ADDRESSES ON R.OMANS God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth" (Deut. 14:2). The whole Word of God teaches plainly that Israel was chosen to be the nation through whom Christ and the Bible should be given to the world. Surely it was an honor to be "adopted" as the people through whom "all families of the earth" should be blessed! (See Gen. 12: 3.) 2. "THE GLORY." The glory to which Paul refers is the manifested excellence of God. It is the Shekinah Glory that was seen on the mount when Moses went up and talked with God face to face. This same Shekinah Glory stood in the tabernacle and in the temple. It was the manifested glory of God. It was in their midst, but was never with other nations. It was the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night that led Israel through the wilderness journey. And when Christ re~ turns to earth, this cloud of glory will return with Him. Christ will be the center of Israel then, and the Shekinah Glory will be in the midst of His people. . 3. "THE CovENANTS." The·covenants were made with Israel, and pertain to her. God made no covenant with the Gentiles, though it was His purpose that they should be blessed through His dealings with His chosen people. But with the Hebrew nation He made four covenants: these are "the covenants" to which Paul refers in Rom. 9:4: (a) The Abrahamic Covenant promised Israel's Mes~ siah and the Redeemer of the world: and it promised to the Hebrew nation the land of Palestine as her inheritance. (b) The Davidic Covenant has to do with the throne of Israel and the promised King and His Kingdom. When Christ returns in glory He will sit upon "the throne of his father David" (Luke 1:32). ( c) The Mosaic Covenant was the law-as Paul de~ scribed it to the Galatians..-"our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ" (Gal. 3: 24). [Page 175
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