약속의 땅을 이스라엘민족이 차지한 이유

노예였던 이스라엘 민족에게 약속의 땅을 허락하신 이유는, 이스라엘민족이 의롭기 때문이 아니다. 그 땅에서 벌어지던 불의한 일들 때문이다.

더욱이 그들은 출애굽 이후부터 ‘계속’ 자신들을 위해 우상을 만들며 불신을 보인 ‘교만한’ 사람들이었다.
모세는 출애굽한 이스라엘인들에게 정확히 현실을 바라보고 더 이상 교만하지 말라고 엄중히 경고한다.

“After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭9:4-6‬ ‭NIV‬‬