IS ISRAEL STILL GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE? AND, DO JEWS AUTOMATICALLY GO TO HEAVEN? (Response) Because Christianity has been so far removed from our Hebrew roots, due to Constantine a once pagan Emmperor of the Roman Empire upon converting himserlf along with the whole Roman empire to Christianity Constantine removed much of the Hebrew culture from the Faith in the Messiah to appease the people of rome he intermingled Christianity with several Roman pagan traditions which has caused us to become ignorant of the the vibrant history of the traditional Hebrew Holy Days the early Church Yeshua established to to which Yeshua Himself followed out of obedience to the Fathers will. what we have now is westernized Christianity. OK with that said… There are many misconceptions concerning Hebrews, Jews, Judaism and the nation of Israel. It is important to know Hebrew is an ethnicity, Jew\ Judaism is a religion which the term Judaism originated from where the Hebrew people settled, which was at the time called Judaea, now known as the nation of Israel. This brings us to the Reality not all practicing Jews are Hebrew and not all Hebrews practice Judaism. I do not subscribe to the word Messianic Jew because Hebrew people either follow Yeshua the Messiah or they practice Judaism and many Hebrews are atheist and some even practice Islam. The law (pentateuch)was written for the whole human race not just a single ethnic group or religion. And Yeshua is the fulfillment of the law (Matthew 5: 17-20) During the time of Yeshua anyone from Judea was called a Jew for that is the region in which the Hebrew people settled and to which most Hebrews of Biblical times were in fact Jews (unless they were from Samaria who were called Samaritans which many Sumerians practiced Judaism as well (Samaritans were part Hebrew and part gentile), Judaism follow the Hebraic books of the Law which was written by Moses (the five books of the Law, AKA the Pentateuch). It should also be mentioned there were Roman citizens, Greeks, Persians Arabs, ECT who were pagan hellenists who also inhabited Judaea during the time of Yeshua and the time before His birth. Before Judaism was ever an established religion and way before the Messiah established His Church. Yeshua is a Hebrew. Fully man and fully God. Today people from Israel are called Israelis which include people from all ethnicic backgrounds, and or “palestinians” who are Arabs (descendants from the line of Ishmael) in whom many practice Judaism, most are Muslim and a few are Christians. There are Hebrews who practice Islam and Hebrews who are Christians, and there are other ethnicities who also diverse in their religion and there are also agnostic and Atheist therefore Israel is a melting pot of diverse religions especially for the capital city of Jerusalem therefore it is safe to say Israel is not at all comprised only of Gods Chosen people. Which with this explanation brings all humankind to the reality that we must be grafted in to be a child of the most High by Faith in Yeshua, the finished work on the cross and repentance of our sins (Romans 11, study the whole Chapter). There is no other way Any person can be justified and sanctified than by the blood of Yeshua covering our sins, period. Therefore regardless of anyone's ethnicity heaven will be filled with every person who has accepted Yeshua as their Messiah (Acts 4:12). The Messiah has always been, and always will be, the only path to eternal life(John 3:36, John 14:6). We are not saved because of the ethnicity of our birth, but by our Spiritual rebirth in Yeshua the Messiah through Conviction of the Holy Spirit(John 3:3-15). To truthfully answer this question, we must understand what it means to be God’s chosen people. The Bible teaches, the Hebrew are His chosen people. Deuteronomy 7:6 tells us, “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.” however chosen as His people does not give the Hebrew a birthright to the kingdom of God, it means that God chose to reveal Himself, His purpose, and His plan to all the people who has ever inhabited earth by and through the Hebrew people all the way to the Death, burial and resurrection of our Messiah Yeshua. Yeshua will soon fulfill His promise of His second advent and the resurrection when the dead and alive in Christ will be changed in the twinkling of an eye, (1 Corinthians 15:51-55) And we will be received to himself, (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). It was through the line of Abraham that God chose Yeshua the Messiah to be born, which through the Messiah eternal life would be freely given to all who believe by faith that Yeshua came to redeem mankind from our sins through our spiritual rebirth (John 3:3,16). The moment the first sin was committed God Revealed His plan of reconciliation to re establish a personal relationship with anyone who chooses to know and follow The Trinity, (Genesis 3:15). I believe long before this world was created, the Trinity counseled together the plan of salvation to redeem mankind from sin and through the seed of Abraham Isaac Jacob (Israel) and Joseph that plan was fulfilled Through Yeshua HaMaciach. Wait