Why did God turn from the rest of humanity to Israel alone?
After dealing with the whole human race for 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham, they walked His offers of salvation underfoot. Therefore God turned from the Gentile river of humanity and went to the Jew alone, becoming the God of Israel.
Les teaches that this is not God being picky or unfair. God dealt with the whole human race for 2,000 years, from Adam until Abraham, and they walked underfoot all His offers of salvation. So He turned His back, so to speak, on the Gentile river of humanity and went to the Jew, becoming the God of Israel. Zacharias, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke the mind of God, confining it to 'the Lord God of Israel,' not the world, because He had visited and redeemed His people.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
More Questions
Why does Zacharias say 'Lord God of Israel' and not 'Lord God of the world'?
In Zacharias' prophecy, the phrase 'Lord God of Israel' deliberately confines everything to the Jews only, rather than presenting God as the God of the world.
What does the phrase "the Lord God of Israel" in Luke 1:68 indicate?
When Zacharias says "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel" in Luke 1:68, the wording confines everything to Jew only instead of to the whole world.