Reading Calvin is the last thing I would do. Why should I read the writings of a raving heretic?
The Jews lost their exclusive claim to the Covenant when they rejected Christ.
There is more than one Covenant.
So, I guess in your mind, all Protestants are raving heretics?
Here is Gods covenant with Abraham:
1Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
2And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;
3And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
There was only one thing Abraham (Abram at the time) had to do, leave his home, and go somewhere where God showed him.
Abraham did not choose this for himself. God chose Abraham for this. He initiated the covenant and made the rules.
Where here does Gods covenant have any stipulations?
Where in the Bible does God EVER change the conditions of his covenant.
I don't care what this author, or that preacher, or whatever denominations' stand is.
What does the BIBLE say.
Anything other than what the BIBLE says is HERESY. No matter who says otherwise.