"The Lord is mighty to save." Oftentimes he has intervened so to do. In the first place, as the chosen people of the Lord, Israel occupies an exalted position among the inhabitants of the earth. God covenanted with their father Abraham, saying, "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." The blessings attending that ordination were predicated upon obedience to his commands for he ended his promise with these words, "Because thou hast obeyed my voice." Obedience was the essence of this promise, which was later renewed or confirmed by promises made to Isaac and to Jacob.
The Lord, on many occasions, rewarded Israel because of the covenant he had made with their fathers. He brought them out of Egypt. He went before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. He taught them with his own lips. He gave them laws to guide them. As a "watered garden" he cared for them.
Why? For what purpose? To what end?
To the end, "That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the Lord your God." That was early in the time that the Lord set himself to recover his people.
But they did not keep his laws. They were rebellious and, at his word, were destroyed from generation to generation. However, the Lord is long suffering, and again will send forth his servants, as was spoken by Zenos, to nourish, by his word, his people. He will give power unto his servants to prune the vineyard; that is to gather the righteous wherever they may be. The whole earth is the vineyard of our Lord and his servants will go to its uttermost parts to recover what is his. "After that the end soon cometh."