a) Many millions of people read the Bible.
b) I think that you are writing about "such a degree of shame", but your message is hidden.
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a) Many millions of people read the Bible.Judges Chapter 8
- The men of Ephraim are angry because they were not called to fight against Midian!
- But Gideon tells them God gave them Midian’s princes before so what he did was nothing compared to them!
- And they calm down!
- Gideon and his 300 men are tired but they keep pursuing their enemies!
- And he asks the men of Succoth and of Peruel for bread but they refuse so he tells them that when he has finished what he is doing, he will come after them!
- When he comes back, he captures and interrogates a young man from Succoth and he gets rid of Succoth and Peruel!
- Then the men of Israel wants Gideon to rule over Israel and his descendants!
- But he refuses saying God is the ruler of Israel!
- But then Gideon asks for gold and makes Ephod and all Israel commits spiritual prostitution and it becomes a snare to Gideon and to his household!
- Then Israel has rest for 40 years in the days of Gideon!
- Gideon becomes father of 70 sons because he has many wives!
- As soon as Gideon dies, Israel commits spiritual prostitution!
- And they forget God and Gideon and his household!
- I HAVE NO WORDS TO SPEAK ABOUT SUCH A DEGREE OF SHAME!
- HOW MANY PEOPLE DO REALLY READ THE BIBLE!
Regarding the Hebrews being a special people, of course they are. The Bible is filled with that truth. You need to read Romans 11, or the whole Bible for that matter.- My answer :
- Good reading !
- When I read the Bible, I want to tell what I learn like a fire which never stops !
- I have heard so many times that the Hebrews were a special people !
- How is it possible to say that ?
- How is it possible to be so blind ?
- And I am not speaking about individuals because there are such incredible examples of faith in the Bible, it is hard to believe when we see what’s on today !
- It is the same with Job !
- How is it possible to speak against Job thinking as if he was living today ?
I have no idea what you're trying to say. The Jews, a.k.a., the Israelites are God's chosen people. Romans 11:1a, " I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means!"- My answer:
- Thus this thread has the appropriate name!
- Individuals vs the majority!
- Individuals are different from the majority!
- The majority is the same through man’s history!
- If we read carefully the Bible, God has a special relationship with individuals not with the majority!
- The Bible shows us that only individuals are faithful servants of God!
- If you listen carefully to Jesus, he says he has never seen the faith he sees with non Jews compared to Jews!
- You can read the Torah!
- You can read Joshua!
- You can read Judges!
- You can read Samuel!
- You can read Kings!
- You can read Chronicles!
- You can reads Daniel’s prayer for the restoration of Jerusalem!
- You will always get individuals vs the majority!
- My answer:
- First do you remember what happened with the golden calf (Exodus 32 specially verses 7 to 10!
- God wants to eliminate Israel and they only escape destruction because of Moses who calms God but they will pay a high price!
- You can have a second look at Deuteronomy 9!
- Second let’s have a look at Numbers 13 and 14, when 12 spies are sent into Canaan!
- Once again God wants to destroy completely Israel and make a great nation out of Moses!
- And once again Moses saves Israel but all will die in the desert and only the youngsters will get into Canaan!
- And Joshua and Caleb who were among the 12 spies!
- And God prevents Israel to get rid of the Canaanites to test them and to use them against Israel when they rebel!
- Third, in Judges, Israel gets all the time in trouble because they commit spiritual prostitution against God!
- And each time, God gets a savior to save them but when he dies, they go away from God again and again and again…!
- Fourth, in Samuel they reject God as their king and they ask for a human king!
- And it will only get worse and worse!
- Fifth, Jerusalem was destroyed twice!
- Sixth, have a look at Daniel’s prayer of confession in Daniel 9 and God’s answer about the restoration of Jerusalem and its DESTRUCTION!
- It seems to be we are not reading the same Bible!
People do indeed need to check for themselves. They can start right here: Romans 11:1-2a, "I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew."- My answer:
- Maybe English is not clear enough!
- Maybe you should check the original text to understand!
- Maybe our discussion will help people to understand!
- Maybe people will check by themselves what is written in the Bible!
- It only shows that people need to check by themselves what is written!
Why do you keep posting everything in bold font? - And why do you precede every line with a hyphen? It is annoying!Judges Chapter 11
- And Jephthah was the son of a prostitute!
- And he became a mighty warrior!
- And the elders of Gilead asked Jephthah to become their commander!
- Jephthah made a vow to God!
- If God was to give the Ammonites in Jephthah’s hands, the one coming out of the door of his house would become God’s!
- And Jephthah won and he took the control of 20 cities!
- When he came back home, his daughter came out to meet him!
- She was his only child!
- She would stay a virgin and served God!
- And it became a tradition on Israel, from year to year, the young women of Israel would go to give commendation to Jephthah’s daughter four days in the year!