I mean the very religious Christians who really believe in the Bible. They say that Jews are God's chosen people and at the same time they always say that all the people who don't believe in Jesus will go to hell and this obviously includes Jews. Is it not a contradiction?
2006-11-16 07:46:03 · 24 answers · asked by Elly 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
vlalto is right that the answer is too general to get a definite answer. But I would like to read your different views.
2006-11-16 07:52:57 · update #1
There are some Jews who accept Jesus. Saying that the Jewish race were Gods chosen people doesn't mean every Jew is going to heaven, what it means was that God picked that blood line to bring forth the Messiah. Jews still have to accept Jesus to get to heaven.
2006-11-16 07:48:56 · answer #1 · answered by newcovenant0 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jews who have heard about Jesus and rejected Him will not go to Heaven just like anyone else who rejects God's plan of salvation.
I was just reading the commentary on the Jewish New Testament, and in Romans (chapter 9 I think) it was telling of how Paul was saddened by those Jews who were rejecting the very Messiah that the Old Testament had promised. But Paul was glad that some day God was going to save all the Jews.
So, there is no contradiction.
2006-11-16 08:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask Religious leaders such as Pat Robertson. Really religious Christians have had a love affair with the Jews since the founding of Israel in 1947 or '48. The Jews are good people, by and large, who only want to live in peace with their neighbors!
God Bless'em!
2006-11-16 07:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the jews are Gods chosen people. God has a special plan and purpose for the Jewish people. but like anyone else they are subject to Gods laws. there is a problem with the Jewish faith today. hebrews 9-22 "and almost all things by the law are purged with blood and without shedding of blood there is no remmision (of sins)".
in the abrahamic covenent animal sacrifice is the only way by which sins are forgive (this was done to mimic Christs death until he came). the problem comes becase this is no longer pracrticed nor do they aknowlage Jesus Crist as the payment in for sin in the new covenent.
i care deeply for the Jewish people and am grieved by there political and religious state.
2006-11-16 08:02:34 · answer #4 · answered by thespillgood 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Jews are God's chosen people. God promised that the Savior would be born through the Jews. Jesus was Jewish. That is why the Jews are God's chosen people that He revealed himself to all humanity through Jesus Christ.
2006-11-16 07:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love all of God's children - including the Jewish people. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Jewish Messiah - so the Jewish people have the same fate if they reject Jesus as anyone else - chosen or not. I pray that ALL might come to Him. In the end times, there will be a resurgence of belief in the Jewish community - millions will come to Jesus as the Messiah.
2006-11-16 07:51:38 · answer #6 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question requires and understanding of the covenants in the Bible. The Jews are God's chosen people in the old covenant. In the new covenant, which Jesus inaugurated, the church becomes His chosen people. There are many Jews in Christ's church. (Church does not mean building; it stands for the people of Christ).
2006-11-16 07:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by relztnad 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To whom much is given, much is expected.
The Jews are God's chosen people.
I believe the prophecy in Zechariah 2:10,11
"Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on all the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died. The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the grievous mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
2006-11-16 07:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We do kinda contradict ourselves, but we still know judiasm is the basis of our religion. The major differences are very few, so a lot of people call us hypocritical for putting judiasm second to christianity and raising them higher in our perspectives, but are relegion is SoOO much like theirs that when we beleive the same basic values, its hard.
2006-11-16 23:36:44 · answer #9 · answered by shheeyya mann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love all people no matter what our differences may be. No one can judge who is or is not going to hell, only God can judge. The Jewish believe in God and follow God's laws and are the chosen people according to the bible they will go to heaven
2006-11-16 07:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋