What was Israel's blessing according to the Bible?
Israel’s blessing was that the Word of God was committed to them. They were a privileged people who could literally feast on the Word of God. This was the blessing of having God’s Word, which was committed unto them, and Israel had the Word of God.
Les explains that Israel’s blessing was that unto them were committed the Word of God. They possessed the Scriptures, and this was the table at which the Jews were able to literally feast the Word of God. Because of this, they were a privileged people. Les contrasts this with the Gentile position, noting that Jesus could heal a Gentile, but He was under the sovereign agreement with Israel and Abraham and the covenant promises. He could not extend grace to Gentiles until Israel had every opportunity to hear the offer of the King and the Kingdom. When they rejected it, God turned to the Gentile world. In the Matthew account, Jesus told the woman He could not take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs, but she replied that even the dogs eat the crumbs falling from the Master’s table. He commended her great faith, and her daughter was made whole.
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.