What about the Jews?

Q: About Israel

Serious question. I support Israel, and whatever they need to do to defend themselves. However, if Israel are God's, Chosen people, why don’t they believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Since they do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah...why are they still considered the Chosen people?

A: They are still God chosen people because God made a Covenant with Abraham. But how will this play out to completion?

And, will they get to go to Heaven even though they don’t believe in Jesus is the Messiah?

They must accept Jesus as they're Savior.  Being Jewish is not a free ticket to Heaven. Jesus came first to the Israelite Nation and then to the Gentiles [non Israelites; the rest of the people of the world].  The Jews of Jesus time rejected Him because he did not fit the description of what *they* "thought" Messiah would be, (they were looking at temporary earthly things, they wanted a King to overthrow Rome. They weren't looking for humanity to be saved from their sins... because they were self righteous & thinking only of themselves; thought that by possessing "the Law of God" and being "Israelites" that that meant they were headed to Heaven. They were wrong). They had already apostized the Jewish faith and twisted it into doctrines of Demons by the time Jesus first arrived on Earth.

The Jews in all of the OT thru to Malachi era  living rightly were looking for The Messiah promised (as did any people since Eden who were waiting for Him) "to take away the sins of the World." Remember 'from Eden' to Moses God promised a Messiah to fix what Adam & Eve messed up; by their disobedience sin entered the world. The wages of sin is death, so God had a plan to redeem mankind from their sins...thru the Messiah. His work on the cross and victory over death secured freedom to the captives of sin [for those who belong to God] and led them to freedom and victory over death. They were ransomed by His Work and biught by Him at that price, to be His posession. 

All those, before Christ's arrival, who believed in the coming Messiah were saved, as is everyone today who now looks back at the Cross at the Messiah who came (and accomplished the salvation mission) and turned to & trusts in Him.

But.... those Jews after after Malachi didnt hear from God for 400 years. Thus the religious rulers and religious leaders of the country started endless speculations about God, the Law, who God is "for", who "salvation" is for, and started apostizing Judaism and perverting it to something false and lead the people to believe it. So they started believing they were the only (chosen) people and they also stopped shining "the light" they were given (as the Nation given the oracles of God) to point the world to the Messiah as they were supposed to.

They started adding ridiculous laws... to God's Law "heavy burdens" as NT calls it, so that the people could hardly live (and even harder burdens on their Sabbath, and harsh legal punishments). But the Law of God itself caused "their sins" to "weigh them down" as "heavy burdens" too, whether they realized it or not.

They also, by the time of Jesus, were under Roman rule and the Jews despised that and started believing the Messiah coming must actually be about the Jews "liberation and freedom from Roman rule" [not salvation of sins but salvation from Rome]... which isnt at all what God said. So when the Messiah arrived, miracles or not, they had no interest in him because he wasnt rebelling and overthrowing Rome-roman rule in Israel. They werent being freed from Rome. And only saw him as a human who wasnt doing their bidding.

But Jesus corrected their erroneous teaching, and told the truth to the people, and to many who were looking for the Messiah found him. About 620 during Jesus time on earth and 3,000 and more after resurrection starting at penticost.

Since the NT era Jews stopped reading the Old Testament "The Law and the Prophets" (which includes Psalms & Proverbs; all 39 OT books). They wrote a commentary on the OT & do not read the OT. The leaders also threw out & forbid reading Isaiah 53... why?...because it would point to and draw people to Jesus. They also created a commentary on the OT and teach from that "commentary" on... not the actual OT Scriptures; so they are not even reading nor teaching from God's Word at the Temple and related religious activities.

Fret not. There will always be a remnant of Israelites who turn to Jesus, we see that today [just as gentiles used to turn to true judaism in Israel], ... and will see likewise the Jews turning to Christ on a larger scale in the coming tribulation era, and in the Millenial Kingdom and thus coming to salvation. The fulfillment of God's plan for Jews will be complete, and for all mankind.

NT explains (from the time of Israel beginning, first for the Jews and then Gentiles) tho gentiles did come to judeo faith during the time from Israels founding until Jesus day but from Jesus time until now any who trust in the Christ who has come is saved. So you can see God bringing both pre-Israel humans to salvation and then, Jews and Gentiles, and will again finalize His plans for the Jews (in the totality of the overall time of human existence on earth) in the end times. Which will be here soon.

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