God`s covenant with the people of Israel. How does historical text match up against the narrative found in these biblical stories, and how does this relate to the rule breaking that occurs consistently with the people and the actions taken against them.

ISRAEL : A CHOSEN nation Consistently in exile

2006

Moving . People from all walks of life do it in any given year . Some reluctantly relocate as forced by natural disasters . Some purposefully seek greener pastures in another land . Some leisurely choose to spend their retirement years in their dream paradise . And others move simply out of general restlessness . But to break away from the secure and to move into the unknown as prompted by God is a different story , and that 's the story of the Israel nation , the chosen people of God

p The vast bulk of the Bible revolves around Israel , specifically from Genesis 12 through Acts 8 , then from Revelation 4 until the end of the Scriptures . Remarkably , the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel pictured Israel as the center of the earth , a blessing in the midst of the earth (Ryrie Study Bible , Isaiah 19 :24 , and at the center of the nations with lands around her (Ezekiel 5 :5

True enough , the maps will not lie that the tiny nation of Israel is the geographical center of the earth , where the three great continents of Europe , Asia , and Africa all meet together . It is also the spiritual center of the world , not just for Christians , but for Islam and Judaism as well . Thus , the conflict , and the war continues

Indeed , one cannot understand the work of God , the Biblical prophesies and the future without understanding the nation of Israel . But the intriguing question still remains - if the Israelites are the chosen people , then why are they consistently facing exiles

God 's Covenant with the People of Israel

In the Old Testament the term covenant is used with particular reference to the relationship which God established with His chosen people first through Abraham and the patriarchs , then renewed through Moses at Sinai and later through the royal house of David and Solomon . The establishment of this covenant arrangement is cited as the third blessing which God has bestowed upon His chosen nation

For the purpose of this essay , it will focus on God 's covenant with Abraham . In Genesis 15 , the narrative showed that God uses a familiar Chaldean covenant to convince Abraham that He would make good His promise . Abraham understands the legal implications of the Lord 's actions . But what Abraham actually hears are prophesies involving God 's covenant people : Abraham 's children would be aliens and slaves (Genesis 15 :13 Exodus 12 :40 he will live to a good old age (Genesis 15 :15 his children would be an instrument of divine judgment (Genesis 15 16b God would rescue his descendants (Genesis 15 :17-18a Exodus 13 :21-22 and his children would be restored to the Promised Land -

to your descendants I have given this land . From the river of Egypt as far as the great river , the river Euprhates [ .] (Genesis 15 :18b-21

Although the Israelites eventually lived in Canaan , they have never extended themselves to the bs God established . Part of God 's covenant with...