Babel's Ambition Of God In The United States

The people of God have always been missional. God chose and led his people on a path that would bring him glory and bless the nations. God wills to be known as the one God of the universe, and he will use his people to do it. Though Israel often rejected the idea of blessing the nations, they are a tool in the hands of the almighty. “The mission of God is to preserve and maximize the blessing that is inherent in the multiplication and spread of the nations while removing the blight of human sin and arrogance represented by Babel” (Wright, 203). AS humanity’s sin sets the course for separation from God, God’s command to spread out and take dominion over the earth seems futile. The defiance of man reaches its pinnacle when the try and gather …show more content…
The Exodus is the primary model for God’s idea of redemption (Wright, 265). To redeem is to restore something that once belonged to you. God redeemed Israel out of social, economic, political, and spiritual slavery. Israel is the people God bought for himself. Israel is a people set aside by God to worship him. God is the kinsman redeemer of this nation. He rescued them from debt and servitude. God’s personal beef with Egypt is that “The Israelite slavery to Pharaoh is a massive hindrance to their worship and service of the living God YHWH.” (Wright, …show more content…
God is a relational God. God speaks to his people. Covenant is not the only theological theme in the Old Testament, but a major element. God’s covenants with his people reveal his mission. God’s mission is revealed in his covenant to Noah in his commitment to all life of earth. God’s mission in his covenant with Abraham is to bless all the nations of the earth. God’s covenant with his people Israel at Mount Sinai showed his people’s special role to teach the Word of God to the nations and to bring the prayers of the nations to the one true God. God’s mission is being revealed to and through his people by his covenants with