We know that the Church is the antitype of old testament israel when we consider a comparison of 1 Pet 2:9 as the fulfillment of Ex 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a
peculiar treasure unto me above all
people: for all the earth is mine: and Deut 14:2
For thou art an holy
people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee t
o be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
1 Pet 2:9
But
ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Now the greek word for peculiar in 1 Pet 2 is the word περιποίησις and means:
- a preserving, a preservation
- possession, one's own property
- an obtaining
Now the word comes from the verb
peripoieō which means:
- to make to remain over
- to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by
- to make to remain for one's self
- to preserve for one's self
- to get for one's self, purchase
Which word Paul uses for purchase here Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed
the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
So the Church of God is that peculiar people of God in 1 Pet 2:9 which fulfills the OT Type israel In Exodus nd Deut. For God only has One Peculiar people and that's through the Blood of Christ. 7