However, if Israel is not faithful to the covenant, God warns them that he will send them out of the land, just as he did with Adam and Eve.
Sadly, and in spite of God's repeated warnings and pleadings, they are determined to go their own way. They break the covenant, folow the false gods of the nations that surround them has and bring the judgment of God down upon themselves.
Abraham's descendants, chosen to reverse the failure of Adam, have now apparently failed themselves. Along the way, however, God has planted the seeds of a different outcome.
One of Israel's kings, David is noted for being "a man after God's own heart."
So God promises to send another King to Israel, a son of David, who will lead Israel wisely, bring
the nation back to God and be the agent of blessing to the peoples of the world. So while Act 3 ends tragically, with God apparently absent, the hope of a promise remains.
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