Have you ever put yourself in the shoes of God's people who underwent a changeover to a new covenant? How hard it might be to accept. God had a nation, a covenanted people of Abrahams descendants for centuries, when a seeming criminal apostate put into force a new covenant, open to all peoples, with completely new laws. What is more, that individual was executed by the authorities, would you have believed he was God's son at the time?
Looking back, it is easy for us to see he was the Messiah, and we fully accept the new covenant, but God still only has one people, those who worship Him with spirit and truth. How about you, if you found out you were in the wrong faith, would you be willing to accept the faith that is identified by Scripture?
Gods People Israel were expressly named, identified, as they WHO Believed In God AND Trusted His Word.
* Believing, Trusting, Agreeing to DO is one thing, DOING is another thing, whereby Human nature becomes a mans own enemy.
Israel, obviously Human, had their own trials, impatience, desires.
Nothing new...Human nature, heavily relies on
SEEING, before BELIEVING.
God is not oblivious of mans desire to SEE.
God INVISIBLE, obviously can NOT BE SEEN.
Gods
ORDER and WAY...
Foretell His INTENT, His Works that SHALL come to Pass (become Manifested) FOR men TO SEE His Works.
Whaaa, whaaa....That’s nice...
“It shall come to pass”,
“It shall come to pass”
“It shall come to pass”...
BUT, BUT, BUT...God...your works take too long to be manifested, just let us see YOU, so we can Believe.
Calm down you stiffnecked rebellious unruly people!
I will send you something to see right away!
Num 11:
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23] And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short?
thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
I will send you something to see later! A Messiah
WHAT? God, you sent us a “BABY”, a child, a young MAN of 30 years of age and wisdom, with no POWER, STATUS, KINGDOM, ARMY? And he hails from Nazareth to boot?
Oh Yipes, this IS our “Deliverer”??? It can’t be so!
There is where Israel is Standing.
An expectation, the majority do not Believe has come to pass.
Inasmuch as Jesus was NOT WHAT they Expected...
* God has not forgotten His People ISRAEL...
* And the introduction of the Heavenly God AND His Messiah...was as well something NEW for Gentiles.
* And less we forget...every newborn has the whole 6,000 years of catch up....WITH, less we forget...Evil spirits...Wicked men...Ignorant Children...False Teachers (secular and spiritual)....ALONE with most children the majority of their waking day. Hummm!!