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CharlesYTK
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Thank you for the return post. I understand what you are saying. I agree for the most part, except perhaps one small detail. There will be nations other than Israel in the world to come, but they will be satellites to Israel and will be required to be obedient to Messiahs rule. Israel will rule over the other nations. It is my belief based on the teachings of Yeshua the Righteous Gentiles who live in active faith in this age, will have priviledge within Israels Messianic Kingdom, and will be accorded a status equal to full conversion under Rabinical Judaism, because of their faithfulness. This is the life Quest of many Gentiles. Not to replace Israel, but to stand with Israel beginning now and continuing into the World to Come.chanahs said:As to your first point, not at all. Judaism teaches that anyone can be a faithful follower, according to how he was called. If a Jew, as a Jew. If a Gentile, as a Gentile. You might want to read what I wrote under Applicability of Halacha in Jewish Debates. It is the second post I believe. Faithfulness has nothing to do with the number of laws you are required to follow. Women have a lot fewer commands which they are required to follow than men. That doesn't mean they can't be faithful or are less faithful.
As I showed in a previous post, in the world to come, there will only be Israel. Righteous gentiles at that time are associated with Israel although they are not Jews.
As far as right now, yes, there are some commands which are not applicable to Gentiles and are solely associated with the Jews. And yes, this is for the purpose of exclusivity. People coming from western type educational backgrounds, and especially those from the US where individuality is so important, have a hard time with this. The Jews are not simply a race of people with their converts who are to live as individuals throughout the world. The Jews were chosen to be a nation. God displays Himself to the world through a nation. The platform or stage is to be the land of Israel. I personally have seen the bewilderment in Asia concerning this little tiny nation Israel which all these huge countries seem to want. It is a very different setup than what Yeshua was doing. He was setting up his body as pockets throughout the world by which love was to be demonstrated. This was to be demonstration through communities dispersed throughout the world at the local level. This is their role so to speak. On the other hand, God wanted to demonstrate Himself at the national level through a localization of a people as a nation on a specific piece of land. This is the role of the chosen nation. Some of the commands, like living in Israel as well as some others, were to demonstrate and maintain this separateness (especially since God knew that dispersion would take place and they needed to be preserved culturally in order to be returned) for fulfilling the national level calling.
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