16:9 throughout the whole earth. Even though God had chosen Israel as His elect nation, He has always been concerned about all His creation. Even though other nations as a whole have forgotten Him, worshiping various nature gods, there are evidently individuals in such nations whose hearts desire to know Him, and to these God will somehow reveal Himself. “In every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him” (Acts 10:35).