This man claimed that there are two paths today to the Father, the Jewish and the Gentile. The Bible clearly teaches something completely different. There is only one path after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. All Jews today who do not accept Jesus as their Saviour are just as lost and bound for hell as any Atheist and yes they are just as lost and bound for hell as any Muslim as well. Unless they repent and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour they are not saved.
A lot of people are caught up in the hype of literally worshiping or elevating “God’s chosen people” above the “mere” Christian. They fail to realize that once Jesus Christ came to fulfil the law things transitioned logically to the next stage. This is the stage we are in today, the stage just prior to Jesus Christ’s return.
First stage, man was created and walked with God until he fell away from God. At this time we see God providing the first symbolic covering of sin when He used coats of skin which required the first shedding of blood to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness. They attempted to cover themselves just prior to this with fig leaves but their efforts were useless, God had to do this not man. (see Genesis chapter 3).
Second stage God set apart a people unto Himself to prepare the way for the coming perfect sacrifice. These were of the physical seed of Abraham and through this line God would bring us our Messiah, our Saviour. (see Genesis 12:1-3)
Third stage …the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Jesus Christ came to die as the only perfect sacrifice possible, the perfect and Holy Lamb of God. God provided us this sacrifice so that all men might be reconciled back to Him. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection we received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. We are now legally adopted sons and daughters of our Father through Jesus Christ His Son. (See John 1:14 and 29 and Romans 8:15).
It is in this stage the world exists today. Jesus’ death not only tore the veil in two providing men direct access to the Father through Jesus Christ but His death provided the only means today to be considered the seed of Abraham and that is through being born again, not of flesh but of spirit. (see John chapter 3 and Galatians 3:28-29 in light of all scripture as well…). God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (See 2 Peter 3:9)
Jesus specifically said for no one to call themselves Rabbi. This was a direct command not a suggestion.
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Matthew 23:8 KJV
Jesus fulfilled the law.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:17 KJV
After the last mention of Rabbi when Jesus was called Rabboni in John’s Gospel there are no more mention of 'Rabbi' in the Bible. In all of Paul's writings he never calls himself Rabbi. He mentions that he studied under Gamaliel which most people today understand as Paul being qualified as a Rabbi. Yet Paul obviously obeyed Jesus Christ in not carrying that title. Paul was a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1, etc).
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. Acts 22:3 KJV
Who are the seed of Abraham today?
There are not two separate paths as many today claim there are but there is only one path to the father and that is through Jesus Christ. Narrow is the way to life. This narrowness is defined by only one man, Jesus Christ, God made flesh, the perfect Lamb of God.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:28-29 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
The veil has been rent. We now have direct access to the Father and need only to approach Him through His Son Jesus Christ.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Matthew 27:50-51 KJV
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
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