The Blessings for Israel

Proverbs 2:22 (KJV) But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Obviously, this person is not talking about blessings.  Consider it though in the context.  The previous verse talks about blessings.  This one talks about the results of disobedience and rebellion.  One of the big questions that I have is how Israel can be the chosen people of God, and still be so blatantly rebellious and disobedient.  We even have what seems to be a promise in Romans about all Israel being saved.

One of the things I’ve noticed in reading through the Old Testament and the parts dealing with the law is that the promises of God to Israel seem to focus on this life, this world, before we die.  They are promised land.  They are promised a king.  We are promised a lot of things with the understanding that it is contingent upon their obedience.

They were in constant rebellion and rejection of God.  As a result the majority of Israelites, over the years, were regularly culled and discarded.  The faithful remnant receive the results of the promise.  Noticed that even here it’s not talking about eternal life, but being cut off from the Earth.

So?  Don’t get too excited about Israel’s place in the end times.  God will work that out the way He plans on, and we will have a little to say about it.  Focus on the fact that you have a promise of eternal life, because of the grace of God extended to you and your faith in Jesus.  That goes beyond the land.  That goes beyond the king sitting on a throne in Israel.  That goes into eternity.