God’s chosen, covenant people
Rev. James Laning explores the biblical concept of God's chosen, covenant people, arguing that Israel and the church are not two distinct peoples but rather two names for the same covenant community across redemptive history. The article demonstrates how the Old Testament people of Israel and the New Testament church represent a continuous people of God, united in Christ and His eternal covenant, rejecting dispensationalist distinctions between them.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalm 33:12 To what nation is the psalmist referring? Who are the people whom God has chosen as His own inheritance? Many would say He is talking about Israel. In the Old Testament we read about God making His covenant with Israel. He told them, "…thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that...
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