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Yes Israel is God's chosen people and this is proof

Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then ARE YE are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

nothing about we "BECOME" or "SPIRITUAL SEED" it says ARE YE the seed of Abraham.

I believe Christians are the chosen seed.

Others want to believe those who deny Christ, who are ANTICHRISTS, are the chosen seed.

please prove to me the antichrists are God's chosen from the Bible.

King James Bible Jesus speaks to some of the Jews in John 10:23 - 29:And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the JEWS (THE JEWS) round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you."

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Jesus said his sheep hear his voice and well I believe him.

Eric,

What you are saying makes perfect sense, especially with the rich young ruler. In John 14:15, Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." What commandments? I like to look at is as one command. Jesus said, "Follow me." That is a command. And I believe that if we are truly following Him, everything else lines up. Now here's something that I find interesting about John 14:15. In some of the Greek texts, instead of a command, it is written in the future tense. If you love me, (YOU WILL) keep my commandments. It's a statement of fact.

Everything in our relationship with Jesus Christ is based on love. People make decisions based on who and what they love the most. That's just a normal way of life. When I have to make a decision between two things, I make my decision based on which one I like the most, or which one I love the most. Jesus might be leading me to do something at the same time that there is something else I want to do instead. So now I have to decide, which one do I love the most?

But Jesus says if you love me, you will keep my commandments. The reason why we don't obey the persuasion of His Spirit leading us to do something is that we love something or someone else more. The Lord might want me to study the word, but there's a football game I want to watch. I've got to choose!

With the rich young ruler, his riches meant more to Him than leaving everything behind to follow Christ. As for loving God with all our heart, mind, and soul, we could not do that without the Spirit of Christ living in us. It's His Spirit that gives us that type of love and ability.

You are correct about the human. All the flesh can do is produce flesh. Paul said that in my flesh there is nothing good. The flesh cannot produce anything spiritual and is at constant war with the Spirit of Christ that lives in us. I don't believe that the 10 Commandments were given as a set of rules for us to keep, but were given to convict man of his sin and his need of a Savior.

Thank you very much. I had this question because someone told me about this verse and they said that's why they don't believe in the Bible and I really couldn't defend it. I still don't think I can defend it but thanks to your response I can explain the verse more than just seeing how it is.

Satan is the root of all evil. While the government/system can/may be Satan's tool, we - the faithful - must work hard to elect and carefully shape the government/system. We must keep foremost in mind that government and religion are separate - neither should encroach on the other.

Violent protests are nothing more than Satan's doing!

So is government's restriction of religious freedom or enforcement of religious customs.

So is society's attempts - especially online - to 'push' certain views upon others thru intimidation, sharp criticism, etc.

We will all be held accountable on the judgement day for our works/actions. Let us keep it that way - I do not want to judge anyone else nor do I want anyone else to judge me. Said another way, I struggle keeping myself from straying without trying to push my views on others.

Do you find yourself getting annoyed or even angry with people quite often? According to this scripture it is because you suffer from pride which was the first iniquity that led to satan's downfall.

Very well said Carlos! This unites religion and science which is so much more important rather than placing the two at odds.

Can u please explain. What "at that time" in reference to Daniel 12:1

I praise our mighty, awesome, God for what He has done for you. You are a person of great faith. May the Lord continue to rain His blessings upon you. God took an impossible situation and turned it into a possible one. I praise God! Thank you for sharing this awe-inspiring testimony with the world. God bless you!

Common sense: NO

That is Old Testament. They followed the expanded laws/customs at that time. You can find them in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Exodus 20, is the Ten Commandments. There were customs in force and this incident was one of those. If someone harmed a neighbor or his possessions; restitution was made to the victim(s).

You should read those books. We have 2 Commandments that Jesus gave to us.

Matthew 5, Jesus explains patiently, which of the Ten Commandments is still observed; but if you obey the 2 new commandments, we wouldn't have to have Jesus explain common sense to us.

2 Timothy 3 explains what people will be like in the "Last Days". Our time right now.

Notice 2 Timothy 3:13

We are to love what God loves and hate what God hates. The evil in our land with all these anarchists is not to be tolerated. They are calling good evil and evil good. Pray that God will win this fight for us, because we can not win this battle between good and evil without Him. Thank you.

My mom once told me that in the Bible there is a description of Baby Jesus. "Skin like burnt copper, hair like sheep's will". Where is that scripture?

Linda Miller - in Reply on John 15 What about the Thief on the cross when Jesus said "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise"

THE SHIP has at least 16 fake airplanes on its carrier deck. It was being towed by a boat, and another Iranian fast boat was seen nearby. The carrier, one of the Iranian navy's largest ships, was blown up by Iran in 2015 and then repaired. Iran's navy is otherwise relatively small and no match for the US Navy. One US naval officer quipped last year that the US could destroy the Iranian navy in an afternoon if it wanted to.

At the moment, it appears that the USS Eisenhower, which was off the Persian Gulf earlier this month, is now in the Mediterranean Sea for a drill with the Hellenic Navy. Between July 14 and 20 it made its way from near Oman toward the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

The USS Nimitz has been working recently with the Indian Navy. With the Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto in the Mediterranean, the Nimitz has now moved to take up station with the Fifth Fleet as part of the need to sustain a carrier strike group presence in the Middle East, joining the fleet on July 24.

The Nimitz brings with her nine squadrons of the Carrier Air Wing and a destroyer squadron with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton and Arliegh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson, all under the command of Rear Adm. Jim Kirk. A native of Pennsylvania, he took up command of Carrier Strike Group 11 in May.

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Isn't that Sorta silly? I'm with the President on this one :D

, blessed be the name of the Lord it is well with my soul,

May God bless your studies, daughter of Jesus.

They have Frizbees now that are a ring with mesh stretched over it. My grandson likes to see me chase it. Boy do those things fly!

I like chihuahuas: their bark and proximity to ankles. I think of that when the enemy gets all puffed up and considers trying to squash Gods warriors. Greater is He that is in us.... :)

If true Christians believe that the Bible does not contradict itself (especially important in the NT) and the Bible states in verses 11 & 12 "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.", then why are there discussions about the subject?

Paul even tells us why women shouldn't teach in verses 13 & 14, "For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." He even takes it a step further in the next chapter where he describes the role of men and women both in the home and at church. The NT is remarkably consistent in the roles of men and women both at home and at church.

I constantly hear, "Well, I believe " and "Women were not taught " and "We are all equal " and "We are all one " as justifications for women preachers. Sorry, but your beliefs will not get you saved. Neither will justifications, rationalizations and rectifying Biblical biases.

The very second you begin altering the meaning of Biblical passages, you're wrong. The Bible is like a fine tapestry: Tug on one thread and it starts to unwind. Change the understanding on one verse and you change the meaning of a verse somewhere else - that's how perfectly interlocked the Bible is. When you change or misconstrue meanings or intentions of Bible verses, no matter how well intentioned you are, you are changing Jesus's Words and the Bible becomes flawed. When you see yourself challenging the Bible, pray to the Holy Ghost for guidance and understanding. May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you and yours.

When the whole house of Israel (all 12 tribes) left Egypt, the were lead by Moses, a Levite, not a Jew.

Israel wasn't divorced, they were punished by God 7 times (7x 360 day/yrs = 2,520 years) according to Deuteronomy 26.

1) The house of Israel were taken into captivity by Assyria in 721 BC + 2,520 years = 1,799 Ephraim became the British empire, and America (Manasseh) would come out of his twin brother. The US is a Corporation owned by London; The Act of 1871.

2) Then, the house of Judah were taken captive to Babylon in 604 BC +2,520 years = 1917 Balfour Declaration, where Britain (Japheth born Rothschild) bought the false Ashkenazi Khazar Jews a home on land they had no claim to. Gen 10:2-3

The lead house of Israel tribes (Ephraim, Manasseh--sons of Joseph) are the birthright people (land, wealth) per their Gen 48 blessing. The lands' ownership is effectively the house of Israel, not Judah.

Our current climate of sustained chaos gets upended at the coming 6th trumpet, when Babylon America falls, Israel invaded. It's time for Jacobs trouble, and not Judah's trouble. Isaiah 13, Isaiah 47, Joel 2:1-11 & Rev 18, and the abomination of desolation set in America is very perplexing.

Yes or eye of the needle. It was so narrow that a camel could not go through it. But a person could.

Hello, please note that the Bible covers a lot of history and world events in detail, especially in the old testament before Christ. If you read a history book that talked about Hitler killing 6 million people would that automatically mean the book endorses killing 6 million people? That would be a false assumption. Yet some think that way towards the Bible's documented history. They were flawed and imperfect people full of sin then just like today. The Israelites had many types of laws and customs that were only for them, like civil law and ceremonial law. They had a lot of weird laws and that don't sound fair the way its presented. I don't know if the woman at that time had a choice in the matter or not. Like many things it's possible there was more to it.

I love that you are so into the word Jamaiyah.

Your sister Umani Bryant 9 yrs old

Thank You Mishael my name isn Amos but do want to be called Priscilla.

Great comment!

Which commandments does Christ ask us to follow if we love Him and we are His friends, John 14:15,15:14? The rich young ruler who came to Christ seeking to know what he should do to gain eternal life, Christ read from the decalogue, Matthew 19:16-22. The only commandment the young ruler found hard to keep was loving God with all his heart, might, and soul, Deuteronomy 6:5 which even us find hard to keep. The human nature is of sin and what we do best is sin and doing good by God is something foreign to us, Romans 7:14-16, Read Romans chapter 7

Do you think that the ten commandments are supposed to be kept?

Is there anywhere in the Bible where you find the doctrine you have upheld?

Hello someone mentioned to me that " Deuteronomy 22:28-29 KJV

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; [29] Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." Means that the Bible allows rape. Is this true or not?

How do you interpret the many verses that say Israel was God's chosen people? I'm sure you know the story about Israelites fleeing Egypt and settling in Canaan. Maybe you'd at least agree that they were God's chosen people at one point? What date do you think that ended? When the events of Jeremiah 3:8 happened? What if the divorce reference wasn't intended to mean that Israelites are no longer God's people but another explanation?

Hello Adam,

I know this is not for me, but I agree with you completely. There are several places in the bible that mention the chosen, and the elect, and it is speaking of Jews. I know of at least 20 places that speak of Jews being God's chosen people, including the verses you listed.

Peter wrote his letters to the scattered Jews (the diaspora), and in 1 Peter 2:9, he says "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

These are all Jewish terms. Peter says you are a chosen generation. He's speaking to Jews. The word generation means race. The Jews are God's chosen race.

He says you are a royal priesthood. And that's not for Gentiles. That's for Jews. You are a holy nation. You are a peculiar people;

Now the peculiar people "might" apply to us. I know some pretty peculiar people that are not Jews! (He-he). But the word peculiar means people of a possession.

I agree fully that the Jews are God's chosen people. They are also called His elect. Gentiles are never called the elect or chosen.

The Israelites were not all Jews. The house of Israel were not Jews. The tribe of Dan were not Jews. The tribe of Joseph were not Jews. Only one tribe from the house of Judah is a Jew. Only the tribe of Judah were Jews.

Adam where does the Bible say that those in the modern day claiming to be Jews are indeed who they say they are?

Jesus in bible book Revelation 2:9 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

2nd witness of Jesus in Revelation 3:9 "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." Jews are going to worship at the feet of Christians.

Did you know the Lord DIVORCED ISRAEL?

Jeremiah 3:8 "And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also."

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

How can anyone tell me that those who have the wrath of God against them for rejecting the Son is the "chosen people"

King James Bible Jesus speaks to some of the Jews in John 10:23 - 29:And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the JEWS (THE JEWS) round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you."

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Looks to me that those who hear the voice of Jesus are true sheep or the chosen people.

For me, the main take of the Revelation is verse 17 in Chapter 22.

"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.

And let him that heareth say, Come.

And let him that is athirst come.

And whosoever will, let him take the water of life feely."

The Book of Life is still being written.