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What made the Israelites so special as a people...?
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Earthling
David Henson
Their cultural practices and sacrifices weren't similar. Abraham was selected for his faith. He was willing to sacrifice his son, knowing that Jehovah could resurrect him. So he was chosen to produce the people who would produce the Messiah, God's own son whom he was therefore willing to sacrifice. The offspring of Abraham were molded, as a nation of Laws to instruct them for a need of that Messiah. If the people had not inherited sin there would be no need of a sacrifice, they could have kept the law. If they were not aware of the Law they wouldn't know that they had sinned. So they were obviously not meant to keep it, only to learn from it.
For example, blood is the soul, the life of any living, breathing creature. Life belongs to the creator. Adam's sin caused all to inherit this sin, this missing of the mark. In order for there to be justice a worthy person, who, like Adam, could uphold the Law due to his absence of sin, could offer his then equal blood as suitable sacrifice in payment for Adam's blood. Much like when a person was found murdered outside of town and no one knew who the murderer was, so his blood couldn't be spilled for justice (eye for eye, tooth for tooth, soul for soul) then the nearest town had to sacrifice the blood of a bull. In this way the people learned of their need of a Messiah.
RabbiO
הרב יונה בן זכריה
Not only were we unbelievably cute and adorable, not only did we have the best matzah ball soup recipes in the Fertile Crescent, but we were also the best ballroom dancers in that area of the world.
sealchan
Well-Known Member
The Israelites wrote the most successful best seller ever!
The Egyptian stories, good as they are, went out of print for a long time.
sealchan
Well-Known Member
...said the Christian
RabbiO
הרב יונה בן זכריה
Who would, presumably, claim to believe in the same G-d....said the Christian
Earthling
David Henson
The same G-d? I wonder . . . what is a G-d?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Heck, the way to people's heart is a Jewish Baker!
I'd suspect monotheism.
Rather, I find it was God's promise to father Abraham that made them special (set apart) til Messiah arrived.
- Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18.
That is because Messiah would then come through Abraham's line.
Audie
Veteran Member
So too bad for you unless you is a jew, you aint special.
I find, Cornelius of Acts of the Apostles 10th chapter was Not a Jew, and Cornelius and family were special.
RabbiO
הרב יונה בן זכריה
It is a dog spelled by a dyslexic typer who doesn't like vowels.
-t -s d-g sp-ll-d by - dysl-x-c p-st-r wh- d--sn't l-k- v-w-ls.
I need to go to bed.
That's not what "Israel" means, though.
Audie
Veteran Member
Yah, whatevs.
Nothing made them "so special," except in the revisionist histories of those who adopted their religious beliefs as the seed for their own.