The Bible seems to suggest otherwise, FK. God repented having made man in Genesis 6:6 and in Hebrew 8:6 the scipture palinly reveal that the new covenant is better than the mperfect Old One. The imperfection being impicit in calling the new one better.
But if you think about it, either God was leading the Jews into failure, knowingly, or God allowed the Jews to fail, but out of His goodness continued to offer them chances to repent. We see the same in Christ's sacrifice: His atonment is sufficient to make it possible for every man to be saved. But just as the OT God does not force the Jews, neither does Christ fore anyone; in both cases God offers us repentance. That is consistent throughout both Testaments.
And how do we reconcile that Christ sent His disciples to minister to the twelve tribes of Israel knowing that they would fail?!
The Bible seems to suggest otherwise, FK. God repented having made man in Genesis 6:6 and in Hebrew 8:6 the scripture plainly reveals that the new covenant is better than the imperfect Old One. The imperfection being implicit in calling the new one better.
By this we seem to be left with several unpleasant options, such as that God is inept and makes mistakes, OR that God doesn't care what happens to man (compared to a human parent), it is all up to him, OR that the Bible is in grievous error and therefore cannot be trusted on its own. Another option, though, would be that a different interpretation is correct, one that preserves both God as an omnipotent being who is Good, and also preserves the revelation that He intended to give man via written word.
But if you think about it, either God was leading the Jews into failure, knowingly, or God allowed the Jews to fail, but out of His goodness continued to offer them chances to repent.
The idea that God would continue to offer chances to those who failed, after HE failed, is solely an Apostolic one (if it is even that). "Failure" has to be distinguished between God's and man's. God cannot fail, but man sure can. God chose from among all the people living in OT times, just as He chose from among all people today. To some He will show mercy and to others He will not. There is no "failure" in that.
And how do we reconcile that Christ sent His disciples to minister to the twelve tribes of Israel knowing that they would fail?!
Well, what would you have considered their "success"? Correct me if I am wrong, but I infer from all of your recent comments that if the Gospels had immediately spread like wildfire among the Jews, and been accepted, then the Gentiles would have been locked out forever. From my standpoint, I sure wouldn't call that success! :) However, since God ALWAYS intended to reach the Gentiles en mass, then what you call the failure of the Jews I would call the success of God. :)