The Messiah was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, both the natural descendants of Abraham and the Gentiles who joined Israel through faith and obedience to the laws given to the nation that God set apart for Himself. This means that the true plan of salvation involves Jews and Gentiles, but always through Israel. Jesus did not change this plan, and His apostles and disciples faithfully obeyed every one of God’s mighty commandments, without exception. We must also live this way, if we truly wish to rise with Christ. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds firmly to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Jesus never needed to teach His listeners about observing the eternal laws of His Father. That is because they were all already faithful: they were circumcised, kept the Sabbath, wore tzitzit, had beards, just like He and His apostles. We must also know that Jesus never even hinted that Gentiles were exempt from these same laws. The idea that Jesus founded a new religion for Gentiles is false. The Gentile who wishes to be saved by Christ will have to follow the same laws that the Father gave to the chosen nation for His honor and glory. The Father observes our faith and courage, unites us to Israel, and sends us to Jesus. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense, because it is true. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds firmly to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Adam and Eve had the choice to follow God’s voice and live, but they chose death, not the first death, which we all face, but eternal death, the definitive separation from the Creator, the source of life. God, however, devised a plan of salvation so that all of us, descendants of Adam, would have the same right of choice they had in Eden: to obey or disobey. We are saved when we obey the commandments God gave us through the prophets in the Old Testament and through Jesus in the four Gospels. The Father sees our dedication, recognizes our faithfulness, and sends us to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This plan of salvation makes sense because it is the true one. Obey while you are alive. | “Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
Many leaders wrongly teach that Gentiles only began to obtain salvation after Christ, but the Scriptures show the opposite: there was never a time when only Jews had access to the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus. Gentiles have always been able to draw near to the God of Israel through obedience to His mighty Law. On the other hand, the Father does not send the disobedient to the Son, whether Jew or Gentile. The apostles and disciples, who learned directly from the Messiah, understood this and sought to obey all the commandments: Sabbath, unclean meats, circumcision, beard, tzitzits, and other laws given to the prophets. Do not follow the teachings of men; follow Jesus. Obey while you are still alive and be blessed. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds firmly to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Our access to the spiritual world is limited, and that is why it is difficult to know if we are being deceived by some lie of the devil. That is why God left us His holy Law and instructed us through His Son. With all our strength and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we must strive never to stray from the laws the Lord gave us in the Old Testament. Furthermore, Jesus never prophesied about any man, inside or outside the Bible, who would be authorized to change even a jot or tittle of His Father’s Law. Do not be deceived: we are saved by pleasing the Father and being sent to the Son, and the Father is pleased with the Gentile who follows the same laws that Jesus and His apostles followed. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Many leaders teach that when we accept Jesus as Savior, we Gentiles become part of the chosen people, but, unlike the Jews, we can ignore God’s holy Law revealed in the Old Testament. However, this idea has no basis whatsoever in the words of the prophets or in the teachings of Jesus. At no time did the Lord declare that obedience would cease to be necessary. The blood of the Lamb does not cover the rebellious, but only those who seek to obey the entire Law of the Lord. This is how the apostles and disciples lived, in full harmony with the Father’s Law and the example of the Son. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds firmly to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
As Creator, God cares for all humanity, but as Father, He cares only for Israel, the people He chose for Himself with a perpetual covenant. The gentile who seeks deliverance and blessings outside of Israel is asking as someone who is not part of the people of God, and therefore his prayers are rarely answered. The good news is that any gentile can join Israel and be blessed by God, as long as he follows the same laws that the Lord gave to Israel, laws that all the apostles followed. The Father sees the faith and courage of this gentile, despite the difficulties. He pours out His love upon him, unites him to Israel, and leads him 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, thus becoming His servant… and who remains firm in My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
There is no shortcut in the plan of salvation. The gentile who seeks an easier way to escape eternal death is only wasting time and deceiving himself. God never offered an alternative, lighter, or more convenient route. Only the soul that pleases the Father , obeying all His laws given to the prophets in the Old Testament , is sent to Jesus, where the Blood of the Lamb purifies, redeems, and leads it to eternal life. This is the divine order established by the Creator Himself: first please the Father through obedience, then be delivered to the Son for salvation. Any path different from this is only human invention, without power, without truth, and without a future. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me; and they have obeyed your word [Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
Christians who reject the commandments of God , who know but ignore everything the Lord commanded us through His prophets in the Old Testament and Jesus in the four gospels , are, in reality, profaning God when they use His holy name in their songs. Many sing with emotion, raise their hands, and even cry, but their hearts remain in rebellion against the Law of the Most High. In human eyes, it seems like worship; in God’s eyes, it is contempt. There is no true praise when life contradicts the Creator’s commandments. He who rejects the Law but pronounces the name of God in songs is not worshiping , he is mocking the Holy One of Israel. | Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21)
Isaiah was the greatest messianic prophet of the Scriptures. Through him, God revealed the details of the plan of salvation for humanity, from the birth to the sacrificial death of Jesus, the Messiah of Israel. At no time does Isaiah mention a special plan of salvation for the gentiles, nor that the death of the Son would exempt them from obeying the Father’s laws. This fanciful doctrine did not come from the prophets nor from Christ, but from men who arose years after Jesus’ return to the Father. Do not follow the example of the majority; follow the example of Jesus, His apostles, and His disciples. Obey all the commandments that God gave us in the Old Testament while you are alive. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who remains firm in My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
