As a Christian, I fundamentally disagree with Christians who believe Jews remain God’s “chosen people.”
I don’t dispute that Jews once were thousands of years ago. What I reject is that they remain so today. I reject even more the idea that to be a Christian I must blindly fall in line with this narrative.
I see religious Jews today as Jesus did via the seven woes in Matthew 23:
1. Obstructing others from entering the Kingdom
2. Converting others to hypocrisy
3. Blind guidance and misplaced priorities
4. Neglecting Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness
5. Outward cleanliness vs. inward corruption
6. Whitewashed tombs
7. Honoring Prophets While Being Their Descendants’ Murderers
See also:
Matthew 15:3-9
Luke 11:37-54
Mark 7:6-13
Could Jesus have used stronger language in his condemnation of the religious Jewish leaders of His time?
“Brood (den) of vipers”
Matthew 3:7, 12:34, 23:33, Jesus used this phrase to describe the Pharisees/Sadducees, calling out their hypocrisy and spiritual corruption.
“Synagogue of Satan”
This phrase in Revelations 2:9, 3:9 is not directly spoken by Jesus during His time on earth, but as part of His message to the churches in John’s vision.
Looking at the 3 Old and 3 New Testament verses that support the narrative Jews being God’s chosen people:
Deuteronomy 7:6
Moses says: “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a precious people unto himself, above all people that are upon the earth.”
True then but I see no evidence of Godly works from their religious body today. Much like Jesus flipping tables at the temple, I see the polar opposite, in fact.
Deuteronomy 14:2 says: “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a precious people unto himself, above all the people that are upon the earth.”
I can see this being true for the simple fact that Jesus was a Hebrew-Israelite-Jew.
Again, I don’t dispute Jews were God’s chosen people at one point but they then mocked and demanded the murder of His only begotten son and still reject him today.
Isaiah 44:1–2
“Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen: Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, he will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, and thou righteous whom I have chosen.”
New Testament:
Romans 9:4–5, 11:1–2, and 11:28–29 all echo the sentiments of the Old Testament.
