1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
The body of Christ is a chosen race. The Greek word for race implies kinship. A people of the same sort, or kind. We are from every of people on earth, yet we are brothers and sisters in the unity of the Holy Spirit and have become God's people.
We have become a holy priesthood to proclaim the excellencies of our merciful Father. We are the children of light and the Lord's possession. Jesus is the true high priest of our confession. We will share in His priesthood and His life.
Israel will minister to the temple of the New Jerusalem and will serve for the healing of the nations of the earth. Their role as the living creatures that lift up the throne of God will be fulfilled.
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