You see it splattered all over social media: “It is the Jews.” You pick one side or the other—there is no middle ground in society today. So how are we supposed to think about these things as Christians? Much of it comes down to eschatology—either the biblical view or the dispensational one. Not all dispensationalists go there, but a lot of it hinges on one verse:
Genesis 12:3 – “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you, and in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed” (KJV).
Hold up! Abram’s name went from Abram to Abraham. Jacob’s name went from Jacob to Israel. So… who is Israel?
It is Christ. The One who fulfilled all the Law and the Prophets. A Jew, born in what was Israel, then became Palestine, and is now called Israel again. And yet Christ clearly says there is only one way to the Father—and that is through Him. But some in the newer eschatological frameworks now argue there are two ways? Someone’s wrong.
Let that not make us fearful or anxious, though. God is sovereign. He sees all. He sees the hate in your heart for a people He chose to be the lens through which we were to learn. He sees the murder in your heart for wanting to kill them—and the hate in the heart of those who want to kill the ones who want to kill them. So what is the divide?
Too much pride. Not enough humility. Christ, a Jew, humbled Himself for all the elect, to the Jew first, and also to the Greeks. (Maybe we hit something there.) Jew first.
How does that sit with Westerners? It stings. We weren’t first. Why?
I grew up knowing God is sovereign. Knowing He created from one man all nations. Knowing that my Savior is a Jew, born from the tribe of Judah, the seed of David. And dividing the Scriptures cannot divide the one way to the Father—by the Son.
So why are we divided on this when Christ commands us not to be? Why are we divided over Israel? We know there was a remnant. Elijah thought he was the only one left, and God softly corrected (rebuked) him. How do we not feel the rebuke now—unless our seared consciences are too scorched to feel shame for such foolish thought patterns?
How foolish it is for those who see what others do not—and then shame them for not seeing it. Do we keep the whole Law ourselves? In the immortal words of an activist who shouldn’t be one, “HOW DARE YOU!”
Not all Jews go to heaven. Not all Gentiles go to heaven. Only those who repent and place their faith in Christ our Lord will enter the kingdom. Pride exists in both camps: Romans 11 for one, Romans 9 for the other, Isaiah 6:11–13 for all.
And Reformed folks aren’t exempt either. We didn’t get the nickname Frozen Chosen for nothing. We should repent of our grumbling toward those still wrestling with salvation—both in the visible Church and among the pagans (Jews and Gentiles alike). A foul scent of wickedness drifts in and out of the nostrils of the Reformed community. Between CI (Christian Identity) and kinism, we’ve got our own wolves to chase out—just like the Arminian Dispies who think they have more knowledge than the Lord of Hosts. (Same ones who think an Apache helicopter is in Revelation. Why do they think this? Ayahuasca. Jk, jk.)
In all seriousness—and to wrap this up—it’s because both camps, especially younger Reformed guys with anime profile pics, haven’t a clue about what rebirth and oneness in Christ really are.
Hebrews speaks of it. Paul (possibly the one speaking in Hebrews) speaks of it. Jesus speaks of it: born again of the Spirit. That’s Mark 1:15. That’s what saves anyone—from any nation, from any pagan or Christian background. All whom the Father calls.
Let that be the epoxy that holds us together.
The Gospel that saves all.
That’s the thing we look for—that moment when someone else is hit by the same truck (the Gospel) that united us. That’s Christianity. True biblical Christianity.
People always ask, “What’s the bare minimum you can believe to get into heaven?”
Answer: Q3, WSC.
A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
That’s what we should focus on—not just one part of Scripture, but all of it. For all Scripture is God-breathed and sufficient for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
So put down your 21st-century thinking. It won’t save you.
Your whiteness won’t save you.
Your ability to speak Yiddish and clear your throat mid-sentence won’t save you.
Going to church won’t save you.
Being born into a Christian family, marrying within your race, or keeping Saturday as the Sabbath—none of these will save you.
Repentance and faith alone in Christ alone. That’s salvation.
Acts 4:12 – “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Even the bronze serpent was destroyed because of idolatry. So should the idea that Christians are obligated to support anyone engaged in evil—whether your kin, your government, or even modern Israel. That includes Iran, Russell Moore, David French, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, or the DA Pope.
Let us unite in Christ.
Let “Israel” mean what the Bible says it means—IN CHRIST JESUS.
United in Christ. No ethnicity. No political agenda born of man’s factions. Let’s unite around the Gospel—and with those who truly profess faith in Christ and bear fruit for the glory of His kingdom, born anywhere to any class to any ethnicity whether Jew or Gentile.
–> For further reading, check out Jesus is the true Israel.
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