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Distinguishing God's chosen people: Old vs. New Testament
The distinction between God's chosen people in the Old Testament, specifically the nation of Israel, which was defined ethnically, with clear supernatural evidence, and the New Testament, where God's people are those baptized by the Holy Spirit regardless of nationality. Associating a specific political nation with being chosen by God in the New Testament era is theologically problematic due to this shift in defining God's people.