Why would a just, loving God who created us and loves us all...?

Question

pick one nation over the other? Why would he have a chosen people instead of approaching a couple people of all nations and continents to spread his word and everyone a chance to worship him? The Native Americans didn't know of his "existence" until explorers came over, so why would their ancestors be left out of the chance to serve this God who created all?

I have read the Bible Mark, but I may have missed a verse, please tell me this verse that speaks of his master plan to evangelize those who are already dead.

you just jumped ten verses before it says that the dead will rise, now THAT is taking it out of context!

Answer 1

And the answer there is that there is no answer. That's where the Hebraic religions break down. In all those centuries all we have is a lot of pretty slick marketing.

Answer 2

Even the people He chose turned against Him several times. They couldn't do the things they were told to do, let alone tell everyone else. He picked the Jews as His people because of their ancestor and how faithful He was. He made a promise and kept it. Since the death of Jesus God has hit pause on His time line for the people of Israel though and has turned to the gentiles to save as many people as possible. He told us some signs to look for when the clock was going to start up again, and Israel becoming a nation was a HUGE one...it happened in 1948 and the generation who saw that happen would not perish before His coming.

Once the time of the gentiles began, the word spread like wildfire to all peoples all over the world just as you said it should have been. Those people DO have the chance to worship Him, they always have. Every person has a "tracking beacon" that is set to seek out God, it's why so many people believe in as many religions as they do. It's why it's such a touchy subject to everyone in some way or another, the beacon starts to buzz and flash red lights and many people dont know why. The bible explains it to us.

Answer 3

Were did you get all this information. Everyone has had and will have a chance to hear about God and to know about a coming messiah....all new about Him when man was created..down through the ages people have decided to take up other made up beliefs...
When the prophecy was fulfilled that the messiah had actually arrived, people still decided to go thewir own way..there is no excuse..people have shared God down through the ages..but then people have decided to turn the truth about God into something appealing to them...that is their choice to change the original truths.
God has, is and will make sure every human gets the chance to hear about Him.
The trouble is, many many people want to blame God for all of the choices they have made..they want to call Him unfair because they think with human thinking..they don't want to accept Gods standards.
Noone has been or will be left out except if they choose to believe mans truths.

Answer 4

First this just loving God, which he can be, is also, by his own words a "vengeful God".
Second he says all will have the chance to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So maybe he has a master plan just for that scenario. Oh he does, and it is in the Bible, but you didn't read it now did you?

Answer 5

They wouldn't be left out. God created everything and everyone and loves everyone as His children equally. He gave us free will for a reason, so we could use it...even if that means not believing in Him.
People should stop questioning His creation of differences among man and just concentrate on what's in their own hearts.
You're right, he wouldn't choose. He doesn't have to.

Answer 6

Yours is a very interesting question. There's no real proof that there wasn't a "messenger" sent to every continent. Native Americans speak of an enigmatic stranger. And the religious philosophies from numerous countries are so similar, nearly identical, that there is every reason to believe God DID send a messenger to many nations.

There is, however, no reason to believe he would be called Jesus. He would have been given a nationally appropriate name. Maybe other people were already practicing "christianity", just under a different name...

Answer 7

God does not have favorites, heaven is open to everyone regardless of their race, color, nationality, sex, or background! We are all equal at the foot of the cross!

But if you ask why God chose the Jews... he did it to give a cultural and religious context for the birth and mission of Jesus - so that there would be some way to comprehend the character of God and what he was doing when he sent his son to die.

The Jewish sacrifical system and the Passover rescue from slavery both foreshadow the life of Christ.

Answer 8

Those who were not able to hear the message are not left out as you put it. There have been many instances where missionaries have discovered that people already knew a great deal about God, they just didn't knows the specifics. God is very capable of opening the eyes of people and know fully who has a heart for Him or not. He judges by the heart people who do not know the covenant He has provided to bridge the gap to Him.

Answer 9

NO ONE is left out:

"Look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep on crying with a loud voice, saying: “Salvation [we owe] to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.” --Rev 7:9,10

The earlier Law Covenant provided several things:
#1. It prepared a nation & people to become the homeland, famiy, & neighborhood, where God's First-born Son would grow up.
#2. The fact that not one man or woman was ever capable of keeping the entire covenant, it was pointed out & emphasized tha mankind has a great need for God's Messianic plan.
#3. It still provides a framework of principles that faithful Christians use in learning about Gid, & changing their attitudes & life courses in order to become as acceptable as possible to God, even as imperfect people.

The Apostle Peter was told in a vision to go to the people of the nations, because Jehovah God had 'given Israel her certificate of divorce'. At that time, the door was opened for any one of any nation to become members of God's chosen people. His good news Is being spread worldwide, in over 235 lands & island groups, by around 7 million of his followers! See where:
http://watchtower.org/statistics/worldwide_report.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 10

Natives did and do pray to a higher power but called him either Great Spirit or Creator, many used the medicine wheel .

Answer 11

Revelation 7:

The Huge Crowd Wearing White Robes

9 After this I looked, and there in front of me was a huge crowd of people. They stood in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. There were so many that no one could count them. They came from every nation, tribe, people and language. They were wearing white robes. In their hands they were holding palm branches. 10 They cried out in a loud voice,
"Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne.
Salvation also belongs to the Lamb."

1 Thessalonians 1:

4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7 And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.