EXODUS 19: 3-8 QUOTED BY PETER IN I PETER 2: 9
"And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord." Exodus 19: 3-8
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." I Peter 2: 5-10
In Exodus 19: 5 God says the people of Israel of the Old Covenant were
"a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:" In I Peter 2: 9 Peter says "you are a chosen generation, a peculiar people."
In Exodus 19: 6 God says to the people of Israel, "And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." Peter in I Peter 2: 9 says "ye are.a royal priesthood, a holy nation."
Who is Peter talking about in I Peter 2: 5-9? He is clearly saying that the Christians are now lively stones built up into a spiritual house, in Christ Jesus, who is the chief corner stone laid in Zion, who is precious to those who believe, but is a stumbling stone to those who stumble at the word and are disobedient to it.
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," quoting Exodus 19: 5-6, "Now, therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant,then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation." Exodus 19: 5-6
As Jeremiah 18:4 says "And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it."
"O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." Jeremiah 18: 6
Isaiah 29: 16 says "Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
And before Isaiah wrote, II Kings 21: 13 says "And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down."
Old Covenant Israel was transformed in and by Jesus Christ into that spiritual house of I Peter 2: 5-9.
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”
"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:3, John 3: 5-6
Born again Christians became the chosen people, God's peculiar people, and the royal priesthood. Peter quotes Exodus 19: 5-6 almost exactly.
"And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord." Exodus 19: 3-8
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." I Peter 2: 5-10
In Exodus 19: 5 God says the people of Israel of the Old Covenant were
"a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:" In I Peter 2: 9 Peter says "you are a chosen generation, a peculiar people."
In Exodus 19: 6 God says to the people of Israel, "And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." Peter in I Peter 2: 9 says "ye are.a royal priesthood, a holy nation."
Who is Peter talking about in I Peter 2: 5-9? He is clearly saying that the Christians are now lively stones built up into a spiritual house, in Christ Jesus, who is the chief corner stone laid in Zion, who is precious to those who believe, but is a stumbling stone to those who stumble at the word and are disobedient to it.
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," quoting Exodus 19: 5-6, "Now, therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant,then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation." Exodus 19: 5-6
As Jeremiah 18:4 says "And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it."
"O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." Jeremiah 18: 6
Isaiah 29: 16 says "Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
And before Isaiah wrote, II Kings 21: 13 says "And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down."
Old Covenant Israel was transformed in and by Jesus Christ into that spiritual house of I Peter 2: 5-9.
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”
"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:3, John 3: 5-6
Born again Christians became the chosen people, God's peculiar people, and the royal priesthood. Peter quotes Exodus 19: 5-6 almost exactly.
