One of the most curious things for the world to understand hood is his chosen relationship with Israel. What is helpful to remember in seeing their relationship is the purpose and the means by which it came to be. Paul outlines it clearly and concisely in this passage by noting that they are a chosen people. They were chosen for adoption. This was ratified by covenants, promises and miracles and ensured by the giving of the law. However, it is an adoption. This is to say that they are God’s legal children, but they are not categorically entitled to his blessings. They are something he gave. Therefore those blessings aren’t something unilaterally applied. They are specifically applied to those who accept him. No one is entitled to them. Many Jews and indeed the Jewish people as a whole, felt unduly entitled to these blessings. They failed to understand that they were living in grace. This is true of many cultural Christians as well. Yet God wants to extend grace to all, certainly to the Jew first and then the gentile. So though they are not entitled, it will be always given. But it will never be taken based on merit or culture. In this way, being Jewish becomes a prototype for relationship with God. Anyone can be a Jew spiritually.