Psalm 33:12
12 Blessed ['esher] is the nation [gowy] whose God ['elohiym] is the
LORD [Yahovah]; and the people [`am] whom he hath chosen [bachar]
for his own inheritance [nachalah]. KJV-Interlinear
12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as
his heritage! ESV
There are two things that
make the connection between a people and God.
First, the people know Him as Jehovah.
This is the personal name of the unique person of the universe, both God
and man in one person, namely Jesus Christ.
And second, God has chosen these same ones who, through His own name,
have recognized Him.
We call this recognition,
faith in Christ.
The nation consists of
the collection of people who have one thing in common, and that is that they all
belong to the same nation. They all
entered into citizenship in that nation, in the very same way. They all believed in Christ.
The nation is Gods
nation, not mans. The nation is headquartered
in heaven, not on this earth or anywhere in this universe.
The God that everyone
recognizes, is Jehovah, which is the personal name of God, which means that He
is deity, and being capable of sitting, then He is a man as well.
God is the Lord, means
that God is a man, and also means that the man is God.
There is only one unique
person who fits that description, namely Jesus Christ.
The name Jehovah means,
self-existent one. He is eternal, and
the source and sustainer of all that is.
That means power and authority over all that is.
This is a relationship.
He chose those who chose
Him. He foreknew, since eternity past, those
who would choose Him. Gods choice is in
the form of accepting those who would choose Him, of which He made that choice
freely available to everyone.
Unfortunately many do not
choose Him.
Such a nation is blessed
and happy, because God is a real God. He
is eternal and omnipotent and not only an unselfish God, but a very generous and
just, God.
We are His Heritage.
Heritage, ‘nachalah,’
which refers to that or those who possess value, are worth preserving, having
passed down through many generations, an allotment.
And believers in Christ,
possess all of those qualities, beginning with faith in Christ, and having
received within themselves, from God, eternal life, and continuing with
doctrine for those who advance toward completion due to their continued daily
studies, of Hid word, not theirs.
There are many nations,
representing many beliefs, but only one nation, which believes in the one truth,
is Gods chosen.
God is truth, and truth
chooses truth. Truth never chooses lies
or false things. And, lies and false
things can never be truth.
Which also means that
anything you do, even as a believer, that is not in accordance with Gods
principles, precepts, mandates, and such, then to the extent that you choose
the false, you are outside of God will.
The false cannot mix with the truth.
Then the only reason that
you have a relationship with God, and are a member of His family and nation, if
in deed you are pursuing false things, is because of your faith in Christ,
which is truth, and big component of truth at that, for obvious reasons.
Nothing of your efforts
or works or false beliefs or attitudes, have anything to do with your
relationship or value, which God has established for you.
Because we are chosen to
be His, then we will be with Him forever.
An inheritance, when you
receive it, belongs to you and to no one else.
