Koichos
Pro
Yisra´el has been a ‘nation’ (that is, a ‘people’) for a very, very long time—we became one in Mitzrayim three and a half millennia ago:Breh, you know I can’t let you get away with this type of comment/belief system
I gotta keep that same energy with you as I do with “Hebrews Israelites”
No race based theology/tribalism in religion allowed
In fact, Jewish history can be said to have begun nearly 4,000 years ago, in 1948 לִבְרִיאַת הָעולָם (when Avram Avinu was born).וְעָנִ֨יתָֿ וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ לִפְֿנֵ֣י ׀ יְיָ֣ אֱלֹקֶ֗יךָThen you are to call out and say before Adοnai, your God,
אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵֿ֣דֿ אָבִ֔י
וַיֵּ֣רֶדֿ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה
וַיָּ֥גׇֿר שָׁ֖ם בִּמְתֵֿ֣י מְעָ֑ט
וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם לְגֿ֥וֹי גָּדֿ֖וֹל עָצ֥וּם וָרָֽבֿ׃
‘An Arammi [tried to] destroy my ancestor
so he descended to Mitzrayim
and settled there [temporarily], being few in number;
and there he became a great, powerful and numerous nation.’ (D'varim 26:5—a verse which is quoted during tonight’s very important table-ceremonial for Pesah Eve)
We are born ‘saved’:What Good is it to GOD if you’re a Jewish “Person” who doesn’t believe in him?
There’s no “GOLDEN TICKET” which guarantees a person heaven or salvation or whatever the purpose of a religion based on the BODY, FAMILY OR TRIBE he or she is born into
אַשְׁרֶ֨יךָֿ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל מִ֣י כָֿמ֗וֹךָֿOh Yisra´el, how fortunate you are! who is like you?—
...עַ֚ם נוֹשַׁ֣ע בַּֽייָ֔
a people [that] has been ‘saved’ by Adοnai... (D'varim 33:29)
...יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נוֹשַׁ֣ע בַּֽייָ֔ תְּשׁוּעַ֖תֿ עֽוֹלָמִ֑יםYisra´el has been ‘saved’ by Adοnai—an eternal salvation... (Y'sha`yahu 45:17)
i. Jews do not read the ‘old testament’; andAnd just remember me and you (by Old Testament standards) are no different in the eyes of GOD (I’m assuming you’re a pretty faithful follower of Torah) because
Exodus 12:48 “And WHEN A STRANGER SHALL SOGURN WITH THEE, and will keep the PASSOVER to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; AND HE SHALL BE AS ONE THAT IS BORN IN THE LAND: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.”
Exodus 12:49 “ONE LAW shall be to him that is HOMEBORN, and unto the STRANGER that sojourneth among you.”
ii. you are not a גֵּר ger, so those verses don’t apply to you.
Yes, ‘the Earth’s families’ are blessed ‘through’ Yisra´el (B'reshyt 48:20).And even in the Bible according to God we see:
Genesis 26:4 “And I will make THY SEED to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give UNTO THY SEED all these countries; and IN THY SEED shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;”
Genesis 26:5 “Because that Abraham OBEYED MY VOICE, and KEPT MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS, MY STATUTES, and MY LAWS.”
The point is for ALL NATIONS to be blessed.
No. The promises Gοd made to Avraham Avinu were limited to his זֶרַע zera`, for which He provides His very own definition:And further that we can ALL BE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM by Gods promise:
בְְֿיִִצְְחָָָ֔ק יִִקָָּרֵֵ֥א לְְךָֿ֖ זָָֽרַַע׃......[your offspring] through Yitzħaḳ will be considered your ‘zera`’. (B'reshyt 21:12)
My apologies for the terseness of this post, but I don’t have much time before `Erev Pesah is due to begin!