Bible Dictionary: The Jews: Their National Greatness

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are you, O Israel: who is like to you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread on their high places.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

The Chosen People
... to God as the means of attaining to national greatness. ... God had placed restrictions
upon their association with ... The Jews looked upon Jerusalem as their heaven ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 2 the chosen people.htm

The Birthnight of Freedom
... to us is the praise of any national greatness or glory ... As with the Jews, so with
the nations of Europe ... whenever they have trusted in themselves, their own power ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xii the birthnight of.htm

From Abraham to Egypt.
... This is the chief element of his greatness. ... Jesus has gained great power among Gentile
nations, the Jews will finally repent of their national sin and ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter iv from abraham to.htm

The History Books
... Their Sacred Book was all that the Jews possessed. Their whole greatness was wrapped
up in it ... manual of the Temple choir, and became the national collection of ...
/.../duff/the bible in its making/chapter iv the history books.htm

Divided Worship
... however, blended by them with their own national idolatry. ... monotheists, even more
rigid than the Jews themselves, and ... Angels veil their faces with their wings. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/divided worship.htm

The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. AD 70
... with admiration for the power and greatness of Rome ... The Jews fought, not only for
civil liberty, life ... but for that which constituted their national pride and ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 38 the jewish war.htm

In his Temple
... And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus ... of the large companies that were making
their way to ... The hope of national greatness was dwelt upon with kindling ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 16 in his temple.htm

"The House of Israel"
... Outward service was rendered as a means of attaining to national greatness. ... At the
same time the Jews were, by their sins, separating themselves from God. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 59 the house of.htm

The Christian State
... Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews.". ... supported by that sentiment which secured
their passage ... The outlook for any true national greatness must necessarily be ...
/.../sell/studies in the life of the christian/study xiii the christian state.htm

The Kingdom of God: Its Values
... was an important part of piety with strict Jews. ... to suit their intellect and their
need; and ... was a splendid hope of emancipation, of national greatness, and of ...
/.../rauschenbusch/the social principles of jesus/chapter iv the kingdom of.htm