When did Israel enter the land of Canaan?
The Israelites arrived in the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua after wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. According to the Bible, this old promise was fulfilled in 2708 after the creation of Adam, i.e. around 1318 BCE. Adonai had first promised it to Abraham and confirmed it to Isaac and Jacob several hundred years before the promise was fulfilled. (I have self counted these years with help of the Bible)
How has Adonai's goodness been realized?
A) Regarding Israel:
In that he has kept his promises to his chosen ones and protected his chosen people over the millennia, even though the Devil has sought to destroy them numerous times, most recently in the Holocaust in the last century. He has gathered Israelis in the land of their fathers after about 1900 years of exile and Israel got the status of an independent state.
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.
Trusting in the Almighty, the signatories of the Declaration of Independence confirmed that resolution at a session of the Provisional Government of the State on the soil of their homeland in the city of Tel-Aviv on the Sabbath evening, the fifth day of the month Iljar 5708, the fourteenth day of May 1948.
>>21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it, 22 because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 "And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.<<
B) Promise also for other nations:
The salvation message of Adonai Yeshua's victory has been proclaimed for almost 2000 years to all nations on earth, as many prophets of the Tanakh, starting with Moses, have promised in advance. Among the prophets, Isaiah has promised this most clearly in many of his verses. Isa. 49:5-6
>>5 So now the Yehowah says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant - he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Yehowah's sight, for my Elohim is my source of strength -
6 he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth."<<
C) Moreover, this promise concerning all nations:
>>Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my nation! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.<< Isa. 51:4
A memory of scorning my good deed
I once took the pastries I bought from the delicatessen department to my friends as a party favor. My friends' children, around 5 years old, ran to the tray and took them, without any kind of table manners instruction. Then they shouted: "Hey, this tastes bad!" I wondered about their parents, who didn't say a word, even though the pastries were tasty(?)
The incident reminded me of the Israelites' anger against their Creator. Numb. 11:5-6
>>"5 We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!"<< I understand that, remembering well the feelings of our Creator towards his ungrateful people.
So let us gratefully accept everything that is given to us from above, because it is for our good, even if it just then 'doesn't taste delicious'.
Yeshua HaMashiach is the Good Shepherd
>>10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. 11 "I am the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired hand, who is not a Shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. 13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
14 "I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me - 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one Shepherd.<<
The saying 'the Good Shepherd' refers to the verses of Isa. 40:10-11, Ezek. 34:11-12 and Psalm 23
The saying 'the Good Shepherd' refers to the verses of Isa. 40:10-11, Ezek. 34:11-12 and Psalm 23
Songs suitable for the topic
I am the Good Shepherd
Father God I wonder
Psalm 118
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