Answer #12

               Ancient Israel became God’s special people when a) they were underneath the “cloud of Jehovah,” b) they went through the Red Sea essentially receiving their initial baptism as a nation, c) they accepted the terms of the covenant, God’s Law, thereby becoming a priestly nation, d) they had to accept the man, Moses, as their first mediator, and e) they accepted the responsibility of carrying God’s name upon themselves.  These were the requirements for them to become God’s special property.  They did not need to be anointed also.