You demonstrate to whom? Others. God doesn't need a demonstration. Nothing saves you apart from Jesus christ. You can either accept his gift or not. Nothing you do, including following the law saves you. You follow the law becuase you love God. If you sin again, you are still saved.
Thats vague. I didn't convince you of what?
- That a bible verse in isolation can be taken out of context?
- that the bible isn't painting foreigners as bad?
- that the context is about Israelites and what happens to them based on their actions and not about foreigners?
- That independence and dominance wasn't viewed by the Israelites as blessing?
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The verse in isolation paints foreigners as bad. Or makes it seem that way. But this is inconsistent with other biblical texts and the bible should not contain internal contradiction so it must mean something else. Let's take a look:
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Deuteronomy 28 contains several passages that mention foreigners in the context of blessings and curses. When the Israelites obey God’s commandments, they are promised dominance and prosperity, including being lenders to many nations but borrowing from none. Conversely, disobedience leads to foreign nations gaining power over them, oppressing them, and taking their resources.
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This depiction arises from the context of ancient Israel, where national strength and independence were viewed as signs of divine favor, and foreign domination was seen as a sign of divine displeasure.
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The references to foreigners are part of the broader theme of blessings and curses related to the covenant, rather than an inherent judgment on foreigners themselves.
-keep in mind, us gentiles are foreigners in this context.
This is how I take EVERYONE. Like a vindiagram. They all have their own agenda, and some overlap with ours more than others. When their actions don't overlap with our agenda, it doesn't mean they turned against us, and when their actions align with our agenda, it doesn't mean they are our friend.
To further complicate things, their true agenda doesn't always align with their actions since psywar is layered perceived agendas are often false.
Here is an analysis I've done on this very video. Nothing the the video appears doctored. It certainly doesn't prove Biden is wearing a mask. https://trello.com/1/cards/62864e62dfd3cc5bbb4266b7/attachments/628688c21a544e261b33986f/previews/628688c51a544e261b339a77/download/Videoleyout.png
In fact they did. And was common. https://www.sfu.ca/~poitras/Trad_usury_71.pdf