What does Deuteronomy 32:8 mean when it says God set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the children of Israel?
The verse means God established the boundaries of all nations with Israel at the center of His plan. Every dealing God has with humanity revolves around the small nation of Israel, and He set national borders according to the number of the children of Israel.
Les explains that when God divided the nations and separated the offspring of Adam, He set the national boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. This shows that everything God has done with the human race on this planet revolves around that little nation of Israel. Most of the world does not want to believe this, and it is hard to believe that one small nation of a few million people could be so important in God's overall picture of the billions of the rest of the world. But it is what He said: at the core of everything is this little nation of Israel. The same pattern continues with the tribulation, which will be primarily God pouring out His wrath on Christ-rejecting Jews, though the whole world will come under its effects. The Body of Christ must be taken out of the way before God can pick up and deal with Israel again.
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
More Questions
Which nations are meant when Deuteronomy 32:8 says God divided to the nations their inheritance?
The 'nations' to whom the Most High divided their inheritance, and the 'people' whose bounds He set, means all the nations of the world.
What is the context of Deuteronomy 32:8?
Deuteronomy 32:8 is part of the Song of Moses, and Moses is the one writing it.