There are many question that puzzled me, let me start with this one.
Are all human being created equal ?
I do not understand why the Israelites is the chosen people. Are other people seem lesser in God's eye. My understanding is that from Ishmael (son of Hagar) came the Arab nations and from Isaac came Jacob the Israel. The animosity between the seeds of both have been from time immemorial up to now. Throughout history God stands on the side of the Israelites. And modern history from the 1948 establishment of the Israel state to now until eternity, Israelites are the favored son. Almost as if in this overall scheme there are those who are created as villains against God's chosen. I assume no one want to be Judas but someone has to take up this role otherwise the salvation would not happen the way it was. It is almost this is a big production directed by God and He has selected the role for each one of us. I heard different explanation but yet to fully satisfied with the answer.
I want to believe God as just and fair and a loving Father to all his creation. I try not to dwell on this too much for it can mess up my faith. But when I look all around the world to see living condition of the Palestinians, how they are treated ( regardless how politically they end up where they are), I just have to ask.
I believe that the idea that the Lord chose Israel as a privileged people to the detriment of others is not at all right.
For whatever reason, the Lord chose to develop the nation of Israel through Abraham and then through Isaac and so on, because He needed and wanted to establish a lineage through which the Saviour would come.
Exo 19:6. and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
Israel is chosen, but chosen to be a servant, not a king. It is only the arrogance and the envy of men that has brought about all the strife we see in the world. Consider the Lord's (not hidden) agenda
Isa 56:7. these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
Then Jesus reinforces the idea of what the purpose of the Israelites and also the Temple is intended to be and as we can see they are failing comprehensively.
Mar 11:17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."
I personally really like these above scriptures because the shout the Lord's concern for the whole world of people and reminds us today, that we need to be praying for the whole world, not each individual
, but for the nations as our lord wants, for we too are to be a peculiar people, as Peter wrote,
1Pe 2:9. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Proclaim to whom? To all people to the ends of the Earth.
So, I believe it is very unfair to condemn the Lord because of man's arrogance, his pride, his greed and selfishness, his unjustified envy.
Israel is the chosen servant, not really the favored ones at all, because the Lord is concerned for each and every human being that ever was, is now, and ever will be. We are all created in His image.
I would like to encourage you to read the passages in context, that is to say, read the verses either side of the ones I have posted to get a better feeling for what Scripture is telling us.
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