Which "Salvation" Are We Dealing With?

"Salvation" has more than one meaning in Scripture. The salvation that we are addressing is eternal life, the nature of which has been defined by Yahushua while in prayer to His Father: And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true G-d, and Yahushua whom You have sent
(John 17:3). (Young's Literal Translation)

3. and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true Adonai, and him whom Thou didst send -- Yahushua HaMashiach

I. THE SALVATION OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL AS A WHOLE

A. IS THE SALVATION OF THE ENTIRE JEWISH NATION GUARANTEED?

Is the salvation of all Jewish people who ever lived and ever will live guaranteed by Scripture?Some theological background is in order here:

In the last few decades of the twentieth-century, since the awful tragedy of the Holocaust, a number of Catholic and mainline Protestant theologians have proposed an alternative to supersessionism

[Author's note: or replacement theology: the church has "superceded" or "replaced" Israel as Hashem (Name of G-d) chosen people] that is known generally as two-covenant theology. The key feature is the belief that Jews and Christiansare related to Hashem (Name of G-d) separately by distinct covenants. Christianity offers a covenant relationship to Hashem (Name of G-d) for Gentiles through YahushuaThe Mashiach. Judaism offers a covenant relationship to Hashem (Name of G-d) for Jewish people through Torah. These covenants are distinct yet divinely sanctioned ways for their constituents to relate to G-d. It would be categorically wrong to deny the legitimacy of a favorable relationship to Hashem (Name of G-d) for Jews or Christianson the basis of one covenant or the other. So, even though most Jewish people do not believe in The Mashiach, according to two-covenant theology, Christiansshould not deny that the Jewish people have a favorable relationship to G-d, rather they should affirm that Jewish people are in a favorable relationship to Hashem (Name of G-d) precisely on the basis of Torah. Quite consistent with this, those who take this dual-covenant view of Judaism and Christianity have repudiated Christian evangelism and mission to Jewish people not just as an affront, but as a theological violation of Hashem (Name of G-d) covenant with Israel.

- "The Future of Israel as a Theological Question," Craig A. Blaising, Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Presented to The National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 19, 2000, Nashville, Tennessee.
Simply put, because of certain covenants that Hashem (Name of G-d) has made with Israel, some in the church at large, and perhaps in the Messianic community, teach that the salvation of all Jewish people who ever lived and ever will live is guaranteed.

Are they correct? Let's consider just a few of the words of Yahushua

Then Yahushua said again to them [the scribes and the Pharisees, v. 3], I go away, and you shall seek Me and shall die in your sins. Where I go, you cannot come.... And He said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I AM, you shall die in your sins. (John 8:21, 23-24)

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. (Matthew 23:15)

The Son of Man goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born. (Matthew 26:24)

The scribes and the Pharisees whom Yahushua was addressing were children of hell, meaning that their father is the Devil, and not G-d; will die in their sins, meaning that their sins will be unforgiven; and they cannot not go where Yahushuawill go, which is heaven. And no life would be better off unborn if it would be followed by an eternity in heaven. It is clear, then, that Judas Iscariot was not to be saved, but eternally damned.

Will all Jewish people, then, be saved on the basis of Hashem (Name of G-d) covenants with Israel or on any other basis? Obviously not. In fact, Paul points out that only a minority of Jewish people will be saved.

Hashem (Name of G-d) has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Don't you know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with Hashem (Name of G-d) against Israel? "Master, they have killed your prophets and demolished your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life." But what was the divine reply to him? "I have reserved for myself 7,000 people who have not knelt to worship Baal." So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace. (Romans 11:2-5)

Only a remnant, a minority, of Israelites of both Elijah's day and of New Testament times will be saved.

A majority, then, will remain unsaved. It is worth highlighting So it is at the present time. The present time is the Church Age, in which we live. Only a minority of Jewish people alive today are guaranteed salvation. Hashem (Name of G-d) has made various promises to the nation of Israel as a whole, but He has never promised that all Israelites of all ages will be saved.

B. WHAT, THEN, DID PAUL MEAN WHEN HE SAID, ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED
(Romans 11:26)?

Acts 16:30 and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'

 31 and they said, `Believe on the Master Yahushua and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'

 32 and they spake to him the word of the Master, and to all those in his household;

That phrase, and your household, has been a stumbling block to many, causing them to believe that if the head of the house becomes saved, all members of the household, even infants,become saved, as well.

But let's look at the very next verse:

 33 and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe [them] from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

 34 having brought them also into his house, he set food before [them], and was glad with all the household, he having believed in G-d

No one was saved on the coattails of another. All needed to hear the Word, repent be baptised and believe.

And He opened His mouth and taught them....
"Go in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it. Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
Matthew 7:13-14

And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, "There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and He will turn away un G-dliness from Jacob. For this is My covenant with them, when I have taken away their sins." (Romans 11:26-27)

This declaration will be fulfilled at a time yet future to our day, at the very end of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), the Great Tribulation; but even then, two-thirds of Israel's population will die unsaved: And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who sin against Me (Ezekiel 20:37-38). And it shall be in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my Hashem (Name of G-d) (Zechariah 13:8-9).

Hashem (Name of G-d) will first purge out Israel's rebels and sinners, two-thirds of the nation, by means of death. They will obviously die unsaved, and only the remaining one-third will Hashem (Name of G-d) bring into the bond of the New Covenant and call them, My people. It is at this point in history - and at no previous point - that all Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26).

II. THE SALVATION OF INDIVIDUAL JEWS

A. THE SALVATION OF INDIVIDUAL JEWS IS CONDITIONED ON FAITH IN Yahushua

Today we are under the New Covenant, and salvation of individual Jewish people under the New Covenant is clearly conditional.

He came to His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, He gave to them authority to become the children of G-d, to those who believe on His name. (John 1:11-12).

Yahushua came to His own Jewish people and, for the most part, they did not receive Him or believe in His name. They were not given authority to become children of G-d; but those who did believe on Him were given authority to become Hashem (Name of G-d) children.

The condition for the salvation of any Jew today is belief in Jesus. The apostle John declared, For Hashem (Name of G-d) so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16); and Yahushua Himself said, 

B. WHAT IS THE CONTENT OF BELIEF IN THE SON?

But Hashem (Name of G-d) commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Yahushua died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to Hashem (Name of G-d) through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (Romans 5:8-10)

... Yahushua the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and made us kings and priests to Hashem (Name of G-d) and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:5-6)

The Scriptures make it clear that Hashem (Name of G-d) sent Yahushuato be crucified unto death to pay the penalty of our sins, that Hashem (Name of G-d) resurrected Him bodily, and that only through faith in Mashiach's sacrificial death and resurrection will the sins of any Jew or any other person be forgiven unto eternal life. He must repent from disbelief in Mashiach to belief in Mashiach. John the Immerser said to a crowd of Jewish listeners, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of Hashem (Name of G-d) draws near. Repent, and believe the gospel

Mark 1:15 (Young's Literal Translation)

Here's the Gospel, the Good News, in a nutshell: And, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and in which you stand; by which you also are being kept safe, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Yahushua died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

In order for a Jew to be saved he must believe that Yahushuadied for his sins, that He was buried, and that He rose bodily from the dead. The exclusivity of this way was emphasized by Peter in his address to an audience of Jewish listeners: And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

C. COROLLARY ISSUE 1: IS IT BIBLICAL TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO JEWS?

Those who believe that Jews are guaranteed salvation by some (imaginary) promise that G-d has made to them naturally repudiate all preaching of the gospel to them. This position is easily refuted not only by the preaching ministries of Jesus, Paul, Peter and other apostles, but by this clear declaration of Paul: For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Master is Master of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him: for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Master shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things! (Romans 10:12-15)

According to Paul, both Gentile and Jew must be saved in exactly the same way: by believing in Yahushuaand calling upon His name. But how, Paul asks, can they believe and call upon Him if they do not hear the gospel? He then provides the answer: the sending of preachers - and the sending of preachers to Jews, as well as to Gentiles, is regarded - not as an affront - but as a thing of beauty!

Not only is the preaching of the gospel to the Jews biblical and beautiful, it is a priority. To the Jew first, and also to the Greek said Paul (Romans 1:16), which priority Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 11:13), intentionally walked out to the very last days of his life and ministry.(Follow his travels in the Book of Acts. You will see that, in whatever locale he ministered, he always went to the Jew first without fail because "It was necessary" [Acts 13:46].)

D. COROLLARY ISSUE 2: IS THE KEEPING OF THE LAW OF MOSES NECESSARY FOR
THE SALVATION OF JEWS TODAY?

Some in the Messianic community appear to believe that faith in Yahushua  plus the keeping of the Law are necessary for salvation. The issue of the means of salvation has already been addressed, but this issue must be addressed directly.

The Scriptures are very clear in this matter.

For Yahushua is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10:4).

[He] abolished in His flesh the enmity, the Law of commandments contained in ordinances (Ephesians 2:15).

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He [Hashem (Name of G-d) the Father] has made alive together with Him [Jesus], having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2:13-14).

For truly there is a putting away of the commandment which went before, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it. (Hebrews 7:18)

Then He said, "Lo, I come to do Your will, O G-d." He takes away the first so that He may establish the second. (Hebrews 10:9)

When Yahushua died on the stake, the Sacrifical Law of Moses was nailed fullfilled, brought to an end, abolished, blotted out, taken out of the way, put away.

The Sacrificial Law of Moses is no longer operative today. Even if the Law were operative, by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight (Romans 3:20). The Law of Moses has been surpassed and replaced by the finished work of Mashiach, and the Law never did justify anyone.

It suffices nothing for salvation. By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of G-d. Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).

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III. SUMMATION

1. Neither the Abrahamic, Mosaic or New Covenant, nor anything other than faith in Yahushua's sacrifice and resurrection guarantees the salvation of any Jew, Gentile or any other ethenicity.

2. The salvation of an individual Jew is guaranteed only on the basis of faith in the Mashiach, and the keeping of the Law sets the standard for each individual, hence the divine commandments

3. Therefore, it is not only biblical to preach the Gospel to the Jewish people, it is imperative. It is also a priority.

4. All Israel will be saved, but only at the very end of the Great Tribulation, and even then they will be a remnant remaining from the whole.

5. Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

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