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== Jesus, yeah, but the God of the Old Testament... == | |||
God chose the Hebrews not because they were special but to make them special - "apart" from the world. | |||
The word "Holy" means "apart." Thus God's holy people were to be separate, different, apart from the rest of the world. | |||
Why did he not care for the other peoples? And why did he never lose faith in the Hebrews when they strayed? | |||
Across Salvation History, God grants Covenants with blessings and curses. | |||
Jeremiah ... all the gore | |||
Daniel: Nebachaneezer: mean guy | |||
This was the way of ht eancient world << bring in Edith Hamilton on the misery of the ancient world. | |||
Two peoples escaped it, the Jews and the Greeks -- no mistake they had so much in common, btw. | |||