*He* didn’t choose the Russians. He chose the Israelites. He chose… the Chosen People, I guess we’d have to say. It’s just that of the purpose for which the Israelites were chosen, many failed across the past 3,500 years or so. First, the Israelites frequently failed at upholding God’s covenant placed upon their shoulders. Then, a bunch of them rejected the Messiah they were promised when the Babylonians were holding the Israelites captive. From that rejection / acceptance episode, some of those original Israelites made it through that elimination round and went on to be Christians. But even the Christians later splintered and many factions seem unrecognisable today when viewed through the lens of original Christianity. There was even the Great Schism that split Christianity into East and West. We arrive today with the Russian Eastern Orthodox Church having most dutifully upheld the covenant placed on them by God in their early days as Israelites. This is my understanding, anyway. No doubt a bunch of disagreeing people will be fuming mad at reading an opinion shared on Twitter. But, this is what I’ve come to understand and it makes the most sense from what I can see. So, *He* didn’t choose the Russians. He chose the Israelites. Through the ages, the Russian Eastern Orthodox Christians simply have emerged as the Israelite descendants that have most closely stuck to their covenant knitting. I’ve been saying, don’t be surprised when we see the inheritors of the Promised Holy Land turn out to be the Russians! 🍿🍿🍿