Lesson 13: How God’s People Failed - Part 1

Yahweh had chosen to work out His plan to save fallen mankind by choosing Abraham and the nation that descended from Him—Israel. He rescued Israel out of Egypt, set them up as a nation, gave them His good law, entered into a contract with them and brought them to the land He had promised to give them. He set up Israel for success. But did the people succeed? Alas, no. Israel did not obey Yahweh completely and the people grew contented with their wealth and ended up abandoning God. Following the terms of the covenant, Yahweh disciplined the people with enemy invasion. When the people cried out for help, He raised up a judge to rescue them. This began a downward spiral for the people did not completely repent and be faithful to God. After a long series of judges that God raised to help them, instead of asking God for help with their rebellious hearts, the people came up with their own solution—they asked for a human king. Yahweh granted their request but structured the kingdom His way. But most of the kings were not loyal to Yahweh and even when He split the kingdom in two—Israel in the north and Judah in the south—the situation did not improve. Eventually, Yahweh enacted the fifth level of discipline in the Mosaic Covenant. He used the Assyrians to exile rebellious Israel and two hundred years later, He used the Babylonians to exile rebellious Judah. God’s people failed in their mission. But God was also showing how fallen mankind could not, on their own, remain loyal to Him. To follow the session, access the notes https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-13-How-Gods-People-Failed-Part-1.pdf