Chosen people

[psychoslice]

There is a difference between real history and the known pseudohistory.

Learn what a biblical scholar does.

No thanks, I like my way better.

 

[Aquitaine]

Is there a chosen people, if yes who

No, there is no such thing.

 

[paarsurrey]

Is there a chosen people, if yes who

Everybody is chosen for doing good/virtuous things, if one does bad/evil things that proves that one was not chosen at all.
Regards

 

[paarsurrey]

Chosen people
Who chose and for what purpose and when?
Regards

 

[Robert.Evans]

Is there a chosen people, if yes who

It depends on what reality you are a part of. God, for me, is complex beyond belief. What is 'chosen' in one realm is not in another. The Jewish race are the chosen ones here, but, there is more than one Jewish race- natural and spiritual. Each receives their own reward. Each is part of the same whole.

 

[Robert.Evans]

Except the vast numbers who find themselves at the gates of Hell.

Hell is a removing of that which is not fit and reusing of that same thing- like words from a page. Fire is not always painful but can be something that purifies, such as gold. It is the gold within that counts. That is Christ. There is more gold under the earth than we have dug out, so they say- that is the hidden treasure that was found, the field that was bought with everything that the man owned.

 

[Noa]

To the OP. From a traditional Christian perspective, Israel was the chosen people prior to the coming of Christ. Christ did away with the old divisions and there is no longer gentile or Jew as far as God's kingdom is concerned.

 

[Robert.Evans]

That's a purgatory idea.

I think purgatory is about those who are fit to go to heaven; so I don't think so. It says in Timothy that All Mankind (Gr: anthropos) will be saved, and so we must ask, how do they die and yet not die. I think all are recycled one way or another, like our atoms. It is only the purest part of you, the inner Self that will be held in the highest heaven.
It also begs the question, why does it say in Acts that the righteous and unrighteous will be resurrected?

 

[paarsurrey]

To the OP. From a traditional Christian perspective, Israel was the chosen people prior to the coming of Christ. Christ did away with the old divisions and there is no longer gentile or Jew as far as God's kingdom is concerned.

What were they chosen for? Please
Regards

 

[Desert Snake]

To the OP. From a traditional Christian perspective, Israel was the chosen people prior to the coming of Christ. Christ did away with the old divisions and there is no longer gentile or Jew as far as God's kingdom is concerned.

Huh? That doesnt make sense. The religions are totally different.

 

[psychoslice]

The chosen people to me is simply anyone who is One with God, no matter what religion your in, no one religion owns the monopoly on being chosen, to believe this is to be nothing more than arrogance.

 

[Noa]

Huh? That doesnt make sense. The religions are totally different.

I know, I was talking about Christianity. From a Christian perspective, the Israelites were the original chosen people (Old Testament). The arrival of Christ did away with this and now the 'chosen people' are just those that follow Christ.

 

[Desert Snake]

I know, I was talking about Christianity. From a Christian perspective, the Israelites were the original chosen people (Old Testament). The arrival of Christ did away with this and now the 'chosen people' are just those that follow Christ.

Fair enough, I just didn't quite know what you meant.