Christians: Do you ever wish you were Jewish?

Question

That way you would know you were getting into heaven for sure, since you would be one of God's chosen people. But for Christians, you'll never know for sure until the very moment of judgment whether or not you truly repented fully enough in your heart.

I don't think it matters whether or not the Jews actually believe in the Christian version of Heaven. Since they were the chosen people, they automatically get a free pass in the door. Even Sarah Silverstone. But lots of people who tried hard to be Christians won't get in, because they never fully repetented all the way in their hearts.

I saw Billy Graham interviewed on television years ago and he said he doesn't know for sure if he is going to Heaven. He worried about it. Are you people saying Billy Graham isn't a real Christian because he doesn't know he's going to heaven for sure?

Billy Graham seems like a very widely respected Christian, and he expressed sincere worry about whether or not he would get into heaven. On the other hand, a jew who makes lots of the potty humor like Adam Sandler is going to get a free pass just because the Bible says they are the chosen people. I just wonder if that kind of gets to some Christians.

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

No I am a Christian and proud of it! We do actually know if we are going to heaven, if we believe in him, don't sin alot, and do as the Bible says, we are going. Jews are not God's chosen people. That is not true, it is just a dumb myth. Anyone can be a Jew.

Answer 3

Well, whether or not you're going to heaven is all relative. I mean, if Christians thought Jews would be going to heaven, they'd all be Jews, eh? :-D

Well, Jews have some cool customs, which I would love to be able to participate in. But my family teases me for being Jewish because I don't eat pork (it's a joke).

Answer 4

What? You think that being a jew automatically assures you a place in heaven? You better study, buddy. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. No man shall come unto the Father, but by Christ. NO man.

Answer 5

fabulous question. i discover that Christians have stolen each and every thing from Jews. This consists of their lives, their philosophies, their infants and their land. that's basically very presently that the unfavorable suggestions-set in the direction of Jews has started to die down slightly. there continues to be rampant prejudice, it relatively is in common terms slightly greater 'unstated' (laptop and all that). It disgusts me each and each time I could desire to witness it, exceptionally in those 'loose' states. i'm in actuality a rapidly descendant of Jewish ancestors yet this has little to do with why i think what I do. Bigotry in the direction of Jews is as previous as Jesus and there comes a element once you will take not greater. i will to on the present time say that the Jews have pushed on even with the efforts to end them international greater advantageous than the different team in historic previous. They build and artwork, instruct and get carry of training, and are not getting caught interior the mire of previous abuses. maximum do no longer sit down around and whinge approximately what became into then or anticipate somebody to pay them returned for the wrongs executed to them. it continues to be cliched that Jews are by some skill 'low priced'. This vile rumor initially got here approximately as the thank you to proceed convincing others that Jews have been by some skill an inferior human beings or perhaps now it continues to be prevalent. That a human beings got here at the same time effectively below such harsh situations looks to piss a super form of persons off. at the same time as vilifying the Jews, people who experience 'more advantageous' take each and every thing they own and the hypocrisy is basically impressive. I even have not yet study any of the solutions however the "Oh, no, Jews are God's chosen human beings" line given by utilising Christians gets me too. that's basically a 'way out'. In asserting that all of us else will circulate to hell people who say it are revealing their very own prejudices. additionally, maximum insist that devoid of Jesus' "saving" no you will get to their heaven so pretending as though they even have faith what they say is steeped in conceitedness. If there became right into a god, I surely wish we are all his 'chosen' human beings, black, white, gay, rapidly, Democrat, Republican, otherwise he's not any god to me.

Answer 6

tell that to the Israelites who were slain before entering the promised land.
we are co-heirs with Christ as Christians, so if Jesus is in heaven, then we'll be in heaven. you should know if you have repented or not. people don't go to heaven for being sinless, but for accepting Jesus.
learn more about the power of Jesus' death on the cross

Answer 7

That is kind of funny considering that Jews do not even believe in the Christian version of heaven.

You should check your facts before you make yourself look like an idiot again.

Answer 8

I am saved and don't have to worry about it...The bible tells me so....... "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28-29

Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "sealed for the day of redemption." If believers did not have eternal security, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or disbelief. John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life."

Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

I have been purchased by Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 9

You don't go to heaven if you are Jewish. You got that wrong. In the New Testament Paul talks repeatedly about how the circumcision of the flesh doesn't save. You can only go to heaven if you believe in Jesuschrist as your Savior.

Answer 10

What do you think a true Christian is?... A Jewish Believer in Jesus Christ!!! We in in the west white water it into Christianity but it is really in essence judiasm in the Lord.
Jesus Christ was a Jew... Hello!!!

The Israelites (the Sabras) ...the original Jews... agreed with me!!

Answer 11

No, I do not wish I were Jewish.
I DO know for sure I am going to Heaven, for I have accepted Jesus as my Savior. THAT is how one is assured of Heaven.

Yoiu are misinformed about this matter.