God chose Israel as His own possession out of all the peoples on earth.

by Bruce Larson | Aug 1, 2026

When Israel obeys the Lord, their enemies will flee before them seven ways; God will bless the land He gives them, and all the earth will see that they are called by God.

Deut. 14:2 NASB 1995: God chose and separated Israel as a people for His own possession out of all the people
on earth.
2  “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

Deut. 28:7-11 NASB 1995: Deuteronomy 28 outlines the blessings when Israel is obedient to God and the curses when they are not. When they obey the Lord, all the peoples of the earth will see that Israel is called by the name of the Lord, and that He will bless them and bless the land He will give to them.
7  “The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.  8  The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.  9  The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.  10  So all the peoples of the earth will see
that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you.  11  The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

Deut. 29:13-15 NASB 1995: The covenant that God made in Moses’ time is also for Israel today.
13  “in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 14  “Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,  15  but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not with us here today

Deut. 29:29 NASB 1995: We thank the Lord that He is revealing to us today the secret things (mysteries) of His Word.
29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.”

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