Written by Randy Newman, a contemporary seminary professor and author. This is an excerpt from the panel discussion “A Christian Response to Anti-Semitism.”
God chose the nation of Israel to be the object of His plan—that they would be a light to the Gentiles. So there’s God’s choosing, not because they were worthy of it, not because they were sinless or perfect or even better. God chose them because God chose them. And then they are a light to the Gentiles of a message that none of us is worthy to be chosen or called by God. Yet that’s the connection we have to this God. It’s by grace…We’re not saying Jewish people are better than others or more important. But they do have a distinct and unique role in God’s plan. We may differ about how that plays out in the future, but I think all Christians have to look to the Scriptures and say God chose the Jewish people, He has a unique plan for them, and there will be a role they play in the future also, in God’s plan.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the
wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. [1 Peter 2:9]
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