"Whom God Set Out to Redeem for Himself"

2 Samuel 7:23

And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt?

David to God in worship after receiving the Davidic covenant.

This is a huge verse because it sets forth God's devotion to and salvation of his people.  Israel is a nation unique in the earth demonstrated in the fact that God set out to redeem [her] for himself. Israel is unique because her God is unique and has extravagant love for his people (which was very unlike the false gods of the nations around Israel).

In the New Testament age the Church is the object of God's love in Christ.  It is the Chrch that God set out to redeem for himself so that we have the benefit of being spiritual Israel and having the benefit of God throwing out principalities and powers left and right as he saves his people from their sins!

Beautiful picture!