The offspring sinners of Abraham, Issac and Jacob are in no better position than Palestinian sinners IF rejecting Messiah, Jesus. The gate to the Kingdom of Heaven does NOT change size based on lineage, status, wealth, power, whatever; it stays the same for everyone…..narrow.
ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE
Messiah taught: “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” —Mathew 7:12–14 English Standard Version Bible (ESV)
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Heaven is through the narrow gate. Entering at the narrow gate means avoiding spiritual death, aka the 2nd death (the 1st death is of the body). Messiah has authority to forgive sins. See Luke 5:22–24 Messiah is the only way through the narrow gate. See John 8:34–36. Also, “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'” John 14:6 See also Romans 11 for the mystery of Israel’s salvation.
THERE IS ONE STANDARD FOR EVERYBODY
Being a ‘ruler of the synagogue’ (See Luke 13:14), or a Jew of the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is NOT a criteria for entering the Kingdom in The Age to Come; while at the same time, it does not get rid of the promises and jobs God gave people and nations, nor their obligation to be good stewards of their gifts while in this Age.
Jesus also said, ‘I tell you, many will come from East and West and recline at table with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, yet the sons of the kingdom will be thrown to outer darkness.’ —See Mathew 8:10—12
“Know that it is THOSE OF FAITH [in Messiah the King] who are the sons of Abraham” —Galatians 3:7
THEREFORE, according to Scripture, a Palestinian may sit at the table on That Day with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and watch a Jew (a son of the kingdom in this Age now, see Mt.8:10-12) be thrown into outer darkness. Lineage, color, office held (i.e. ‘ruler of synagogue’) does NOT determine standing in the Kingdom of God Age to come.
UNEXPECTED JEWISH TWIST EMBRACES ALL THIS?
Remember, when Messiah walked the earth, some Jews came to an understanding of His ranking as the Son of God, and many did not. The same is today. While proof reading this post, I came across a Jewish Community Newsletter, what the Jewish community had to say seemed to fit perfectly:
“God told Moses to instruct the Israelites that upon entering the [Promised] Land they are to give offerings to God and are to remember, throughout all generations, that strangers who enter their land shall be equal with them before God. There is one standard for everyone.” —Jewish Community Newsletter 6/27/2024 Edition
“Know that it is THOSE OF FAITH [in Messiah the King] who are the sons of Abraham” —Galatians 3:7
ATTENTION JEWISH COMMUNITY – TORAH RECORDS FULFILLED PROPHECY OF MESSIAH
“13 Perfect shalt thou be with the Lord thy God* 14 For these nations, which thou art about to dispossess, hearken unto observers of times [think about this], and unto diviners; but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not assigned the like unto thee [think].15 A prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, will the Lord thy God raise up unto thee, unto him you shall hearken […] 18 A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that if there be a man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.”.
—Deuteronomy XVIII (From Torah, Neviim u-khetuvim translated according to the Massoretic text…) [Text in brackets added here for emphasis] See also Isaiah 53.
CONNECT ANCIENT DOTS, “HEAR HIM!,” THE REIGN OF GOD
“And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying: ‘This is My beloved Son [Messiah]. hear Him!'” This was when Jesus led Peter, James, and John ‘up a high mountain apart by themselves, and He [Jesus] was transfigured before them.’ Messiah’s ‘clothes became shinning, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.’ These things made Peter, James and John question ‘what the rising from the dead meant.’ —See Mark 9:2–13
MESSIAH IS THE RISEN KING OF KINGS
“And he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.” —Mark 16:16, See also John 20:1–18 “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” —John 11:25. See also The Resurrection account of Luke 24.
THE DANGER OF ATTEMPTING TO REDEFINE THE SYSTEM OF GOD, THE REIGN OF GOD, HIS EQUALITY
A nation departing from the rule and reign of God is the same as a nation departing from it’s safety, order, peace, liberty, and the authority given to it by Him. Its a nation with increasing identity crisis’ within its own people. Like a troubled person, a nation with an increasing number of troubled people effects more than itself. Confusion and disorder sets in, pushing towards lawlessness. This is an increasing scourge on democracy’s world wide. The struggle for true identity is solved in the individual’s headlong pursuit of gold in the hidden lucrative field. [Click here to read Deeper Than My Will] If even a small percentage of citizens of a nation do this, the clarity of it’s identity begins to revive.
ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED DURING PEEKING IDENTITY CRISIS
By October 7, 2023, the day Israel was attacked by Hamas, Israel’s identity crisis was heavily conflicting into three main categories. Am I this? Or am I that? Who am I? Are we…
1. The democratic state of all its people, a liberal democracy? Or…
2. A Jewish law, or a Jewish Hala-ha state? Or…
3. As we were founded to be according to our Declaration of Independence—the nation state of the Jewish people, an indigenous people, returned to our ancestral homeland after mellinia of exile and persecution, COMMITTED TO EQUALITY!!!
Can America learn from this asap? How weak have we become PULLING AWAY FROM THE REIGN OF GOD? Are we experiencing the vulnerability of identity crisis???
Understanding The Narrow Gate / The Reign of God / Sermon On The Mount stuff, its our only hope, its our heritage. We are to strive for it, enter by it, as God the Father said of Messiah: “Hear Him!” Messiah brought the entire Old Testament hope….the Good News of God’s Reign, everlasting. —See Mark 1:15
—Written by Branden Edward Shumate