God has not pushed away the people he knew beforehand. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel?
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1So I ask: has God pushed his people away? Never. I am an Israelite myself, from Abraham’s offspring, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not pushed away the people he knew beforehand. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel? 3“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are out for my life.” 4And what was the answer he received? “I have kept seven thousand men for myself, men who have not bent the knee to Baal.”
