Explaining Noahide Identity

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Our tradition teaches us that indeed, G-d offered the Torah to other nations of the world, but each rejected it except for the Israelites - the descendants of Jacob/Israel, who followed the spiritual path of Abraham and Isaac. G-d chose the nation that was best spiritually qualified and suitable for the role. G-d tested the righteous prophet Abraham with 10 trials of faith, He tested the righteous prophet Isaac with his trials of faith, and He tested the righteous prophet Jacob with his trials of faith. He also tested the righteous prophetesses Sarah, Rivka (Rebecca), Rachel and Leah with their trials of faith. The inner qualities demonstrated by passing these trials of faith were passed as a spiritual inheritance to the children of these Patriarchs and Matriarchs, who were the Tribes of Israel. G-d then spiritually purified these 12 Tribes of Israel by subjecting them to suffering through the crucible of bondage in Egypt. There they remained faithful to G-d in the face of severely malicious persecutions; they did not change their Jewish names, their Hebrew language (the holy tongue) or their Jewish manner of modest dress. They did not assimilate or intermarry with non-Israelites. Through these Divine tests, they proved themselves worthy of being chosen to receive, protect and transmit G-d's Written* and Oral** Torah, in their role as a "nation of Priests and a Holy Nation," to be G-d's "light unto the nations." Gentiles also have their important and vital role in G-d's plan for the world. The outcome of His plan will be revealed openly in the Messianic Era. In His infinite wisdom, G-d chose those best qualified for the role of the Nations of the World, and those best qualified for the role of the Priests and the Light to the Nations of the World.

* https://asknoah.org/essay/written_torah
** https://asknoah.org/essay/oral_torah