Deuteronomy 7:1-9. Guest preacher Tuvya Zaretsky of Jews for Jesus shows us from the Torah that the ancient nation of Israel was a people graciously chosen by Yahweh, the sovereign God of the universe. It was Yahweh's plan that salvation for all mankind would come through the nation and people of Israel, the Messiah in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Yet Israel's sole purpose was not merely to give the world the Messiah. God's purposes for Israel have yet to be fulfilled in His plan of redemption.