Imagine a world...

Imagine a world lead by a nation with:
The global influence of today’s USA
(or the “global” influence of UK in 1887 and Rome in 150: the conquest and rule of the known world and with forays into the fringes)
And the wealth of OPEC
And having held these things continuously since 1400 BC
And lead by rulers under the Abrahamic Covenant and motivated to honour the promise of God to this nation and then on to ALL NATIONS through this one nation.

THAT is God’s intent for the world.

God’s promise to His people is that they will ALWAYS be:
The Head and not the Tail.
The Front and Not the Back.
The First and not the Last.
The Top and not the Bottom.

Jesus advised the church to be as innocent as DOVES and as wise as SERPENTS. Imagine the Church with more:
money than Bill Gates.
influence than the EU/US/UN/(USSR).
people than China.
ingenuity than Japan/Korea.

That was what lay before the Hebrews as they walked out of Egypt behind Moses. God had promised them a land 3 times the size of the greatest extent of Israel. They could have been there in less than two weeks of walking. They would ALWAYS and FOREVER be the best nation on Earth and the means by which God would bless the whole planet.

This was what was sacrificed:
At Sinai with the Law.
When they settled for “enough” under Joshua.
When they failed to heed God’s continued calls through the prophets until Jerusalem fell in 598BC

And has never been recovered by God’s people.

It is still God’s intent for the world.