If God isn't a Jew--or want his followers to be so- Why were all his followers Jews?

Question

God the father of the Old Testament obviously wanted everyone to be a Jew, and coincidentally, they were, thanks to God's own words in the Old Testament otherwise known as the Jew's holy book.

Did God convert to Christianity when he sent himself/hisson down to be the final blood human sacrifice for himself?

How could God turn against all his worthy followers, the Jews, like that? And how picky is he when you die about whether you are a Jew or a Christian when God was Jewish for so much longer than he was a Christian?
I'd say he's still a Jew, his own son was a Jew because he picked a Jewish mother to spiritually inseminate. God HAS to be a Jew, I'd be scared of God if I were you.
He might just only let the Jews in and throw the annoying Evangelical Christians in the firey pit.

Answer 1

The Chosen People
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Appreciating an often-misunderstood idea.
The Jewish nation is often referred to as "the Chosen People."
Many people (including Jews) are uncomfortable with this idea. They perceive the concept of a "Chosen People" as racist and mindful of the Nazi concept of a supreme "Aryan" nation. It appears to contradict the accepted Western ideal of all people being equal before God.
Is the Jewish concept of choseness racist?
When the Torah refers to the Jewish people as "chosen," it is not in any way asserting that Jews are racially superior. Americans, Russians, Europeans, Asians and Ethiopians are all part of the Jewish people. It is impossible to define choseness as anything related to race, since Jews are racially diverse.
Yet while the term "Chosen People" (Am Nivchar) does not mean racially superior, choseness does imply a special uniqueness.
What is this uniqueness?
Historically, it goes back to Abraham. Abraham lived in a world steeped in idolatry, which he concluded was contradicted by the reality of design in nature.
So Abraham came to a belief in God, and took upon himself the mission of teaching others of the monotheistic ideal. Abraham was even willing to suffer persecution for his beliefs. After years of enormous effort, dedication and a willingness to accept the responsibility to be God's representative in this world, God chose Abraham and his descendents to be the teachers of this monotheistic message.
In other words it is not so much that God chose the Jews; it is more accurate that the Jews (through Abraham) chose God.
Choseness was not part of God's "original plan." Initially all of humanity was to serve the role of God's messengers, but after the fall of Adam, humanity lost that privilege, and it was open for grabs. Only Abraham chose to take the mantel. If others would have (and they were offered the choice), they too would have joined in this special covenant which was sealed upon the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
If a privilege is offered to everyone willing to pay the necessary price, nobody can protest that those willing to make the extra effort are being shown favoritism. For example: It is reasonable that an employee who agrees to work overtime, attend training seminars, and manage special projects, should be entitled to a performance bonus -- particularly if each employee was given the same opportunity.
The essence of being chosen means responsibility. It is a responsibility to change the world -- not by converting everyone to Judaism, but by living as a model community upheld by ethics, morals and beliefs of one God. In that way, we can influence the rest of mankind, a "light unto the nations" (Isaiah 42:6).
Judaism is Universal
Further, Judaism is not exclusionary. A human being need not to be Jewish to reach a high spiritual level. Enoch "walked with God," and Noah had quite a high level of relationship, though neither were Jewish. Our tradition is that all of the 70 nations must function together and play an integral part in that "being" called humanity.
According to Judaism (Talmud - Sanhedrin 58b), any person can achieve a place in the World to Come by faithfully observing the seven basic laws of humanity. These seven laws are named the "Laws of Noah," since all humans are descended from Noah:
1) Do not murder.
2) Do not steal.
3) Do not worship false gods.
4) Do not be sexually immoral.
5) Do not eat the limb of an animal before it is killed.
6) Do not curse God.
7) Set up courts and bring offenders to justice.
Torah is for all humanity. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of non-Jews who come to the Temple (1-Kings 8:41-43). The Temple was the universal center of spirituality, which the prophet Isaiah referred to as a "house of prayer for all nations." Non-Jews were welcome to bring offerings to the Temple as well. In fact, the service in the Holy Temple during the week of Sukkot featured a total of 70 bull offerings, corresponding to each of the 70 nations of the world. In fact, the Talmud says that if the Romans would have realized how much they were benefiting from the Temple, they never would have destroyed it!
Most other religions say that non-believers are condemned to eternal damnation. Even the calendar systems of Christianity and Islam reflect an exclusionary philosophy; each begins with the birth of their respective religion. The Jewish calendar, on the other hand, begins with the creation of Adam, the first man, teaching us the intrinsic value of every human, even though the Jewish religion was not yet born.
For this reason, Jews do not proselytize in search of converts. One can still merit a place in heaven, no conversion necessary.
Conversion
An important component of Judaism's non-exclusionary approach is that any person -- regardless of national or racial background -- can choose to accept the Torah and become part of the Jewish nation. Indeed, some of the greatest names in Jewish history - Ruth, the ancestor of King David, and Onkelos the Talmudic Sage -- were converts to Judaism.
According to the Code of Jewish Law (the "Shulchan Aruch"), there are three requirements for a valid conversion (paralleling the Jewish experience at Mount Sinai):
1) Mitzvot - The convert must believe in God and the divinity of the Torah, as well as accept to observe all 613 mitzvot (commandments) of the Torah. This includes observance of Shabbat, Kashrut, etc., as detailed in the Code of Jewish Law, the authoritative source for Jewish observance.
2) Milah - Male converts must undergo circumcision by a qualified "Mohel."
3) Mikveh - All converts must immerse in the Mikveh, a ritual bath linked to a reservoir of rain water.
All of the above must be done before a halachically-valid rabbinical court of three Jewish men who themselves believe in God, accept the divinity of the Torah, and observe the mitzvot.
Author Biography:
Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He has worked in the fields of journalism and public relations, and is now the Co-editor of Aish.com in Jerusalem.
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Answer 2

You are gravely mistaken. Let's look at many of the best known followers of God and see whether they were Jews.

Begin with righteous Able, the son of Adam and Eve. He wasn't a Jew, there were no Jews in the world at that time -- not a one; nor was there any other ethnic group. And when Noah walked the earth, there were still no Jews to be found. Nor were there any in the time of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob or Joseph (although, technically Judah might be called the first Jew, the term was not used for many centuries yet to come). Moses wasn't a Jew; neither was his brother Aaron, the high priest. Joshua wasn't a Jew. And there are others, but these were easy to find and familiar names. But most of all, God is not a Jew.

So, what's this "all" you are talking about?

Neither did God "turn against all his worthy followers, the Jews." If he had, Paul would not have said what he did in Romans 11.

Apparently, you have so little knowledge of what you are ranting about, that you don't even know what a Jew is.

Answer 3

God doesn't want everyone to be Jews. Jews are only the decsendants of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, and only someone who was born from a Jewish mother or converted is Jewish. God gave the whole of humanity 7 commandements, the 7 Noahide Laws, and only the Jews have 613. A non-jew who keeps the 7 commandements because God gave them (not out of humanism) is considered a righteous gentile and gets a portion of the world to come (i.e. goes to heaven). Look at L'chaim's answer to see what the 7 laws are.
As for Christianity - God did NOT leave the Jews. It was a group of jews who left God.

Answer 4

G-d is an entity. He does not have the characteristics that humans do.
the Jews are G-d's chosen people. G-d does NOT want everyone to be a Jew. in fact, Jews are told to DISCOURAGE people from converting TO Judaism. Non-Jews are told just to keep 7 specific commandments as opposed to a Jew's 613 commandments.
G-d cannot convert because He belongs to no religion. People believe that Jesus was the messiah, but several things in the oral Torah were not fulfilled when Jesus came.
G-d did not turn against the Jews. in fact, the Jews have strayed somewhat from G-d. if the Jews followed His commandments, they would not be dispersed throughout the land and they would be in Israel.
According to the Jewish religion, if you keep the commandments of which you are told to (for non-Jews its just 7 and for Jews its 613) then you go to Heaven.
And one more thing, G-d cannot have children the way humans do.

Answer 5

God our Mother/Father is neither Jew or Christian.
A Jew is someone born of a Jewish mother. God our loving Mother/Father was not born but has always existed.
Jesus was born of Mary , His Jewish mother, when He became a person.
The early Christians were first Jews because Jesus believed He came for them. As His ministry developed and non-Jews sought Him out, His ministry became open to Gentiles. (non-Jews). After Jesus ascended into heaven, there were debates between Pope Peter and Paul over Paul's mission to the Greeks, Romans and other Gentiles. Peter has a vision from God in which he is told that nothing made by God is unclean. Peter realizes the Church is for everyone and that you do not have to become a Jew first.
The Jewish leaders asked the early Christians to choose between Christ and their Jewish religion. When they choose Christ, the Christian religion became separated from the Jewish religion.

Answer 6

God isnt a Jew He chose the children of Abraham and made them into a nation. The religion is Judaism hence the word Jew. God is still God. And yes you bring up valid points but im not in the mood of insulting my Christian friends I will just say that there are alot of questions about Jesus and whether he even existed. Furthermore his own people didnt accept him which says something about who he was. If you want the truth the answers are out there.

Answer 7

Well, to your specific question the answer is NO, and always no, and I don't care who claim differently they can prove it, OK. Your question has no merit because you first have to rove that Jesus ever lived and that has never been proven. People ask; What did Jesus mean blah blah, etc; Where did you make his church blah blah, etc. Ask, was Jesus real? Now that is a question. Jews did not accept Jesus as a real person and they knew who was writing that NT story, and knew that Jesus was a fictional character in a fictional story. It was written by the Romans, originally to attempt to convert the Jews to belief in Jesus and to destroy Judaism; they failed on both counts, but also killed millions of Jews in the name of that fictional character Jesus. There were no Christians before the year of about 75 CE or somewhat later. Get over the dream, Jesus is not real at all.

Answer 8

See, about that....Jews don't believe you have to be Jewish to get to heaven, only that you are a good person. So I doubt G-d cares if you are a Jew or not. G-d has no religion. If He did, then He would have to be a follower of His laws, not the maker of them. He didn't obviously want everyone to be a Jew, if He did, everyone would have chosen the Torah over the other books. That is how the Jews got to be the chosen people, they chose the Torah and not vice versa. Not to mention the Torah was given to the Jews as a way to be a nation of priests and an example to mankind, so who are we to be an example to if everyone was meant to be Jewish?

You don't have to be Jewish to get to heaven, this is the idea, G-d made the idea, G-d doesn't think you have to be Jewish to get to heaven.

Answer 9

God is not a Jew.God is far too great for us to fully understand.He has no beginning and no end.There is no place where His presence is not felt. (Job 11:7) "Can you fathom the mysteries of God?Can you proved the limit of the Almighty? He is the Creator of everything.He is all-Powerful, all -knowing,God is Holy,God is a Spirit and God is a loving Father.
Jesus genealogy came from the descendant of Abraham to David to the exile to Babylon.Joseph a descendant of David.He was pledged to be married with Mary.Jesus was a Jew.During His ministry on earth Jesus was teaching to the Jews.Some of them did not believe Him.Chistianity was not known at that time because Jesus was still with them.After the conversion of Paul he persevered to teach in every occassions.He was a christian because He accepted Christ in his heart and followed Christ's teaching.Christianity was known after Jesus ascended to heaven and the 12 Apostles started to preach about salvation.When a believer accepted Jesus and believe in His teaching he is called a christian which derives from the name of Christ. and without Christ in my life" I Am Nothing".Christ-i a n.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His begotten Son(Jesus) that whosoever believes in Him(Jesus) shall not perish but has eternal life" Not only the Jews have aternal life but all who will accept His Son.

Answer 10

The Jews are Gods chosen people by faith they received the mark of circumcision in the flesh. They missed the Messiah because of their perceptions of what a Messiah should be. Christians are Gods people also and we receive the mark of circumcision of the heart through faith. Salvation comes through the free gift of Jesus Christ. The Jews are still trying to do it by works.

(Ephesians 2:8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(Eph 2:9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Answer 11

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