Ah, yes, God drove out the Canaanites for the Israelites, but then allowed them to be conquered by the grotesquely brutal Assyrians (Northern Kingdom) and then Babylonians (Judah). Then He allowed the Jews to be ruled by the Greeks & Romans, both peoples quite fond of homosexual acts. Then the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. All the while, the Scriptures put the blame on the Israelites and their sins for why they were conquered by peoples far more vicious than they.
At what point does that simply become a historical, propagandistic excuse for why Yahweh didn’t protect the Israelites? And that perhaps the concept of the Messiah was a wish-fulfillment dream? And that maybe when the establishment of a real Davidic kingdom was destroyed, the concept of Messiah evolved?
You quote Scripture as authoritative, but never establish the grounds for why we should accept it as such. Why, in the theater of competing scriptures vying to be God’s Word, should we understand the Bible to be so, AND also that the interpretation you espouse is, indeed, the correct one?
misconception. A fuller, closer look at
all of Scripture reveals the fact that God did protect the Israelites (i.e. Christ Jesus of Nazareth, redeemer) --
this protection is seen in His Son, sent to this earth (at the right time in history) , as announced by the angel to Joseph and Mary (as prophesied by the great Prophets of old):
Matthew 1:
20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus,
d because
He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 9:
1Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
2Just then some men brought
a to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “
Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
3On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
4But Jesus knew
b what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
7And the man got up and went home.
8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Luke 2:
25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
29“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised,
You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
31which You have prepared in the sight of all people,
32a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to Your people Israel.”