The significance of all of the wilderness experiences is brought into focus by pointing out the relation of those experiences to the national destiny of a people dwelling in its own land. (religion-online.org)
It is a totalitarianlike system designed to control the hearts and minds, the economic life, and the political destiny of people. (religion-online.org)
He agrees with the Pharisees that God's work in human history is happening precisely through the life and destiny of this people of Israel. (religion-online.org)