Why was Judaism given Israel’s Children?

Judaism was given Israel for eschatological purposes, the Law, sanctification from paganism, the blood sacrifices, as Israel’s children were to be the progenitors of Messiah through Judah and take custody of the New Covenant’s Gospel and Great Commission in fulfillment of Elohim’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:3b; unfortunately, Israel rejected the Gospel, murdered their Messiah upon a tree via Pilate/Rome, Israel’s children demanded that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children…so it was and it is…the New Covenant was taken from Israel and given to the Gentiles until such time the fullness of the Gentiles have entered the Kingdom of God (Romans 11:25).

Judaism was a roadmap to the New Covenant as prophesied by Jeremiah in chapter 31 and Ezekiel in chapter 36 and Israel was foreordained to be the custodians of the New Covenant but Israel’s covenants with Elohim were overwhelmingly predicated upon National obedience (Deuteronomy 28) and Israel failed. I’ve not changed Judaism and its eschatological purposes in my defense of the New Covenant…Elohim provided Israel with Sinai’s Commandments and the 603 Mosaic Laws to thwart a repeat of the failures of the Adamic and Noahic generations and their compromise with paganism but Judaism was NEVER intended to be the path to righteousness with Elohim and passage to the Kingdom of Elohim, the New Covenant was foreordained to be the Right of Passage via Messiah via faith and the New Covenant’s Gospel was ordained as the battle strategy to defeat Satan “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10). Judaism was simply a covenant precursor, a foundation, for the realization and strategic implementation of the New Covenant established in Messiah Jesus’ blood at Golgotha (Matthew 26:28).

“So, one is “good” so long as Jesus is in them; otherwise, they are bad?” So then, only Christians are good?

Christian response,

The “goodness” or righteousness of Jesus is gifted-imputed by New Covenant promise over the life of the one who believes that Jesus is Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 8:12). Man is sinful by nature (Romans 5:12) and can therefore NEVER attain self-righteousness sufficient to please the Father (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 4:1-8), but the Father has made a way for mankind to receive divine righteousness that is gifted-imputed-promised through faith in Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21).

What did Jesus do for you and me in the New Covenant?

Jesus took our sin upon Himself and paid the required price for that sin which is “blood atonement” as per Leviticus 17:11 (1 Peter 1:18-19; Genesis 3:21); the animal blood sacrifices performed in the Old Covenant foreshadowed the blood sacrifice of Messiah Jesus upon a Roman Cross (Matthew 26:28) yet the blood of animals could never take away sin (Hebrews 10:4); only the precious blood of Jesus makes acceptable atonement for sin (1 Peter 1:18-19). In the Old Covenant blood sacrifices, it was NOT the blood of the animal that resulted in righteousness (a right standing) with the Father but it was the “faith” of the one offering the sacrifice that engendered Covenant-righteousness (Hebrews 11); faith being a “sincere trust” that Elohim would do exactly as He has promised. It is the sinless blood of Jesus that provides a divine Path to life in Eternity (John 14:6; John 3:16; Matthew 26:28).

Righteousness in the New Covenant,

In the New Covenant, as established in the blood of Jesus (Matthew 26:28), the Father agrees to forgive and forget the sins of the one who trusts in Jesus as their payment (propitiation) for sin (Hebrews 8:12) and the Father then endows the one forgiven of sin with the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 14:16; Ezekiel 36:27) and it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who begins a new work or a work of righteousness in the “new man” (2 Corinthians 5:17) and daily, the Holy Spirit begins to produce divine “fruit” through the faithful in Jesus (Galatians 5:16-23). It is this divine “fruit” that fulfills all Law and that same “fruit” honors the Father (John 15:8) as the Spirit incrementally transforms the redeemed into the obedient image of Jesus; this divine transformation is a life-long pursuit as the Spirit prepares the redeemed for service in the coming New Jerusalem where those who have loved and trusted in Jesus will serve Him in resurrected bodes, eternally (Philippians 3:21; Revelation 21-22).

“Goodness” concerning humanity?

There is nothing intrinsically “good” in humanity (Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12); this, due the Adamic sin-nature but godly “goodness” comes through faith in Jesus and that goodness is gifted by Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12); the Christian is a sinner by nature (Romans 5:12) and is redeemed by faith in Jesus and consequently they become a New Creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) and though they are not “perfect” in reality, they are NOT what they used to be as servants of Satan and they are now walking in the path of studious obedience (Philippians 2:12; 2 Timothy 2:15) seeking to honor the Father and Jesus and the Spirit who has provided them a new life and eternal Hope (Galatians 5:16).

Christians are NOT perfect, yet…

Christians still struggle with the sin-nature that is integral with the flesh (Romans 5:12; Romans 7:14-25) but the Christian, unlike the lost in Satan, are divinely anointed and empowered and guaranteed life by the indwelling Holy Spirit and consequently have peace with the Father (Romans 5:1) and the Christian walks in victory as Jesus is victorious over the Devil and the Devil’s works which are Death-Hell-the Grave (Revelation 5:5). Christians become divinely perfect the moment they shed this body of fleshly, decaying, death and enter into the presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:8).

How can I be sufficiently “good” to please my Creator, Jesus Christ, and enter into eternal life?

It matters not how “good” you “think” you are through self-achievement in this life when the reality is, we’re all sinners in word, thought and deed and we all fall short of our Creator’s perfect moral standard for entering His Kingdom (Romans 3:23; 5:12) and entering into His presence in Eternity (Revelation 21:27); therefore, due His compassion and eschatological plan that is focused upon destroying the works of Satan via selfless love, perfect love as demonstrated by Jesus at Golgotha (1 John 3:8b), the Father has provided human kind ONE STANDARD for eternal life – absolute, unadulterated, PERFECTION; hence, the need for Jesus as one’s Messiah by faith (John 14:6; 3:16).

Jesus entered Time for YOU as His primary reason for entering Time was “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b) which are death-Hell-the grave. Jesus’ battle strategy to destroy the works of the Devil and pave a path for YOU to be forgiven of sin and allowed entrance into the KINGDOM is the Gospel which is first pictured for us in Genesis 3:21 and fulfilled by Jesus in Matthew 26:28 and John 19:30 with the words “It is finished.” It’s important and relevant to note that the Gospel, a divine battle strategy to destroy the works of Satan, was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10).

The Father has promised that anyone who will trust in Jesus as Messiah who died for them; that is, if one believes that Jesus is the Messiah promised in the Scriptures and they believe the shed blood of Jesus makes atonement (Leviticus 17:11), provides divine payment, for their sin, they are forgiven of all sin past-present-future (John 3:16; Hebrews 8:12) and they are welcomed into the Family of Elohim, forever, and they’re endowed the indwelling Holy Spirit who is their Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father, forever (Ephesians 1:13-14)…those redeemed in Jesus by faith receive a new life, a changed life, a life directed and controlled by the indwelling Holy Spirit which is theologically referred to as “Christian sanctification” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:16). Those who believe in Jesus as Messiah are gifted-imputed the righteousness-perfection of Jesus over their life, forever, and the Father agrees to no longer see their sin but only sees the righteousness of His dear Son, Jesus our Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus is our propitiation – payment for sin.

Jesus is the ETERNAL STANDARD for New Covenant relationship with the Father…there is NO OTHER WAY (John 14:6)! These life giving divine parameters concerning eternal life in the Kingdom are the will of the Father and irrespective of what YOU or anyone else thinks of these divine parameters, they are eternal and you will abide by them; that is, believe in Jesus as Messiah who died for you and LIVE or you’ll reject Jesus and the Father’s love through Jesus and you’ll be barred from entrance into the Kingdom due your unrepentant sin and you will die in Hell as there exists no other place for your unredeemed soul (John 8:24; Revelation 20:11-15).

YOU CAN NEVER BE SUFFICIENTLY GOOD TO EARN GOD’S FAVOR (EPHESIANS 2:8-9). READ THE “GOSPEL OF JOHN” FOR YOURSELF AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION CONCERNING YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE (Hebrews 9:27)!

Why do you choose to honor a God who promises to judge you via a “second death” in Hell if you reject Him?

Our Creator, Jesus our Messiah (Elohim, Genesis 1:1; John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1) is Holy, Just, Righteous, and you and I are created by Him in His spiritual image (Genesis 1:26-28) for a specific purpose as our entire creation is predicated upon war and we are participants in that war for His glory…a war that has been removed from the Spiritual Realm and placed here apart from the Kingdom. As His creation, we are provided the free will to choose life in Him by faith in Jesus as our Messiah and Mediator for our sin (John 3:16) or we can choose to ally with Satan and live in accordance with the will of Satan in debauchery, arrogance, self-righteousness, moral filth, deception and death and suffer for our sin just as Satan will suffer for his (Revelation 20:10-15).

I choose to worship and serve the King of the Universe because His ways are holy and good and sustainable and I identify with the divine attributes of my Creator, I adore Him, I love Him, I choose Him, because He first loved me and gave Himself for me on a Roman Cross to pay my sin-debt owed the Father; Jesus did this for me as Jesus is my Warrior King who has defeated the works of Satan, death-Hell-the grave, through His divine obedience…I choose victory in Jesus over death and Hell in Satan.

If you are wise and prudent, unlike the majority in this demonically rooted debate forum, you will open a Bible and read the “Gospel of John” for YOURSELF and make an eternal decision for YOURSELF as to whom you will serve in this temporary life constrained by Time and physics. You are under the careful eye of your Creator…will you choose to honor Him and live with Him eternally as His servant or will you choose to honor Satan, this dying World, and die in Hell in your sin as has the overwhelming majority in this “Debate Island” debate forum? I implore you to NOT allow the demons in this forum to lead you in the ways of eternal death in Satan…there is very little “good” present in this forum! Do not internalize the words of death that flow from @Factfinder @Joeseph @Polytheistwitch @Fredsnephew @MayCaesar @Maxx @21CenturyIconoclast @JulesKorngold @Jack and many more…be your own man…choose your own way in Jesus, alone.

How can a Christian prove to God that they Love Him If they Don’t Keep His Commandments?? John 14:15.

If Commandment Keeping that actually pleased the Father unto righteousness were possible, Jesus died needlessly (Galatians 2:21).

Commandment keeping which honors the Father is a work of the indwelling Holy Spirit SUBSEQUENT establishing a New Covenant relationship with the Father by faith in Jesus, FIRST (John 6:29; 15:8). It is our spiritual fruit produced through us by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-23) that honors the Father, not our efforts to keep rules and regulations in self-righteousness which are ultimately interpreted by the Father as “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6).

If one seeks to honor the Father through obedience, first obey the Father’s will; that is, “believe in the One He has sent into the World” to provide blood atonement for your sin (John 6:29); then, all of these other things, peace – joy – obedience – assurance, will be added as well (John 6:29; Matthew 6:33). Relationship first – obedience will follow through the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit via daily Christian sanctification (Galatians 5:16). You will know them by their fruit (Matthew 7:15-20), divine “fruit” against which there is no law (Galatians 5:23).

The Cruise – The Ignorant Passenger – the Atheist – an Analogy…

Dear Atheist,

You don’t know because you’ve never attempted to know Jesus by faith. You’re like the patron who paid for a transatlantic cruise without knowledge of the benefits and went hungry, daily, as he observed the wealthy passengers eating lavish meals and drink till filled…on the last day of the cruise before entering port, the hungry man was standing outside a portal watching the passengers gorge themselves on incredible food and drink when a passerby inquired as to why the downtrodden man just stood there staring into the window???

The old man was hungry and said he wished he could have taken part in the daily feasts as he was absolutely miserable with the meager sustenance that he had brought along for the journey. The inquiring man advised the patron that the food and drink were part of the package deal…the food and drink were paid for with the ticket of passage but now it was the final hour of the cruise, port was in view…the kitchen had closed, the food was no longer available…it was too late.

You are this pathetic patron…life eternal is before you and you’re too arrogant and too obstinate to pursue life in Jesus and find true joy, peace, sustenance, eternally. Atheism is a fools life journey and nihilism is their destiny. Jesus as one’s Messiah is the “Ticket” to a life of purpose and joy, eternally (John 3:16).