How did Israel's privileged position at God's table become a snare to them?
Israel was feasting at God's table, receiving His blessings, but that exalted position became a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a recompense. As David's psalm warns, the very privilege of sitting at God's table caused them to fall.
Les explains that Paul quotes King David from the Psalms: “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense.” Les asks what table the psalmist meant, connecting it to the Shepherd’s Psalm where God prepares a table before His own. Israel was literally feasting at God’s table and receiving all the blessings and ramifications of it. But that exalted position of literally sitting at God’s table became a snare and a recompense, and it caused them to fall. Les calls this a horror of horrors, then warns Gentiles of much the same thing—that they should not take all these blessings and this grace for granted, for the day is coming when it will be taken from them.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
What was Israel doing at God's table?
Israel was feasting at God's table, receiving all the blessings and ramifications of that exalted position. Yet that very privilege became a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a recompense, causing them to fall. Instead of blessing, it led to their downfall.
Why did Israel's blessings become a snare and a stumbling block to them?
Israel's blessings became a snare because their exalted position of feasting at God's table, receiving all His blessings and their ramifications, led them to fall. As David declared, their table became a trap, a stumbling block, and a recompense, causing Israel to stumble.
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What happened to Israel because of their exalted position at God's table?
Israel's exalted position of sitting at God's table became a snare, trap, stumbling block, and recompense, and caused them to fall.
What was Israel's position at God's table according to Romans 11?
Israel was literally feasting at God's table and receiving all the blessings and the ramifications of that place.
What table was the psalmist referring to in "let their table be made a snare"?
The "table" the psalmist spoke of when he said "let their table be made a snare" was God's table, the same table pictured in the Shepherd's Psalm where God prepares a table before his own.