Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 6/21/26

God calls the children of Abraham His treasured possession. They are a treasured possession not because of who they are but because of whom they belong to. God chose them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. That is, they were to be God’s intermediaries, His go-betweens, to all the nations. They were to mediate God’s steadfast love, grace, mercy, and salvation to all peoples.