In the last Humanities lecture, we discussed about the Israelite’s covenant with God. Since the people of Israel was saved from the Egyptians, God starts the covenant between Him and the Israelites that they will have no other God or worship other God except Him that have saved them from their slavery of Egypt. But there are so many times where the people forgot about their covenant between them and God who have saved them from their slavery in Egypt, and when that happens, they were faced with many obstacles and calamities. In this journal I will talk about three main things about the Israelite’s covenant with God which is about the three main period of the Israelite’s history.
The first of the three part of the period is when the people of the Israelites have been saved from the slavery of the Ancient Egypt which is lead by Mosses by that time. Since then, God’s covenant with the Israelites starts, in the other words, the Israelites make a treaty with God that He is their only God. They live with this covenant with God for a few moments before they starts to forget. This period ends until the generation of King Solomon. For the self application, when I realized that God really want us to focus only on Him and to have only Him as the God, I think of people that don’t know about this law and worship other gods and goddesses, I really wish I could someday preach to many people about this law of only focusing and having one God, which is the true God only.
The second of the third part of the major period in the Israelite’s history is when the people starts to forget about their covenant with God and starts to make many sins and they starts to become wicked. At this part of time, God is angry to the Israelites and let them be captives to many other nations again and made many calamities to the Israelites. This period begins when Rehoboam decides not to follow his parents and ancestors belief, which are King Solomon and King David. For the self application, I realized that though our parents have tried everything so hard for me, but it is still my decision to continue my parents or just to destroy and forsake what they have build. Me as the generation after my father and my ancestors, because I have the full control of my life.
The last part of the major period in the Israelite history is the period of cession, when the Israelites have finally returns to their homeland and rebuild the city of Jerusalem. This period is after the period of the second captive where the story of Daniel happens. They finally can return to their homeland because Daniel found a scripture written at the first period that after 70 years being a captive, God will save the nation of Israel when someone cried out to God, so Daniel did cried out to the Lord and the lord deliver them from slavery. For the self application, I can see that if I found grace in the Eye of the Lord, then he will be merciful to me in my difficult times and He will help me to get through my problems.
For the conclusion, Since the people of Israel was saved from the Egyptians, God starts the covenant between Him and the Israelites that they will have no other God or worship other God except Him that have saved them from their slavery of Egypt. But there are so many times where the people forgot about their covenant between them and God who have saved them from their slavery in Egypt, and when that happens, they were faced with many obstacles and calamities. When I have made a promise with God, I should always live in it and should never forget about the promise I have made with God so that God will always be in my side and He will always help me to get through many difficult times.