Connect 1 Chronicles 17:22 with other scriptures about God's chosen people. Looking at the Key Verse “You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.” Chosen and Treasured in the Torah • Exodus 19:5-6—Israel is called “My treasured possession … a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” • Deuteronomy 7:6—“The LORD your God has chosen you … to be His people, His treasured possession.” • Deuteronomy 14:2—Israel is again named “a people holy to the LORD” and “chosen … for His treasured possession.” The Covenant Faithfulness of God • Psalm 33:12—“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.” • Psalm 105:8-10—God “remembers His covenant forever … confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.” • Jeremiah 31:35-37—Even the fixed order of creation would have to vanish before God would cast off Israel. Prophets Echo the Theme • Isaiah 43:1—The LORD says to Israel, “I have redeemed you … you are Mine!” • Isaiah 44:1-2—“Fear not, O Jacob My servant … whom I have chosen.” • Isaiah 49:6—Israel is to be “a light for the nations,” showing God’s choice has a missionary purpose. New Testament Continuity • Romans 9:4-5—Paul lists Israel’s privileges: adoption, glory, covenants, law, worship, promises, patriarchs, and the Messiah. • Romans 11:1-2, 29—“Has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! … the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” • Ephesians 2:12-13—Gentiles were once “excluded from citizenship in Israel” but are now “brought near by the blood of Christ.” People of God Expanded, Not Replaced • Galatians 3:28-29—All who belong to Christ are “Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.” • 1 Peter 2:9—Believers are called “a chosen people, a royal priesthood,” language first given to Israel (Exodus 19:6). • Ephesians 1:4—God “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” Key Takeaways • 1 Chronicles 17:22 celebrates God’s irrevocable commitment to Israel. • That commitment is woven through Scripture, from Torah to Prophets to Psalms. • In Christ, Gentile believers are grafted in (Romans 11:17-24), sharing the same covenant mercy without nullifying God’s promises to Israel. • The united people of God now consist of faithful Israel and believing Gentiles, all saved by grace, all called to display God’s glory to the world. |
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