Israelites Foreshadows My Spiritual Journey Analysis

Even in the days of Jeroboam I, the man who founded the Kingdom of Israel, God already knew that Israel would be troublesome. It was forewarned that, “…the LORD will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the LORD to anger by making Asherah poles.” The Israelites’ reason of doubt for God was that they were unsure that they could take over their promised land. God told them that they could remove the current inhabitants, but they were convinced that they could not. Not believing in the word of the Lord led to their exile for forty years of “wilderness wandering.” They had forgotten all of the great things that He had done for them, such as delivering them from Egyptian enslavement. Hope was given up on Him

In contrast, the innocence of God was tested after Lieble’s story of the abduction of his three sons, and the Nazi presenting an ultimatum allowing Lieble to save only one. Consequently in that depressing story we never found out the decision Liebele made, but one of them countered this story with the privilege God gave to man known as “free will.” Although a perplexing, but equivalently effective argument was corroborated in Lieble’s defense; “Where was Lieble’s free will when he had to choose between his three sons, when the officer said he can only keep one.” Furthermore, that counter was reversed with the explanation of evil in the world existing as a result of the misuse of the privileges awarded to all from God. Specifically, one claimed “God gave man free will as a privilege, and its not his fault that some choose to do evil with free will.” In the end, the idea that should’ve been addressed in that trial, is what we could’ve done to help each other as humans. If conflicts were resolved and discussed, such trials, and catastrophes such as the Holocaust wouldn’t have

The heart is treacherous and deceitful. “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9

This lead the reader question why God did not provide defined rules, or expectations, prior to the commandments? Previous covenants focused on God’s obligations: to not destroy mankind again and to provide Abraham offspring and the land of Canaan, whereas Exodus focused on Israelite responsibilities (p. 114). In the end, the reader found Exodus a “rite of passage” that displayed God’s trust in the Israelites and a formalized relationship with God.

Their message of repentance unto the Lord or face destruction was received as well as the same message is today. Though foreign armies were conquering lands around Judea, the Israelites did not perceive their need for salvation, and did not fear God. In fact in light of the pluralistic culture of Jeremiah and Uriah’s day, many prophets were preaching good news in the name of god’s but only these two men are recorded as speaking for the Lord. I am not applying this to this week’s coursework to say that in a pluralistic culture we should all take the same approach as these men did in proclaiming damnation to all who will hear.

John Piper defines spiritual leadership as “knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to use God’s methods to get them there in reliance on God’s power.” However, for those words to be achieved in a leader’s life there are essential measures that an individual must take, which should begin with an inner work on one’s heart. The word heart is from the Hebrew word lebab; it occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, representing a person's center for both physical and emotional-intellectual-moral activities. The Hebrew’s regarded the heart simply as the seat of one’s decisions. Ancients ate to strengthen the heart and so revive the body. Abraham offers his weary guests food so that they might "sustain their hearts" and

He would become the victim of an “irresistible impulse”...” (Text 1). This corruption of the mind can drive people to commit crimes as morally corrupt as murder without understanding how terrible their actions are. To the narrator, to attack the blind eye that disturbs him so and murdering the old man are two separate events.

As the two gone by a shop, the man started to tell an event about God' task to a man named Moses. To test every person's belief on God. Because God want to know if there's still a loyalty within the people in this world. Then God's will has happened.

Joshua and Caleb were described by God as men of complete courage and faith. Their speech and actions proved that their commitment to God was as immense as their knowledge of their almighty God. Joshua and Caleb were among the twelve spies whom Moses sent to explore the “Promised Land.” And in exploring the land, Joshua and Caleb distinctively saw God’s sovereignty, faithfulness, and truthfulness that they strongly persuaded God’s people to go up and possess the land. They believed that God would fight for them and defeat these godless people living in the land of their inheritance which God gave to their forefathers. (Numbers 13:30) However, the other ten spies saw sure death and defeat if they fight the giants and great fighters of Canaan

Through the scripture we can also see the grace of God on the Israelites’ as they repeatedly disobeyed God’s laws, and refused to turn from their sinful behaviors and disobedience, violating their covenant with God. Christ shows great mercy and grace to Israel and it’s only through God’s grace and unconditional love, that He offers reconciliation and restoration. As I continue to understand the importance of unconditional love and God’s

Through the written accounts of Moses’ commitment to God’s command to free his people, Moses wages a holy war against the Pharaoh of Egypt. The personal character of the Pharaoh demonstrates how salvation cannot be obtained through arrogance only through God himself. God has given many laws to abide by through the ten commandments, and as humans, we strive to model society after God's guidance. As part of the human condition, we do often make mistakes, and at times even fail to uphold God's laws, however, through God's mercy and patience, we continue to move forward and closer to an ideal society guided by the Lord’s sacred

The “big idea” will be coming from three different texts in the Bible. The first text reading will come from Psalm 1 and its “big idea” concerns “Choice”. Secondly, Philippians 4:1-2 should draw a person attention to “The Fruit of Unity.” Thirdly, the text John 13:31-35 is a reflection of God’s nature and purpose for his ministry. Each text has its own individual story or illustration, but with a common purpose, that is, a person’s service to God. The entire book of Psalm is a tally of life choice written by the Psalmist David and other writers. The Bible records, as an illustration, several Bible characters that made a choice, beginning with Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve had a choice to listen and obey or disobey God. Jonah made a choice to obey

To speak of the Hebrew Scripture is to speak of story, a story stretching from the very beginning of time to only a few centuries before the beginning of the Common Era. It is to speak of richness of content, of purpose and of reality and to engross oneself in an overarching narrative that, depending on your personal convictions, continues to the present day. Within this richness is found a wide variety of different events and experience, told through a series of genre ranging from foundational myth to apocalypse, law giving to poetry, genealogy to wisdom and many more. Within this diversity however, three broad sections can be discerned that speak to a shared purpose and content, these are the sections of Law, Prophecy and Writings. It

The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom. 2:15). It is naturally wicked

The Hebrew Bible is riddled with common themes and tropes. The broadest theme presented throughout the text is the “role God plays in shaping human lives…” (152) and the resultant of the actions God takes as being the lesson. However, the role God plays is not static, often the “…relation between human behavior and divine favor…” (152) shifts and