Why is the land of Israel only for God's chosen people?

Question

This is racism and they don't even realize. If God told you tomorrow that Mexico is God's Chosen Land, would you go exterminate the Mexicans? Israel has been the land of the locals, be it Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. European Jews just came to this land and kicked these locals off. The Christian population of Jerusalem used to be 28% but now because of the religious tensions it has been reduced to a mere 2%. My point is, this senseless and racist programming is all in the Bible, so Christians see expulsion of innocent humans justified in the Bible. So as long as God says it's appropriate to expel humans from the homeland, then all is well.

I didn't know that Don, thanks.

let me refer some of you to a site
www.ifamericansknew.org
This was a religious question, not a political one. You guys missed it by a mile.

Peace W, so God is condoning the theft of land from millions of innocent people, think about it.

Answer 1

That line of thinking(Israel, God' chosen people)... is not word's of God... but programming of minds. Just like the man who change the water into wine... which is Emperor Constantinople.

Answer 2

Israel has been the land of the locals, you are right. There has always been a Jewish presence in Israel. There has also been a Palestinian presence. Not so much a Xtian presence, but they were there too, in very small numbers. European Jews were given the land by UN sanctions and did not kick anyone off.

May 14, 1948
"We call upon the Arab inhabitants of the state of Israel to preserve the ways of peace and play their part in the development of the state...we extend our hand in peace and neighborliness to all the neighboring states and their peoples."

The next day, the Arab states bordering Israel said
"This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." Secretary General of the Arab League.

The Arab nations surrounding Israel urged the Palestinians to get out because they were going to push Israel and the Jews into the Mediterranean Sea. So large amounts of Palestinians fled to refugee camps. Now, who did that, the Jews? Or the Palestinians' Arab neighbors?

It is also not the Jews' fault if Xtians (or anyone) moves elsewhere because they don't like the conditions. Nobody was expelled from Israel, obviously Xtians and Muslims still live there. Holy places in Israel are open to people of all faiths to come and worship as they please. There are no walls at Bethlehem and the Holy Sepulcher tellling Xtians they can't come in, and there is no restriction at the Dome on the Rock, just as there are not restrictions at the Wailing Wall.

EDIT: Numbers 34:1-15 shows the borders of Israel as promised in the Torah.

3. Your southernmost corner shall be from the desert of Zin along Edom, and the southern border shall be from the edge of the Sea of Salt [the Dead Sea] to the east.
5. The border then turns from Azmon to the stream of Egypt, and its ends shall be to the sea
6. The western border: it shall be for you the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and the border this shall be your western border.
7. This shall be your northern border: From the Great [Mediterranean] Sea turn yourselves toward Mount Hor.
10. You shall then turn yourselves toward the eastern border, from Hazar enan to Shepham.
11. The border descends from Shepham toward Riblah, to the east of Ain. Then the border descends and hits the eastern shore of Lake Kinnereth.
12. The border then continues down along the Jordan, and its ends is the Sea of Salt [the Dead Sea]; this shall be your Land according to its borders around.

Answer 3

The reason why so many Christian Palestinians have left the land is that they are attacked by radical Islamists, I saw a TV program about this issue yesterday. There were cases that radical Islamists have attacked Christians and demolished Christian cementeries. About 20 % of the citizens of Israel aren't Jews and not all Jewish Israelis are of European descent but many come from Muslim countries from where they were expelled in the last decades. Jews haven't exterminated anyone, but you might know that a few years before Israel was founded as a Jewish homeland six million Jews were killed in Europe and the aim of the Nazis was their total extermination. There were Palestinians expelled from that land, but as I tried to explain this is not the only aspect of the history of this land.

And I don't believe that Jews are God's chosen people as I don't believe in God at all. I just tried to tell you something about aspects of history that you seem to neglect.

Answer 4

Can two women share the same household? Think about it. You refer to Mexico, well, G-d didn't tell the nation of Israel to go to Mexico. The land which they occupy, was the promised land. In fact the land that Israel occupies right now does not encompass fully the space that G-d originally promised to Abraham. Genesis 15:18 spells out that between the river of Egypt (the Nile) to the great river, the river Euphrates was to belong to the seed of Abraham. That's a lot of real estate! Now here we are, we have people arguing about Israels right to have only a sliver of what was originally intended. The whole crux of the Arab-Israeli question can be discovered by reading "The Haj" a book by Leon Uris.

Answer 5

God chosen the land of Israel for Himself. God favors Mount Zion or the temple mount the place Abraham took Isaac and the place Abraham obeyed God and God incredibly blessed Abraham. Many have confidence Jerusalem is the middle maximum area of the earth and God's call is written on the mountains of Israel. whilst Christ returns there'll be no nicer u . s . than Israel.God chosen for Jesus to be born in Bethlehem not too far from Mr. Moriah or Mount Zion. God calls all Jerusalem at cases Zion.

Answer 6

All people that love God more than they love themselves and who manifest this love by how they kindly and compassionately treat their fellow humans belong to God. End of story. The murderers who ran planes into buildings in God's (Allah's) name are separated from God for all eternity ... though I digress. As far as the holy land is concerned, because of the disagreement about whom holds "legal right" to it, no one should live there permanently. The Bible, however, justifies expelling non-Jews from the land and there is no amount of arguing that is going to change this belief for those who hold it. So, your summation is correct "So long as God says it's appropriate to expel humans from the homeland, then all is well."

But buck up... if you get to heaven (I don't know you and I'm not God to judge who does get it or who doesn't) you can tell God all of the things that were done wrong down here on Earth in His name and give Him some insight on how to fix it.

Answer 7

Israel is the only Jewish state in the whole world. The Arabs have 22 states. The Arabs are not wiling to accept a Jewish state in their midst.

Israel thought that by leaving Gaza entirely in August 2005, that the Arabs would get their act together and develop their economy. Instead, the Arab have seen fit to launch thousands of missiles at Israel's civilian population, intending to kill as many citizens as possible.

Israel, on the other hand, is trying to live in peace. When they do attack, it is with the clear objective of silencing the Arab terrorists. By international law, Israel is totally justified in its quest to protect its citizens. The Arabs are in total violation of international law by unprovoked attacking of innocent civilians in Israel.

The Palestinian Arabs could have had a state already, if they only behaved like civilized human beings. But they have proven time and again that they are not ready to behave, and so the Arabs will have to exist with "only" 22 states.

Answer 8

Wow you sure slanted things your way on this one. Who said it is only for God's chosen people? Jerusalem itself is full of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Coptics, agnostics. It would do you well to reasearch rather then parrot. I have been there, I have seen it.

You sound all anti-everything. I would bet you believe in Darwin, take it from there.

Answer 9

Lies,Mr.,they are always used to telling lies,after taking the land from the original people,they say it’s their land...life in Palestine now is so hard,they destroyed everything,they are controlling everything....Once I read a true story in the journal,that a pregnant Palestinian woman was on a border and she wanted to get to her home,two Israeli soldiers,asked eachother if the unborn baby was a boy or a girl,and they wanted to make sure by themselves so they opened her womb to know,and the woman died.....They kill,womans,children,and old people,they destroy buildings when people dwell them or not,they destroy fields,and schools,they most of the times do not permit funds to get into Palestine,and most of the families live on less than one dollar weekly!!!!!!!And after taking their own land,they are doing all those nasty and barbarian deeds,What are the Palestinians supposed to do????If you in their place,What would you do????

Answer 10

This is even more interesting because the land that God promised to the decedents of Abraham was in Iraq near the Saudi border. It was no where near Palestine.

So the whole premise is little more than a lie.

Love and blessings Don