WHY GOD CHOSE ISRAEL
68Many don’t understand the fact that Israelis a chosen nation. God wanted to have a nation for Himself, to be a peculiar people. When someone wants to have children, or in this case, a nation, he wants to love.
Some people do not like it because they do not know what love is.
I would like to explain to some who do not know. Sin in Paradise was the sin of unbelief. The act of sin (all sins we know) is only a product of the sin of unbelief. We do not do any good or bad unless we believe we should act this or that way. Adam sinned becasuse his faith had been changed, altered. He believed the Serpent's talk and disbelieved and distrusted God’s Word. It was not an innocent mistake eating the wrong fruit, but no relationship could exist without complete trust. It was very serious and it damaged God’s Word and our relationship with Him.
There was one man, a very special one. His name was Abraham. He was originally pagan (gentile), lived in the Ur of Chaldeans. His original name was Abram. They worship god shin - god of the moon. His people also made many figures and had business from it.
God spoke to Abraham and Abraham believed in God and responded to Him. It was a guarantee that the faith could be restored and we received hope.
God choose Abraham since Abraham believed and the connection began. The faith started to be restored. God asked Abraham to go to Canaan, a place he had never seen before. God’s Word was the substance and the evidence for his faith. The Word of God is substance, not SciFi. It is not an opinion. The Word of God is constant, never-changing, which a man can put his life on. God gave to Abraham many promises and protection (Genesis 12).
Abraham believed in God and did what nobody repeated except God. He had a son Isaac. He came on the earth supernaturally, when it was impossible to conceive son.
Then God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the Mount of Moriah and he became a guarantee and satisfied God, then God would trust to sacrifice His Son for us. It needed faith of a man to get saved.
God gave a substitute, the ram, and Abraham offered it to God instead his son. His son lived. Then we can live and God gave His Son – the Lamb on the altar.
God promised to Abraham and his descendants to bless them and God kept this promise.The descendants were Isaac line.
God blessed Abraham and promised him that for a long time he would bless also his descendants and nations of the world.
This is the story of Israel. God desired to have a nation, who will preserve the faith needed to bring His Son into the world. It would be impossible without the restoration of faith. Faith is essential for salvation. The reason God choose the Israel we all will know God.
Was Israel good? Not really. Non Jews were even worse. To restore relations there needed to be faith and lot of love.
Israel did not choose God but God choose Israel and gentiles should respect this option and adoption.
Israelis a nation not a race. Israelites are in reality a religion. It is based on faith and not race. Hitler claimed that the Jews are a race and had to be eliminated. But it is faith, which makes them people of God and not a race. Only those with faith are chosen.
God gave the Law to Jews through Moses, but through His Son He gave grace and truth. The Old Covenant did not have them in fullness. The Law focused only on the flesh and curbed the sins of the flesh. When new creation become in existence, then the New Covenant addressed spirit man, whole, new man.
If one is claiming to be a Jew it is all right. At the end all Israel will be saved. It is good news. Faith is the key, not the religion. Religion make the Word of God ineffective. Religion is corrosive to the faith.
Thank God for his chosen people. All will be all right. Then we should not wait and let this rob us of joy. God wants our joy to be full. Those who will bless Israel will be blessed.
Defending Israel must to say this: They did not see there is Father who loves them. They would understand the commandments, but not love. Father sent His Son. He died because of our sin. We killed Him. Bottom line is unbelief. Do not defend unbelief, blaming others.
Receive Him as the Lord of your life. Give Him your heart. It is easy way to be saved. Say yes to Him.
You never will regret.
In the conclusion without Israel nobody could know God. They preserved Word of God for us, and the faith, to be saved.
No. 31811
© 2011 Vladimir Uhri
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Xencee, nice meeting you.
There is not other way to God, only one and it is Jesus. He is the door to salvation. His name Yeshuah means in Hebrew salvation. The salvation is possible only through faith in His resurrection and make Him Lord. My point was that many Isrelites became Messianic and received Jesus. Many will. Then tribulation will come. They will call upon God and it will be turning point for them. The Messiah will come back and all will receive Him. The good news is that two witnesses will evangelize Israel with amazing success.
Thanks for visit.
Vlad, Your mind, perseption and knowledge always makes me think. I may not agree with you, but my mind is expanded. H
Harwey, you are blessing. And you are special.
Vladimir...nice article actually i enjoyed it reading though i would almost completely disagree with that anyway...
what about the gentiles who do not believe on the divinity of Christ?
mtariqsattar. Hello and welcome on this side. We know there is only one way to salvation. The good news is that God and we are faith beings. Jewish people did not see and had the veils on the faces. But now in crisis nobody will help them (in natural) they will turn and will call to God. They all will accept coming Messiah and it is about all to say. The faith will materialize.
Amen Vladimir, I liked how you pointed out that God used Abraham's faith in his willingness to sacrifice His son in order that God could and would do the same with His one and only Son.
I am so grateful for Israel and the Jewish people and their faithfulness to give us the Word and Our Savior. It should be a testimony to all the World that there is a God and He is on her side considering how small of a nation she is with all of the nations around her that are set on destroying her but can't because she belongs to God.
Israel and Her people are a testimony of God's enduring faithfulness and love and we should rejoice with her rather than be jealous of her position with God.
He gives us the same opportunity to be in covenant with Him through His Son Jesus as your hub so well states so there is no reason for animosity towards the "Chosen" people
Well Written topic Vladimir.
Tamarajo. Amen and amen, great words you said.
Xencee 11 months ago
Reading this, I get the impression that you think salvation is guaranteed for Isrealis and those who are friends to the country. If this is true, then it doesn't make sense for the rest of us to remain Christians. Your belief expressed above may have been partly true in the Old Testament, but the reason for Christ's life and death was to reconcile the world to God. Everyone, including Israelis, who would believe in Him.
Having said this, just like everyone else, salvation is guaranteed to Israelis who have faith in the Christ not because of their race or location in the world, but because of their faith. True Christians today are God's chosen people.