God’s Elect
Who are they really?
God’s Elect
Who are they really?
Something that has always amazed me about the Evangelicals I grew up around is the way they excuse only one religion from not believing the same as them, Judaism.
They will clearly denounce Hinduism, Buddhism, Paganism, and even Islam a closely related religion, and one much more friendly towards Christians, but never speak ill of Judaism.
Of course, historically there have been Christian groups that were fervently against Judaism, but this seems to not be the case for the majority of American Christians.
I bring this up because when reading the Bible there isn’t really a clear message of who exactly God’s “Elect” are.
Isaiah 45:4-NASB
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Clearly here God is saying Israel, and thus the Jews are his “Elect”.
Matthew 24:24-NASB
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In contrast, here it seems to be speaking of Christians possibly…although Christ may still have been referring to the Jews since he himself was a Jew and he was addressing his Jewish disciples.