You see a distinction in the way God loved in the OT and the way He loves in the NT? God never changes, so this cannot be the case. His love endures forever.
God's election of Israel is the general election of a people. His election of individuals is completely different. Individual election is the efficacious, irresistable call of God and His bestowal of love upon elect sinner.
God's election of Israel is called corporate election. We see this distinction is made when the NT says that "not all that are of Israel are Israel"
You confuse corporate and individual election.
Hi Mjh29,
I'd say we're discussing individual election, correct?
In the list of verses you posted, It seems to me only one of them actually connects God's love to His election, that being this one:
Deuteronomy 10:14-15: Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. Yet
the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and
chose their offspring after them, you
above all peoples as you are this day
Others speak of God's election, and there are a couple of places which tell us that God loves His chosen, but without speaking towards the reason for election in relation to God's love in any causal sense.
But in this verse, above, it says that God loved their fathers, and elected their offspring. Even set His heart in love on them and elected their offspring.
Now, this isn't saying God chose Israel, it's talking about fathers and descendants, so I'm seeing this as the actual children of Jacob. Offspring would be children. Of the fathers, so not Abraham per se, more than one, so we're still talking physical descendancy.
But I don't see any of these verses you've posted supporting your assertion that God loves His elect, doesn't love (loves with a low quality version love) the non-elect, and that He chose the elect because He chose to love them above the others.
Much love!
BTW . . . It occurs to me to ask, being a Christian, does that make you Israel?