When the ark is captured, the Lord goes into exile for his people and fights their enemies. When his people repent, he gives them the victory.
In the new way of walking, believers need to put off the habits of the old self and put on the attitudes and activities...
God fulfills his plan against human opposition and even through human suffering.
The rejection of Jesus by many Israelites is God‘s plan for the salvation of the nations, and even of Israel itself.
