Good points, TB. The Israelites' intermarriage was widespread and boundless. They abandoned God; the temple was destroyed; they demanded a human king . . . The whole sad story is there so we can see that they are like us. They can't keep the rules because no human being can. They are held up as an example of what NOT to do, and why the sā¦
Good points, TB. The Israelites' intermarriage was widespread and boundless. They abandoned God; the temple was destroyed; they demanded a human king . . . The whole sad story is there so we can see that they are like us. They can't keep the rules because no human being can. They are held up as an example of what NOT to do, and why the sacrifice of Jesus was necessary. The thread of the story is a Savior, not a batch of unruly people. Though they were faithless, God remains faithful.
Good points, TB. The Israelites' intermarriage was widespread and boundless. They abandoned God; the temple was destroyed; they demanded a human king . . . The whole sad story is there so we can see that they are like us. They can't keep the rules because no human being can. They are held up as an example of what NOT to do, and why the sacrifice of Jesus was necessary. The thread of the story is a Savior, not a batch of unruly people. Though they were faithless, God remains faithful.