for His purpose of creating a Hebrew nation in a day?
For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.
But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use starting at the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ. It was in a sense heaven come down on earth in an imperfect picture form, but only in specific boundaries of time and space. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. So as Israel turned away from their covenant God and followed their own desires and other gods, they were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc.
When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.
Think of the land of Israel as the small scale model of a city plan on display behind glass, so everyone can get a sense of what the real thing will be like. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing described by that model, but his kingdom comes in two stages (first in humility, then at the end in glory). That little toy model no longer has value once the real thing was inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom of glory consummating the heavens and the earth. A strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.
Honestly this sounds like a bunch of gobbly goop opinion. Salvation doesn’t come from works. If it was possible to earn your way to heaven Christ would not have had to sacrifice himself for us. Read Paul’s letters. They are very clear on this. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessary 1. Because only perfection can fulfill the perfect law. The law cannot save us, imperfect beings. The law is merely a mirror that shows us our sin when we look into it. Because God loves us and because He is just he had to fulfill the law as a man. Think of the idea of a family redeemer such as Boaz. God became a man, Jesus, to save mankind. It’s one of the reasons evil forces are trying to corrupt DNA. Beside being one of the last Godly people on earth Noah and his family still had pure DNA. Noah’s line had not been corrupted by the sons of heaven mixing with the daughters of Adam, the result was the Nephilim. So God chose to clean the slate and have Noah start over but I digress. It’s happening all over again with poisonous food full of chemicals and mRNA vax. Evil forces are again trying to corrupt God’s creation. I’m not saying if you got vaxxed you’re irredeemable but there will be a point at which which you will be irredeemable. Protect your DNA! The line in the sand will most likely be the mark. That will prolly be the final mail in the DNA coffin that separates you from God. I say all this to drive home the point that Jesus had to sacrifice himself for our salvation because we cannot do it. As Paul teaches we are saved by our faith through God’s grace. The message of works was “dispensed” to the Hebrews. They had to sacrifice animals, they had to keep the laws, they had to “work” for their salvation until Jesus showed up and saved everyone who passed before and all who believe now. I adddressed this first because it was the most wrong according to your obedience statement. All who truly believe will have no choice but to try to be obedient because of their love of Christ and the guidance of His Spirit. It is not you who gets credit for the “works”.
Now, God specifically told Abraham, what mountain to go up and what directions to look and used landmarks to describe what land he and the nation made from his offspring would inherit. Aside from you can go count how many times God Himself speaks of the LAND. It is not a metaphor. It is the Holy Land. It does belong to the Hebrews. God will establish His 1000 year Kingdom on Earth in the Holy Land before the final destruction of Satan and recreation of the new heavens and new earth.
These ideas your getting. You’re reading too much into it and applying your own notions. Stop. This is where dispensationalism will help you. You must only take from the scriptures what is said keeping into account when it was said, who it was said to, the grammar used, and the words used. Stop listening the kooky scholars and weird anons that add to what God’s word says.
If their are flaws from men in the Bible it is not with the original writing or the way men wrote it or the true meaning of it but rather some interpretation of it. Thankfully God is so wise that He spoke to us in a way where everything can be verified by comparison to other scriptures. This is called rightly dividing. Separating truth from truth because it is all true. It proves itself. It does not contradict itself. The application of your understanding is what contradicts. The contradiction is only in your own mind.
A nation was built in a day and it was fulfilled prophecy no matter who on earth it was that facilitated it. He tells us the end from the beginning so that we have comfort and assurance He is the one and only living God.
For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.
But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use starting at the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ. It was in a sense heaven come down on earth in an imperfect picture form, but only in specific boundaries of time and space. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. So as Israel turned away from their covenant God and followed their own desires and other gods, they were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc.
When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.
Think of the land of Israel as the small scale model of a city plan on display behind glass, so everyone can get a sense of what the real thing will be like. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing described by that model, but his kingdom comes in two stages (first in humility, then at the end in glory). That little toy model no longer has value once the real thing was inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom of glory consummating the heavens and the earth. A strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.
Honestly this sounds like a bunch of gobbly goop opinion. Salvation doesn’t come from works. If it was possible to earn your way to heaven Christ would not have had to sacrifice himself for us. Read Paul’s letters. They are very clear on this. Jesus’ sacrifice was necessary 1. Because only perfection can fulfill the perfect law. The law cannot save us, imperfect beings. The law is merely a mirror that shows us our sin when we look into it. Because God loves us and because He is just he had to fulfill the law as a man. Think of the idea of a family redeemer such as Boaz. God became a man, Jesus, to save mankind. It’s one of the reasons evil forces are trying to corrupt DNA. Beside being one of the last Godly people on earth Noah and his family still had pure DNA. Noah’s line had not been corrupted by the sons of heaven mixing with the daughters of Adam, the result was the Nephilim. So God chose to clean the slate and have Noah start over but I digress. It’s happening all over again with poisonous food full of chemicals and mRNA vax. Evil forces are again trying to corrupt God’s creation. I’m not saying if you got vaxxed you’re irredeemable but there will be a point at which which you will be irredeemable. Protect your DNA! The line in the sand will most likely be the mark. That will prolly be the final mail in the DNA coffin that separates you from God. I say all this to drive home the point that Jesus had to sacrifice himself for our salvation because we cannot do it. As Paul teaches we are saved by our faith through God’s grace. The message of works was “dispensed” to the Hebrews. They had to sacrifice animals, they had to keep the laws, they had to “work” for their salvation until Jesus showed up and saved everyone who passed before and all who believe now. I adddressed this first because it was the most wrong according to your obedience statement. All who truly believe will have no choice but to try to be obedient because of their love of Christ and the guidance of His Spirit. It is not you who gets credit for the “works”.
Now, God specifically told Abraham, what mountain to go up and what directions to look and used landmarks to describe what land he and the nation made from his offspring would inherit. Aside from you can go count how many times God Himself speaks of the LAND. It is not a metaphor. It is the Holy Land. It does belong to the Hebrews. God will establish His 1000 year Kingdom on Earth in the Holy Land before the final destruction of Satan and recreation of the new heavens and new earth.
These ideas your getting. You’re reading too much into it and applying your own notions. Stop. This is where dispensationalism will help you. You must only take from the scriptures what is said keeping into account when it was said, who it was said to, the grammar used, and the words used. Stop listening the kooky scholars and weird anons that add to what God’s word says.
If their are flaws from men in the Bible it is not with the original writing or the way men wrote it or the true meaning of it but rather some interpretation of it. Thankfully God is so wise that He spoke to us in a way where everything can be verified by comparison to other scriptures. This is called rightly dividing. Separating truth from truth because it is all true. It proves itself. It does not contradict itself. The application of your understanding is what contradicts. The contradiction is only in your own mind.
A nation was built in a day and it was fulfilled prophecy no matter who on earth it was that facilitated it. He tells us the end from the beginning so that we have comfort and assurance He is the one and only living God.