Since Cain and Abel, it has been evident that God blesses the obedient and curses the rebellious. This divine principle of reward and punishment has remained throughout the entire history of God’s people. By giving us His laws, God was clear: blessings for those who obey, curses for those who ignore them. The choice is in our hands. The idea that Jesus nullified this principle of His Father is an illusion without any support in the four Gospels. The Gentile who wishes to be saved by Christ must follow the same laws that the Father gave to the chosen nation for His honor and glory. The Father sees the faith and courage of this Gentile and pours out His love on them. The Father unites them with Israel and leads them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | Today I am setting before you blessing and curse. You will have blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am giving you today. Deuteronomy 11:26-27
According to the prophets of the Lord and the words of Jesus in the Gospels, there is only one people set apart and blessed with an eternal covenant, sealed with the sign of circumcision. These are the natural descendants of Abraham and the Gentiles who have joined them through obedience to God’s laws. The Scriptures do not mention any covenant between God and Gentiles who are separate from Israel. The Gentile who wishes to be blessed and saved by Christ must follow the same laws that the Father gave to the chosen nation for His honor and glory. The Father observes the faith and courage of this Gentile, despite the difficulties. He pours out His love on them, unites them with Israel, and leads them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This plan of salvation makes sense because it is true. | There shall be one law for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you. (Exodus 12:49)
Jesus is the promised Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, but exclusively for the Israel of God. The Israel of God consists of Jews and Gentiles who are faithful to the eternal covenant of circumcision made with Abraham and to the laws given to the chosen people. The idea that a Gentile can reach Jesus outside of Israel is a human invention, with no basis in the Old Testament or the words of Jesus. The Gentile who wishes to be saved by Christ must follow the same laws that the Father gave to the chosen nation for His honor and glory. The Father sees their faith and courage, despite the difficulties. He pours out His love on them, unites them with Israel, and leads them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | The Gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, being thus His servant… and who holds fast to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
In many churches, leaders claim to preach a message of peace, but they never teach that obedience to God’s holy and eternal laws is necessary for the soul to have peace with Him and achieve salvation in Christ. The peace these churches offer is deceptive, as it is based neither on what God revealed through the prophets nor on the words of Jesus. As long as an individual refuses to obey God’s Law, they are in rebellion against the Creator, and the last thing they can expect is God’s peace. True peace is found only by those who follow the laws God gave to Israel in the Old Testament, the same laws that Jesus and the apostles followed. Only to these does the Father pour out His love and send them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | “Ah, my people! Those who guide you lead you astray and destroy the paths you walk.” Isaiah 3:12
We have never been so close to the end of this world as we are now. The signs are many and everywhere, and the speed at which they happen, one after another, leaves no doubt that the end is upon us. God is sounding the final warnings about the need to faithfully obey the holy and eternal Law He gave us in the Old Testament to be sent to Jesus and achieve salvation. For centuries, God has endured the church’s contempt for His Law, but now the shaking and the harvest begin. No Gentile will be taken to heaven if they do not seek to follow the same laws that Jesus and His apostles followed, for there is no other way. | “You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.” Psalms 119:4
Disobeying God’s Law is rebelling against Him. The devil started this rebellion in heaven, passed through Eden, the Jews, and now has reached us, the Gentiles. Many teach that if we believe in Christ, disobeying the Law does not affect salvation, but Jesus never taught such a thing. This lie is part of the devil’s plan against the Gentiles, started soon after Jesus returned to the Father. People forget that the serpent is determined to convince all of humanity of the same lie it used with Adam and Eve: that nothing bad happens to those who disobey God. Salvation is individual. No Gentile will ascend without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “Ah, my people! Your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.” Isa 3:12
The expression “unmerited favor” does not exist in the Scriptures; it is a theological jargon invented after Jesus’ ascension, with the intent to separate the Gentiles from Israel and create a new religion, with new doctrines and traditions, and to exclude the need to obey God’s laws for salvation. This concept has no support in the Old Testament nor in the words of Jesus in the Gospels. To claim that humans cannot contribute to their salvation encourages sin and suggests that God seeks to save the disobedient, which is why many Gentiles cling to this false doctrine. What Jesus really taught is that it is the Father who sends us to the Son, and the Father only sends those who follow the laws given to the nation He set apart for Himself with a perpetual covenant. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to minister to him, and to be his servant… and holds fast my covenant, I will bring to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
If an individual said in church: “I do not deserve to be saved!”, but sought to faithfully obey the laws that God gave to His prophets and Jesus, he would be an excellent example of humility, worthy of being imitated. But in practice, the majority in the church often repeat this phrase, while obeying God’s Law is the last thing on their minds. In their understanding distorted by the serpent, they believe that, precisely because they do not deserve it, they can ignore God’s laws and still reach heaven. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.” Psalms 119:4
Many in the churches do not realize that Jesus never created a religion. Prophecies in various passages indicated that the Messiah would come from the lineage of Seth, Abraham, Jacob, and David, and thus Jesus was born, lived, and died as a Jew, and His followers were all Jews. The idea of founding a new religion intended for the Gentiles did not come from Jesus, but from the enemy, who conceived a faith separate from God’s people to divert the Gentiles from the true plan of salvation. What Jesus taught is that the Father sends us to the Son, and the Father only sends those who follow the laws He gave to His people. God observes us and, upon seeing our obedience, even in the face of opposition, He unites us with Israel and delivers us to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. This plan of salvation makes sense, because it is the true one. | “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word [the Old Testament].” John 17:6.
If God determines that someone deserves salvation, who are we to question it? At the final judgment, will we dare to say that He made a mistake? That no one there deserved it? God has already taken Enoch, Moses, and Elijah to heaven because He thought they deserved it – did He make a mistake? The doctrine of “unmerited favor” has no support in the Old Testament, and even less in the Gospels. Jesus never taught such a thing. What Jesus made clear is that the Father sends us to the Son, and the Father only sends those who follow the laws He gave to the chosen nation with a perpetual covenant. God observes our obedience, and upon seeing our faithfulness, He unites us with Israel and delivers us to the Son. | “You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.” Psalms 119:4
