They did not remember Yahweh’s power

[Matthias]

“They constantly tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power shown on the day He redeemed them from the foe, when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt and His wonders in the region of Zoan.”

(Psalm 78:41-43, HCSB)

 

[Matthias]

What did Yahweh do when he redeemed Israel?

 

[Matthias]

He saved / delivered them from their adversary.

 

[Matthias]

“But in the time of their oppression they would call out to you, and you would hear them from heaven, And according to your great mercy give them saviors to deliver them from the power of their enemies.”

(Nehemiah 9:27, NABRE)

 

[Matthias]

Yahweh doesn’t send himself.

Yahweh redeeming / rescuing / saving / delivering his people by persons he raised up and sent prefigures Yahweh raising up and sending Jesus to redeem / rescue / save / deliver people who will repent, believe, love and obey him.

This is the way a Jewish monotheist who believes Jesus is the Messiah reads, understands, and explains the story of Yahweh and mankind as it unfolds in scripture.

 

[Matthias]

“Remember His wondrous deeds which He has done, His miracles and the judgements uttered by His mouth, O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen one! He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.”

(Psalm 105:5-7, LSB)

 

[Matthias]

“… see the God who has kept his promise to Abraham. And may you see Jesus as Abraham’s greatest son …”

Psalm 105 Devotional - Remember the Wonders of God

In Psalm 105 we see that it is through Jesus, Abraham’s ultimate descendent, that God’s promises of innumerable descendants and an eternal homeland finally come true.

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[Matthias]

“Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say ‘and to his seeds,’ as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.”

(Galatians 3:16, HCSB)

”And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.”

(Galatians 3:29, HCSB)

Abraham’s seed: Remember Yahweh’s power.