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The Bible speaks of belonging in two directions, to God and to a people. God says to Israel “you are mine” (Isaiah 43:1), and Ruth, a Moabite, takes Naomi’s people and Naomi’s God together (Ruth 1:16). The New Testament describes the same belonging as adoption into God’s family (Romans 8:15; 1 John 3:1), as membership of one body (1 Corinthians 12:27) and of “the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19), and as citizenship of a country not yet reached (Philippians 3:20;…