Israel: A Channel of God?s Blessing
Jun 1st, 2013 | By Dr. Jim EckmanWhen God made his unconditional covenant with Abraham (see Genesis 12, 15, 17, etc.), He said that ?in you all the nations will be blessed.? One of the Lord?s expectations was that His people, Israel, would be a channel of blessing for all of humanity. They would represent Him to the world. The Apostle Paul picks up on that theme in the book of Galatians when he argues that one of the key blessings God had in mind was the blessing of justification by faith, which came through Jesus. Wherever Jewish people have gone, they have been a channel of blessing for broader humanity. Consider two recent examples: