Understanding the Unique Perspective on Faith
There are some unique perspectives we bring to the table of the faith compared to Evangelical Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxies and all other expressions of Bible reading folk. We believe that the Bible teaches believers ways to know and understand Yahava and Yeshua better. We believe that the Bible teaches us what Yahava has done to reconcile the world to Himself. And we believe that ever since He has completed this work through His Only begotten Son, the faith is entirely subjective, that every individual will face God how they choose to face Him and will be responsible, and rewarded for those choices. So, we study the Bible to understand Him better and more but refuse to use it as a manual of musts or a sword to hurt others by. That said, I want to point something out that the Bible makes plain relative to God electing people to Himself, which is certainly a biblical tenet that cannot be dismissed.
The Doctrine of Election in Context
The trouble with this concept of calling, election, being chosen, set apart, or appointed is that many a Bible reader, ignoring everything I just said that makes us distinct, will read of God electing people in biblical times and believe that God is still electing some, and therefore rejecting others. So let me make clear the doctrine of election relative to a contextual biblical narrative, The Bible tells us the story of how God reconciled the world to Himself through His Son, Jesus of Nazareth. And in this recollection we see that He elected or chose Abram over his brother Nahor, Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob instead of Esau, the Children of Israel over all other Nations. We read that He chose Moses over all the other babes born in captivity, David over his brothers, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Malachi. From the womb He elected John the Baptist, of course there is His election of Jesus of Nazareth, who called, chose elected His twelve, and then we see He called and elected Paul over who those apostles called as a replacement, Mathias.
Now listen closely – we also see – clearly, plainly, that God also elected and called out of that world those who would believe and become the Bride of Christ, who would be holy, pure, without wrinkle or spot before Him, ready, as it were, before that great and dreadful day fell. The point of all of this? God did these elections, made these specific choices, put these specific people in play to bring about salvation and reconciliation to the WORLD. Did God love Nahor, Ishmael, Esau, Aaron, the other nations of the world amidst His choosing these specific others to do what they did to bring about His will. It’s WHY He chose to them – because He loved the World. Did God love those that were not elected to be the Bride of His Son in that day over those who were left behind? Its’s why he elected them – to reconcile the world! When we read the Biblical narrative about God’s electing and election, and assign this act or process to the world today, we completely miss the reason for God electing anyone and everyone in the first place – to RECONCILE the rest of us!!!!!
Biblical Narrative and Modern Misinterpretations
This is WHY God elected some, that He might redeem, reconcile and ultimately save all. Our Calvinist friends read the word, and refusing to see context, purpose and right eschatologyStudy of “last things”—TGNN teaches all biblical eschatology was fulfilled in 70 A.D. More, assign the idea of election, described to believers of the Bride in that day, to citizens of the world today. And while well intended, and scriptural, the application is so far off base that most fail to see that what they are reading is what God did, finished, accomplished for all everywhere – and instead believe that God continues to only elect a few, leaving the rest to pay for Adam’s choices. Read the Bible for what it is truly meant to be to us, friends – a history of all that God has completely accomplished through His only Human Son – for the world, and not just those who believe or believe that they are elected while the rest of the world is not.
