It… Didn’t? That’s effectively the protestant work ethic is all about. Being successful on earth is supposedly a sign that you are in god’s good graces.
Not to mention, the whole covenant with Israel was basically prosperity gospel written on the scale of nation states- the promise was that as long as Israel obeyed and followed the Law, then god would bless them above all other nations.
The trouble was that Israel- as a nation- was extremely…uh… fickle. (see all the exiles and shit that happens because supposedly god is done with their shit.) it’s mostly just an explanation why a supposedly blessed nation woulld be yeeted into exile- and was written near the end of the exilic period (pretty much as they were going home?)
It… Didn’t? That’s effectively the protestant work ethic is all about. Being successful on earth is supposedly a sign that you are in god’s good graces.
Prosperity gospel just took that to 11
Not to mention, the whole covenant with Israel was basically prosperity gospel written on the scale of nation states- the promise was that as long as Israel obeyed and followed the Law, then god would bless them above all other nations.
The trouble was that Israel- as a nation- was extremely…uh… fickle. (see all the exiles and shit that happens because supposedly god is done with their shit.) it’s mostly just an explanation why a supposedly blessed nation woulld be yeeted into exile- and was written near the end of the exilic period (pretty much as they were going home?)