Pinku It is sad to say that, but after a sincere research I concluded that I can't believe anymore that ancient Israel was the chosen people of God. This is the source of a big lie of our history, and this fact affects inevitably the fundation of the christian religions. For instance, let's read the following passage of the Old Testament:
20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle. 21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”
22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.
23 Archers shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
(2 Chronicles 35)
This is a very interesting passage, because as we see, Josiah was one of the best kings of Jehovah's organization on earth, who wanted to obey Yahweh's Law. However, Jehovah did not tell to Josiah (his appointed one) that He was also supporting Necho, the king of Egypt. Furthermore, Jehovah did no use any prophet to advise Josiah that Necho was chosen by Him to go against Babylon. Thus, Josiah died after trying to stop Necho's military plans, ignoring that these were also Jehovah's plans. Accordingly, we have here a good example in which Jehovah did not care about Josiah, even when he was more loyal than many other past kings of Israel. What kind of god was this?.....So, what I see is that the scribe who wrote this passage, tried to justify the lack of divine support to Josiah, because God did not avoid his death. But this is a good example which shows that if there is a God, he was neither in favor to Israel nor Egypt. Currently, we see the same picture. Many people die without a logical explanation, and God does not avoid it.