dwight92070
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God's chosen people today are the same as they've always been. Those who have faith in Him. Those who obey Him. Those who follow Him. And later, those who receive the Messiah, Jesus. In the Old Testament, they are called the remnant, which were the followers of God within Israel, because most of Israel did not follow God, throughout their history. God's not a racist, giving special privileges to certain people, even though they don't follow and obey Him. God does have a favorite nation, but they're not one race. They consist of all the races and specifically the people within those races who have faith in Him and obey Him and follow Him and receive the Messiah, Jesus. Paul calls them "the Israel of God" in Galatians 6:15-16 "For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation (both Jews and Gentiles). And all who will follow this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God."
Hosea told the northern kingdom, Israel, "You are not My people, and I am not Your God."(Hosea 1:9) Why? Because they didn't have faith in Him, they didn't obey Him. They didn't follow Him. Most of the people of Israel today fit into that same category. So does God still call them His chosen people, even though they reject their Messiah, who God sent to save them, as well as all mankind? Of course not. If He told Israel in Hosea's day, "You are not My people, and I am not your God.", because of their apostasy, why would He do any different today, with Jews who have rejected Jesus?
Peter makes it very clear, speaking to the body of Christ (1 Peter 2:9):
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, ..."
Paul also made it very clear in Romans 9:6:
"But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel." and
" ... it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants" (of Abraham)
Also Romans 2:28-29: "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God."
Not only that, but the promises of God to Israel were given ONLY to the remnant, not the whole nation. When God promised Israel that He would restore them back to their own homeland, after being taken to Babylon, who returned to Israel? All the Jews? No, only the remnant. Most of the others were content in Babylon, serving idols.
Not the remnant, they wanted to return to Israel, to Jerusalem, to the true God, to the temple, to a godly community, a godly nation. But even after they returned, many of them still apostatized, and removed themselves from being God's chosen.
Hosea told the northern kingdom, Israel, "You are not My people, and I am not Your God."(Hosea 1:9) Why? Because they didn't have faith in Him, they didn't obey Him. They didn't follow Him. Most of the people of Israel today fit into that same category. So does God still call them His chosen people, even though they reject their Messiah, who God sent to save them, as well as all mankind? Of course not. If He told Israel in Hosea's day, "You are not My people, and I am not your God.", because of their apostasy, why would He do any different today, with Jews who have rejected Jesus?
Peter makes it very clear, speaking to the body of Christ (1 Peter 2:9):
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, ..."
Paul also made it very clear in Romans 9:6:
"But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel." and
" ... it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants" (of Abraham)
Also Romans 2:28-29: "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God."
Not only that, but the promises of God to Israel were given ONLY to the remnant, not the whole nation. When God promised Israel that He would restore them back to their own homeland, after being taken to Babylon, who returned to Israel? All the Jews? No, only the remnant. Most of the others were content in Babylon, serving idols.
Not the remnant, they wanted to return to Israel, to Jerusalem, to the true God, to the temple, to a godly community, a godly nation. But even after they returned, many of them still apostatized, and removed themselves from being God's chosen.
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