According to the New Testament, the apple of God's eye is Jesus Christ and all those, both Jew and Gentile, united to him by faith.

The church, as part of the renewed Israel in Christ Jesus, must consider and learn from the example of Israel in the exodus.

The conclusion to and fulfillment of Israel's story is found not in the building of a future physical temple but in the Great Commission.

The contrasting stories of Rahab and Achan illustrate that only those of faith are counted as offspring of Abraham, as the true Israel of God.