Zone1 What does The Chosen People actually mean?

[ShahdagMountains]

It was their laws which set Jews apart.

You have to be chosen for something. They were chosen to enter into a covenant with G-d.

 

[ding]

You have to be chosen for something. They were chosen to enter into a covenant with G-d.

Logic says there will be a reason for choosing someone for something. That reason was that they had a strong oral tradition of passing down knowledge, information and history. At the center of the covenant are laws. It was the keeping of those laws which set them apart from their contemporaries. See Leviticus 18 where they were told to not do as they did in Egypt.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Logic says there will be a reason for choosing someone for something

G-d has His own logic and reason.

 

[Woodznutz]

So you’re saying that the NT tells Christians to stay away from Jews?

(Also, I don’t consider myself an unbeliever. Those would be atheists.)

Christians can coexist with Jews but not on religious matters, such as the divinity of Christ.

 

[Woodznutz]

It was their laws which set Jews apart.

God laid down those laws so Israel wouldn't be led astray, worship idols, and so that He could bless Israel.

 

[Lisa558]

Christians can coexist with Jews but not on religious matters, such as the divinity of Christ.

There’s no such thing as “co-existing on religious matters”. You mean “agreeing.” Christians and Jews do not AGREE on whether Jesus was divine.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

For jwoodie as to what is the "chosen people."

Somebody tell him for me, since I don't know him, he will know when he is chosen.

 

[Woodznutz]

There’s no such thing as “co-existing on religious matters”. You mean “agreeing.” Christians and Jews do not AGREE on whether Jesus was divine.

There is much disagreement between Jews and gentiles, therefore coexist is the better term.

 

[BreezeWood]

coexistence for what otherwise can not be proven by either judaism or christianity an involvement from the heavens they claim as the basis for their divergent beliefs.

 

[Woodznutz]

coexistence for what otherwise can not be proven by either judaism or christianity an involvement from the heavens they claim as the basis for their divergent beliefs.

Neither belief can be disproven, simply disagreed.

 

[Z99]

Christ fulfilled the law. And gave us a new, better covenant. His Divine Law is, Love one another and your Father.

Or else be tortured by Jesus in Hell 24/7/365 forever and ever and ever! Right?

 

[ding]

G-d has His own logic and reason.

Sure, and I just gave you a plausible one.

 

[ding]

God laid down those laws so Israel wouldn't be led astray, worship idols, and so that He could bless Israel.

Natural law or nature's law is written into the hearts of men.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Sure, and I just gave you a plausible one.

Did l want one?

 

[Meriweather]

Or else be tortured by Jesus in Hell 24/7/365 forever and ever and ever! Right?

Please note the Biblical passage where Jesus says this.

 

[ding]

Did l want one?

No idea. It didn't matter to me either way.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

No idea. It didn't matter to me either way.

I don‘t suppose it matters to G-d either.

 

[ding]

I don‘t suppose it matters to G-d either.

I try to avoid speaking for God.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

I try to avoid speaking for God.

I don’t even try.

 

[rosends]

Actually, I think most Jews already observe the laws of separation from gentiles. I know little about Judaism's belief regarding the messiah.

I'm still not sure what "separation" you mean.

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