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It's about the God of Israel. Don't ever, ever try to be like Israel. He's not asking you to be a Jew.
Exodus 33, Moses in the desert. The children of Israel just sinned with a golden calf, if you remember. God says, "I do not want to be in the midst of their camp. Take me out of there to a Take the tent of meeting outside." And Moses is so, so, so perplexed with this whole thing. And and and and God says, "This is not going to work like that."
And Moses says to the Lord, "I pray that if I have found grace in your sight, show me now your way that I may know you, and that I may find grace in your sight." And then he says, "Don't leave me alone here with them. Consider that this nation is your people. I don't want to get stuck with them. You lead me. You lead me and I will go. If your spirit, if your presence is not leading, I'm not moving out of here."
That was an Italian strike. Um, I guess.
Second Samuel.
"Who is like your people, like Israel? The The one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for himself as a people, to make for himself a name." It's not about them, IT'S ABOUT HIS NAME. He is choosing them to make for himself a name. "And to do for yourself great and awesome deeds, and for your land before your people whom you you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, the nations and their God. For you have made your people Israel your very own people forever, and you, Lord, have become their God."
The emphasis is not on them. The emphasis on him. And every time you idolize Israel, you take the glory from the God of Israel. And when you hate Israel, you hurt the heart of God of Israel.
Psalm 121, he will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalm 135:4, for the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his special treasure. There's nowhere a single verse that says in the whole Bible they were so good and they were so perfect that that's why God chose them. Nowhere. Find me one verse where Israel is so good. Because it's not about them.
Show me a verse that says that you are perfect. That you are so good and that's why God chose you. Hello.
Isaiah 44, remember these, O Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant, O Israel. You will not be forgotten by me. God says that.