If Jewish people are "Gods chosen people", are they going to heaven?
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My Opinion=> "nothing like this exist!
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It is prophesy. It has not been fulfilled yet. It will be fulfilled when God's people who love Him & love His Law will have it written in their hearts - as it was for Yeshua the Messiah when He lived a sinless, 100% Torah-observant life. We should emulate Him (i.e. "follow" Him).\n\nAll of God's Covenants have been made with His Chosen People, the Israelites. God wants all people saved. His people are a light to the world; Salvation is of the Jews. The heathen nations (Gentiles) are wild olive trees; the faithful believers need to be grafted into the root of His Olive Tree (Israel). In the end, all  the wild olive trees will be burned, along with what is pruned off of His Olive Tree.\n\nThe prophesy will be fulfilled after the return of the Victorious Messiah. Hallelujah!
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Good question!!  I believe all the prophets (and many other people) from the Old Testament will be in heaven.  Like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Isaiah, Elijah, John the Baptist...etc.
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I think the answer lies in historical context.  As I understand it, a group of people came to believe that rather than many gods there might just be one.  So those people who recognized one God banded together, and became known as Israelites, and all this got written into a book called the Old Testament.  These people intermarried and become a people called the Jews.  And then Jesus arrived and spread the idea that God loves every individual, that anyone who chooses to accept God is in the special fold.  Some people felt that Jesus' message was so perfect that he was the long-hoped-for Messiah.  Certain Jews went with this and become Christians, and others did not and remained Jews.  And still other people were none of these things are retained indigenous religious values -- Hinduism, for example, seems to me to be largely a collection of varying spritual practices.\n\nI suspect my answer won't work for people who think that the holy books were handed down fully-formed and perfect.  But the key to understanding and peace, I think, is trying to understand where others come from.\n\nI always find that the difficult part about understanding religion is clinging to the beauty of its ideals without being sidetracked by the human need for rules and absolutes.  I think you are quite right that "Divine expression would manifest in as many ways as there are people on the earth and infinitely throughout the universe."
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Interesting question. According to the bible, you have to accept Jesus at the time of death and then you will be forgiven and allowed to paradise.  However, I find it very hard to believe that someone like Ghandi is going to hell. You can never do wrong by being a good, honest and kind person.
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Society yes Heaven no.......... unless they repent and are saved.
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Yes they are. According to my religion, you have to be a christian to go to heaven.Since they are not christians, they are going to hell
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I don't necessarily believe in the whole Christianity heaven/hell concept, but if I did, I would say that where you go after death depends on what's in your heart, not what comes out of your mouth, or where you spend your Sundays. I can't imagine that God would find much good in the hearts of Hitler or the other fellows you mention. I think a good hearted Pagan or Jew or Muslim or Buddhist or whatever has a better shot at heaven than a bad person who states they accept Jesus. I think people worry a lot more about labels (like Christian, or Jew, etc.) than God does.
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what is the afterlife going to be like? judaism doesn't have a whole lot to say about the afterlife but if you want to read our strongest speculations about it try here: http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm . we don't believe that a person must be a member of the jewish faith in order to get to "heaven". the focus is on being a good person not on your faith\n\nIs there heaven or hell? not really, at least not the cristian idea of either of the terms. read the article above, specifically the parts on Gan Eden and Gehinnom\n\nHow is God viewed? G-d is an absolute unity - a jewish person cannot believe in a trinity G-d, because the oneness of G-d is the most absolute and basic part of the jewish faith. the most recited jewish prayer is "shema yisra'el, adonai elokeinu, adonai echad" - "hear O israel, the L-rd our G-d, the L-rd is One". this is supposed to be the first words a baby hears and the last words of a dying person. G-d in judaism has absolutely no physical manifestation or qualities and never will - this means belief in a human man (jesus) as G-d is completely out. jews believe G-d is merciful, loving, and available to everybody, no matter what their religion.\n\nDo I have to believe in God to be jewish? no. but you have to believe in G-d to CONVERT to judaism. once you are a jew, you're jewish forever, even if you stop believing in G-d\n\nCan I still believe in evolution and be jewish? lots of jews do (i do too). depending on which branch you want to convert into, you will get different views. an orthodox conversion would probably still accept you though, if you could show that your belief in evolution does not contradict your strong belief in the torah as having been literally given by G-d. if you do not believe that the torah was given by G-d, you cannot convert to orthodox. conservative and reform would not care if you believe in evolution. however, most conservatives don't recognize reform converts, and most orthodox don't recognize reform OR conservative converts.\n\nDo I have to take the bible as literal truth? once again, it depends your branch. reform - nope. conservative - nope. orthodox - yes, for the most part. judaism (even orthodox) tends to view many parts of the bible as being highly allegorical and not always saying what it actually means. we believe that the true meaning of the bible is found in the oral torah (G-d's explanation of the torah to moses). you can read about the written torah and the oral torah here: http://www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm\n\nHow do you get into heaven if you are jewish? by being a good person, and if you are a jew, by following the mosaic laws\n\nand Are convert Jews welcome and accepted in synagogs/Jewish community's? \nyes
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in judaism we do not need "salvation". a person is good, if a person does not follow in g-d's way's then their soul must be cleansed form the impurities prior to going to heaven.
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~Most~ Jews do not accept Jesus as the Messiah who comes twice. Scripture doesn't say He'll come twice; it doesn't say He comes once to do it all. It is undefined enough so God can share salvation with the gentiles, while the Jews are blinded (as marianne stated). That does not mean they are lost.\n\nThe question is better for discussing than answering.... \n\nThe first hurdle is that the mainstream Christian denominations are quite Judeophobic - so you get a biased response from most Christians.\n\nThe other major problem from Christians to answer this question is that they are hung-up on the name, "J-e-s-u-s." The Messiah who lived 2000 years ago was not known as "Jesus" - no one called Him that, no one referred to Him like that. Why? There is no "J" in Hebrew or Aramaic. "Jesus" is a Westernized creation. His name is Yeshua, which means "God saves," "salvation," or "savior" -- "She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means `ADONAI saves,'] because he will save his people from their sins." --Matthew 1:21 (The Complete Jewish Bible).\n\nAnother issue for most Christians is that God did not forsake Israel or the Israelites/Jews; God did not replace Israel with the "Christian Church." And probably most important, God has one plan of salvation for people - the faithful - His people. Abraham was deemed righteous (and saved) because of his faith - all of the OT patriarchs & faithful believers were saved by the Grace of God because they believed that God would send His Salvation ["Yeshua"] to save them. How are faithful believers saved today? By the Grace of God because they believe in Jesus, Yeshua, God's salvation. What's the difference? (That's a rhetorical question - tear the uninspired pages <i.e. "Old Testament" title page & "New Testament" title page> out of your Bibles - God never intended for there to be a separation in His Scripture - it is a man-made barrier to understanding Scripture, it is a man-made barrier to Truth, it is a man-made barrier to salvation.) There is no difference. The OT is the NT concealed; the NT is the OT revealed -- they are the SAME Gospel message!\n\nNow, back to the question: What about the Jews? Those who were faithful believers in God's salvation were saved in the OT; I believe that today they will be saved the same way - even if they don't use the word "Jesus" for God's salvation.\n\nIf you think "Jesus" is a ~magical~ name, check with your spiritual leader for clarification.\n\nPS- The "man-made barrier" is devil inspired - that's his job!
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you're right. not all will go to heaven.\ni mean.. why did the bible say the meek will inherit the earth then?\nthere are two possible hopes then, either heaven reigning with Christ and god, or the eternal life in perfection on earth, as god originally intended.\nthat arrogant (holier than thou) attitude was present with some of the pharisee that Jesus spoke with
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If the Jew is both fully man and fully God, and He rises from the dead three days later, then yes.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Hi  It goes back all way to Abraham. Both came from him. Abraham had promise from God for his decendents. Jews are the people of promise and someday the world will see this. But Jews have darker nights ahead before they see promise come to past.
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No, they think that Jews will not go to heaven, and all other people will not either. They believe that only those who believe in the islam will go to heaven.\nRemember a man, recently, I think it was in Afganistan, wanted to become a Christian and the people over there wanted to kill him ?
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That was an old testament law for the Jewish people because God knew that if they married pagan women or men they would be enticed to worship their gods and turn from Him. \n\nDeuteronomy 7:1  "When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than yourselves,  (2)  and when the LORD your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.  (3)  You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,  (4)  for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.\n\nIn the new testament Christians are told:\n\nColossians 3:11  Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.\n\nIn other words, as long as a person is a follower of Jesus, their race has no meaning in God's eyes. If the person is not a believer, that's what matters now.\n\n2 Corinthians 6:14  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?  (15)  What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?  (16)  What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.  (17)  Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,  (18)  and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."
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Jews are not chosen by anyone much less God.But they suffered inhuman treatment from Nazis and are facing insults from Neonazis.For Jews it is a question of survival.They get military support from U.S.A.whose presidents need electoral support from immigrant Jews.Jerusalam(literally means land of peace)is divided into three parts theologically and emotionally among Christians,Jews and Muslims.(Past) History does not decide present politics.One country`s terrorists are another country`s freedom fighters.One hopes Jews and Palestinian Muslims recognise the right of each other`s existence,and super powers co operate with both to find lasting peace.May God help all.