Subject: Every nation from Noah's son? |
Bible Note: Israel was chosen. No question about it. But chosen for what? FOR WHAT? Israel, so named from the grandson of Abraham, was chosen for a fourfold mission: '(1) to witness to the unity of God in the midst of universal idolatry. Deuteronomy 6:4 ; Isaiah 43:10,12 '(2) to illustrate to the nations the blessedness of serving the true God. Deuteronomy 33:26-29 ; 1 Chronicles 17:20,21 ; Psalms 144:15 '(3) to receive, preserve, and transmit the Scripture. Deuteronomy 4:5-8; Romans 3:1,2 '(4) to produce, as to His humanity, the Messiah. Genesis 3:15; 12:3; 22:18; 28:10-14; 49:10 ; 2 Samuel 7:12-16 ; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Matthew 1:1; Romans 1:3' (Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Romans 11". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ScofieldReferenceNotes/ |