Exodus 15:2
2 The LORD is my
strength and might, and he has become my salvation: he is my God, and I
will glorify him; the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
Deuteronomy 7:6
6 You are a holy
people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a
special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth.
National
Salvation
At Mount Sinai, God
sanctified the entire nation of Israel as his chosen people. Christians
can understand a personal and individual salvation, but a NATIONAL salvation is
a much harder concept to grasp. In fact, that does not even seem possible. And
yet that is what we see happening with the children of Israel.
God redeemed the
children of Israel out from slavery in Egypt, not because they were such a good
and obedient people. But, while they were still in slavery (sin) God redeemed
them, saving them from death through putting the blood of a lamb on their
doorposts, and now, as a purchased people, they were expected to be obedient to
God’s instructions, (law).
By being obedient to
God and striving to observe everything that God has told them, they are not
EARNING salvation. Rather, they are obligated to follow God’s instructions
because they ARE a saved and chosen people.
Deuteronomy 14:2
2 For you are
a holy people unto the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you
to be a peculiar people unto himself, above