The Central Place of Israel in Scripture

Darrell Jones: Where does the central place of Israel come from? He says God spoke to Abram and Sarah and told them that they were going to have a baby. And it would be a miraculous baby because Sarah was an Abraham, but certainly Sarah was well beyond the age of bearing a child.Jones: When God wants something special to happen, he does something special to make it happen. In Judaism, there is some thinking about Israel also choosing God. But I don't necessarily see that in the Bible.