The story about Naaman taking Israel's dirt seems to be representative of the need to respect ancient boundaries. You respect someone's turf, you're respecting their right to peacefully exist. You're also respecting their right to worship as they want. No one should want a turf war because a turf war is usually deadly. However, God reversed the divisiveness of Genesis 11 by sending the gift of tongues in Acts 2. This says that all people are now one in Jesus, and peace doesn't depend on each nation's turf. It depends on the unity that Jesus gave with the New Covenant.
Great lesson! The Deut 32 world view is very sensible
Without that concept, Namaan asking for that much dirt makes zero sense.
The story about Naaman taking Israel's dirt seems to be representative of the need to respect ancient boundaries. You respect someone's turf, you're respecting their right to peacefully exist. You're also respecting their right to worship as they want. No one should want a turf war because a turf war is usually deadly.
However, God reversed the divisiveness of Genesis 11 by sending the gift of tongues in Acts 2. This says that all people are now one in Jesus, and peace doesn't depend on each nation's turf. It depends on the unity that Jesus gave with the New Covenant.
Very interesting. I wonder if the 24 elders are the 1/3 of the 70 nations in the millennium. As if the elders replace the sons of God who rebelled.