Why has Israel come under God's disciplinary action over and over?
Israel has come under God's disciplinary action over and over because of their unbelief and because of their sin. God warned that if they committed iniquity, He would chasten them with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men, yet His mercy would not depart from them.
Les teaches that in 2 Samuel chapter 7, God speaks to David through the prophet Nathan about Solomon and also about the nation of Israel. God says that if they commit iniquity, He will chasten or discipline them with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men. Israel has been failing constantly, and over and over Israel has come under the disciplinary action of their God because of their unbelief and because of their sin. Yet the flip side is that God's mercy will never depart from them as it did from Saul. Regardless of how far Israel falls into wickedness, God will discipline them, and they will yet face the greatest discipline in the tribulation, but He is not destroying the nation or turning His back on them forever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
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What does 2 Samuel 7:14 say about chastening, and has Israel experienced it?
In 2 Samuel 7:14 God says of David's descendant, 'if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,' and Israel has indeed committed iniquity and God has chastened them.