God's Chosen People

'Chosen People' ... in regards to where the 'Messiah' person will come from,,, Nothing Else

in other verses, the 'Messiah' will be from the Tribe of Judah..
and more specifically from the blood-line of David a former King for the United Israel...

that's the full extent of the 'Chosen people' significance--- a 'messiah' of jewish blood, born by a woman descendant of a King some 500 years dead & buried

see: www.bing.com... ANNTA1&PC=EDGEDB

** makes the 'Sign' of the Son-of-man....the iconic Shield-of-David as the 'heavenly Sign' of the Return of Christ at the End-of-Age Apocalypse

a reply to: kittywrangler

Personally, I feel that all religions are man-made, by humans (ETs?) with an agenda, and that each of us is better off with our own, private connection to Source, which may be a better term than "God."

a reply to: DevotedResearcher

I'm sure God values your singular opinion about the nature of His majesty & grandeur.

How about you study theology and find out what people of great intellect & much studious experience think about Him..?

Or you could reject everything they say in favour of your uneducated guess.

originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
How about you study theology and find out what people of great intellect & much studious experience think about Him..?

Because I've learned that what is taught in universities has been largely determined by the puppet-masters on planet Earth.

I am a sovereign human who doesn't need authority figures to tell me what to believe.

In the 16th century B.C.E., Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, gathered the Israelites at Mount Sinai and invited them to become his chosen people. First, though, Jehovah informed them that there were specific requirements that they would have to meet. He told them: “If you will strictly obey my voice . . . , then you will certainly become my special property.” (Ex. 19:5)

Failure to do so would result in their rejection as a nation. Just before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, Jehovah repeated his laws to them, and Moses told them: “Today Jehovah has obtained your declaration that you will become his people, his special property, just as he has promised you, and that you will observe all his commandments and that he will put you high above all the other nations that he has made, giving you praise and fame and glory as you prove yourself a people holy to Jehovah your God.”—Deut. 26:18, 19. For about the next 1,500 years, the Israelites were in a unique position—they were God’s chosen people.

In the first century C.E., however, the situation changed drastically. Israel lost its privileged status, being cast off by Jehovah because of rejecting his Son. (Matt. 21:43; 23:37, 38; Acts 4:24-28) Jehovah then brought forth the early Christian congregation, founded on Christ. At Pentecost 33 C.E., Jehovah poured out his holy spirit on Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem, constituting them “a chosen race, . . . a holy nation, a people for special possession.” (1 Pet. 2:9; Acts 2:1-4; Eph. 2:19, 20) They became “God’s chosen ones.”—Col. 3:12.

Membership in that chosen nation was conditional. Jehovah set strict moral and spiritual requirements that had to be met. (Gal. 5:19-24) Those who conformed to the requirements put themselves in line to be chosen by him. Once chosen by God, however, it was vital that they remain obedient to his laws. Only “those obeying him as ruler” would continue to receive his holy spirit. (Acts 5:32) Those who failed to obey him were in danger of being put out of the congregation and of losing their inheritance in the Kingdom of God.—1 Cor. 5:11-13; 6:9, 10.

But how would others know for sure that God had chosen that early Christian congregation to replace Israel as “the congregation of God”? (Acts 20:28) God’s choice was evident. Following Jesus’ death, He bestowed miraculous gifts on members of the early Christian congregation to show that they were now God’s chosen ones.—Heb. 2:3, 4.

Were supernatural signs, or miracles, always necessary to identify those who were chosen and led by God in Bible times? No, not at all. Miraculous works were not a common occurrence throughout Bible history. Most persons living in Bible times never witnessed a miracle. The majority of the miracles recorded in the Bible took place during the days of Moses and Joshua (16th and 15th centuries B.C.E.), Elijah and Elisha (10th and 9th centuries B.C.E.), and Jesus and his apostles (1st century C.E.). Other faithful persons chosen by God for specific purposes, such as Abraham and David, observed or experienced demonstrations of God’s power, but there is no evidence that they performed miracles themselves. (Gen. 18:14; 19:27-29; 21:1-3; compare 2 Samuel 6:21; Nehemiah 9:7.) As to the miraculous gifts present in the first century, the Bible foretold that these would “be done away with.” (1 Cor. 13:8) And this occurred with the passing of the last of the 12 apostles and those who had received the miraculous gifts through them.—Compare Acts 8:14-20.

After the first century, the foretold apostasy developed unrestrained. (Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Thess. 2:7-12) For many centuries the lamp of true Christianity burned very low. (Compare Matthew 5:14-16.) Yet, in an illustration Jesus indicated that at the ‘conclusion of the system of things,’ there would be a clear distinction between “the wheat” (true Christians) and “the weeds” (imitation Christians). The wheat, or “chosen ones,” would be gathered into one true Christian congregation, as in the first century. (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43; 24:31) Jesus also described the anointed members of that congregation as “the faithful and discreet slave” and indicated that in the time of the end, they would be dispensing spiritual food. (Matt. 24:3, 45-47) That faithful slave would be joined by “a great crowd” of true worshipers out of all nations.—Rev. 7:9, 10; compare Micah 4:1-4.

How would true worshipers living in the time of the end be identified? Would they always be right, would their judgment be infallible? Jesus’ apostles were not above the need for correction. (Luke 22:24-27; Gal. 2:11-14) Like the apostles, true followers of Christ in our day must be humble, willing to accept discipline and, when necessary, make adjustments, in order to bring their thinking into ever closer harmony with God’s.—1 Pet. 5:5, 6.

Christendom abounds with churches that claim to represent Christ. But the question is: Which, if any, among them is meeting the Scriptural requirements?

The one true Christian congregation would have to be an organization that holds to the Bible as its foremost authority, not one that quotes scattered verses but rejects the rest when these do not conform to its contemporary theology. (John 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17) It would have to be an organization whose members—not some but all—are truly no part of the world, in imitation of Christ. So how could they involve themselves in politics, as the churches of Christendom have done repeatedly? (John 15:19; 17:16) The true Christian organization would have to bear witness to the divine name, Jehovah, and do the work that Jesus commanded—the preaching of the good news of God’s Kingdom. Like the first-century congregation, not just a few but all its members would be whole-souled evangelizers. (Isa. 43:10-12; Matt. 24:14; 28:19, 20; Col. 3:23) True worshipers would also be known by their self-sacrificing love for one another, a love that would transcend racial and national barriers and unite them into a worldwide brotherhood. Such love would have to be manifested not merely in isolated cases but in a way that would truly set them apart as an organization.—John 13:34, 35.

Clearly, none of the churches of Christendom are measuring up to these Bible standards for the one true Christian congregation. And neither does Judaism, in a country called Khazar or anywhere else.

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The video goes on to state that the Khazars were converting from being polytheistic because they were threatened by Christianity and Islam.

This sums up for me the detrimental role, as I see it, of organized religion in world history. Killing people over religion.

I don't think humans kill people in the name of religion without being under duress. I think that duress comes ultimately from puppet-masters, as in the Deep State of modern times.