelve tribes. When that country was divided, Israel was later conquered and no longer there. That left only Judah and Benjamin, but it was know for Judah and later just called Jews. So, the Jews were a chosen nation because of the righteousness of Abraham. From the Jews, we have Christ and the scriptures. While God could have chosen any nation in the world, He chose them and that way we would know an impostor because it all came through Abraham.
2016-05-17 05:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or course you ignore all the *other* places in the Bible where G-d has promised Israel to the Jews as an everlasting promise if they do good.
2007-09-17 05:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mark S, JPAA 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
God has created the Universe, God is running the Universe. God will destroy the Universe. God is the Origin of Universe. God is the Destination of Universe. Spirit can neither be created nor be destroyed. It moves from one body to another. Your body dies, not spirit. Your spirit gets new body after death, based upon your actions in this life. Your target is to make your spirit pure, so that it can merge in Super Spirit (God). Remember wherever there is Happiness in Life, there will be Sorrow. To get Happiness, you must master Sorrow.
2007-09-18 01:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ravi Lohia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, they've been cast out of Israel. That's a far cry from the Christian eternal torment.
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2007-09-17 08:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And He did, twice....after giving the people every opportunity to repent. But He also promises to bring the Jews back and rebuild the Temple. God has been faithful in keeping all His promises, both for good and bad....there's no reason to suspect that, when the time is right, for God to fulfill the promises of return, redemption and rebuilding of the Jewish Kingdom in the Land of Israel.
2007-09-17 05:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
And if he says he will gather them back from all over the world to their land for his sake not theirs, you better believe he will do that too.
Eze 36:22 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
2007-09-17 05:30:00 · answer #8 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God has chosen Jews in ancient times but not now. Choosing them now would be unfair to other peoples and God is not unfair.
2007-09-17 05:29:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
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go interpret your own book.
2007-09-17 05:30:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋