The entire Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments, is filled with references and allusions to the choice of Israel for definite purposes in the plan of God. We find that from the beginning God acted toward Abraham and his seed in a special manner. He took him, for example, into His secret when He was about to destroy Sodom. God had said to Himself, “Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and
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