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21 | Is Hebrew and Jewish faith different? | OT general | JohnK | 42694 | ||
Hebrew is definitely not a seperate religion, but instead, denotes a person who is a member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. A hebrew is also known as an Israelite, or a Jew. For someone to claim that they are Jewish, does not necessarily mean that they share a bloodline with Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, but instead, believes only in the Old Testament, or rather, the "Torah", "The Prophets", and the "Kethubim". |
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22 | Is the Promised Land the Israel of today | Hebrews | JohnK | 42364 | ||
National Israel today, is not the Israel that is talked about in the New Testament. The Old Testament was used as an example of things to come. Remember how it was okay to stone someone for sinning in the Old Testament, yet it was NOT okay in the the New Testament? This was due to the fact that the Old Testament was a shadow of things to come. So to, national Israel was a shadow of the Church. God's chosen people are those that are saved and are under his mercy. This was made clear when Christ commanded his disciples to go and preach to all nations. Never did Christ refer to the country of Israel as God's chosen people. He clearly refered to those called to believe in him as his chosen people. Remember, "...that which is flesh is flesh, and that whish is spirit is spirit..." Some people will argue that it was prophesied that God will scatter his people Israel to the four corners of the earth and then gather them together again in a new Israel. While that is indeed said in the bible, and it may seem that that is what happened in 1948, you will see that this prophecy is unfolding with the Christian people in this way: Christianity started in Israel, and then Christ commanded that the apostles go and spread the word to "peoples of all nations..." By doing this, God was in a sense, scattering his chosen people to the four corners of the earth. And the great battle, "Armageddon" is not a war that will be fought by nations, as some will argue, but it is a war in the church. The war in the church is caused by spreading of false gospels and of perverting the Word of God. God didn't send Christ to save flesh, he sent Christ to save the soul, so why would he care about what country does what? "Render unto Caesar the things of Caesar, and unto God the things of God." So you see, the nation of Israel that existed before Christ was a symbol of God's church, much in the same way that stoning a sinner was a symbol of God's justice. We must read the bible with great care in that we must seek the spiritual message it is giving us, rather than what we think it saying about the physical world. If we don't do this, then one could easily read the book of Revelations and expect that a dragon will come out of the sea and devour everybody. The bible is full of symbolic meanings and messages, and it is our duty to seek out that which is spiritual, not physical. So keep your faith, and remember to look forward to OUR promised land, the Kingdom of Heaven. |
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