Children That Rebelled

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Isaiah 1:2 The Lord complains that he nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against him. The Lord by implication declares himself to be the father of the Israelitish nation, for he calls them children. In what sense was God father of this people? Scripture distinguishes between five kinds of fatherhood: He is father of all his...