The church will only take each of God’s wonderful commandments seriously when it abandons the fantasy that there is a shortage of human beings in the dwelling of the Most High. There is not! In heaven and on the new earth will be exactly those whom God has chosen , no more, no less. The Lord is not desperate to fill His Kingdom; He seeks only the faithful and obedient. This inflated self-esteem that dominates today’s churches was planted by the devil, to make them believe that God is so eager to save Gentiles that He no longer requires obedience to His holy laws. But this is a lie. The Father does not send disobedient people to the Son. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | “Ah! My people! Those who guide you mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.” (Isaiah 3:12)
Something that confirms that Jesus comes from God is that He never taught anything contrary to what the Father had already revealed through the prophets in the Old Testament. Not a single law was canceled by Him, no matter how small. On the contrary, Jesus reinforced and corrected the errors of the Jewish leaders. Both the Father and the Son remained faithful and consistent to what was taught from the beginning. However, millions in churches openly disobey God’s laws, without a drop of support from the words of Jesus in the four Gospels. They allowed themselves to be led by a heart inclined to sin and easily accepted doctrines of men that arose after Christ’s ascension. The Father does not send declared disobedient people to the Son. | “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 [the Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
The test of obedience that we Gentiles are facing is as rigorous as the one God gave to Israel on the way to Canaan. Of the 600,000 men who crossed the Red Sea, few reached the end approved. Their test was for an earthly homeland; ours is for eternal life, but in both cases, the criterion is obedience to God’s commandments. No matter how convincing, we cannot allow ourselves to be swayed by any argument to disobey the laws of God given to His prophets in the Old Testament. This is the test that, unfortunately, millions of souls in churches have failed for centuries. They fell into the serpent’s trap and, for this reason, are not sent to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. The Father does not send declared disobedient people to the Son. | God led you all the way in the desert to humble you and to test you, to know what was in your heart and whether you would obey His commandments or not. (Deuteronomy 8:2)
The claim that it is impossible to obey all of God’s laws is a lie. Most of the time, this phrase comes from individuals who refuse to obey, but do not admit that the real reason is love for the present world. However, they cannot deceive God, who searches hearts. Whoever knows the laws that God gave us through the prophets of the Old Testament, and still ignores them, is in open rebellion against the Lord and should expect nothing from Him. However, when this person awakens to their desperate situation and begins to obey God’s laws, they gain access to the Almighty, who will guide them and send them to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
The true plan of salvation, created by God and not by men, is simple, holy, and easy to understand and follow: seek to be faithful to the laws of the Father given to His prophets, and He will send you to the Son for the forgiveness of sins. All the apostles and disciples knew they should continue to be faithful to the Father’s laws to follow the Son and be saved. The idea that they could ignore God’s laws because the Messiah had come never crossed their minds. This absurdity is what has been taught to Gentiles for centuries, and no one cares that there is not a single word from Jesus in the Gospels supporting such teaching. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “Blessed are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and obey it.” (Luke 11:28)
The sacrifice of the Lamb of God for sins and the obligation of God’s children to seek to faithfully obey His holy and eternal Law was never a matter of one eliminating the other. Long before the cross, the Israel of God followed His laws and benefited from the sacrificial system for the forgiveness of sins. This divine process did not change with the cross. The Father did not send His only begotten Son to save rebels who consciously ignore His Law, but to save the faithful who wholeheartedly seek to obey all the commandments given to Israel, the nation God set apart for Himself with the eternal covenant of circumcision. This plan of salvation makes sense because it is the true one. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
We may not know much about the devil, but Jesus taught us that he is the father of lies. We also know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Any teaching that is not in total alignment with the words of Jesus, who is the truth, is a sign that it comes from the devil, whose language is lies. Millions in churches live in open disobedience to God’s laws given to the prophets in the Old Testament, based on the doctrine of “unmerited favor,” something Jesus never taught, and which, therefore, comes from the enemy. What Jesus taught is that no one comes to the Son unless the Father sends them, but the Father does not send declared disobedient people to Jesus; He sends those who seek to follow His laws, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. | “That is why I said to you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” (John 6:65)
In His encounters with the rabbis, Jesus was clear in stating that much of what they taught was not what God had instructed Israel through the prophets of the Old Testament. They had created their own doctrines and traditions and, in addition to the Scriptures, declared other writings as sacred. The true Israel, set apart by God as His people, is composed of Jews and Gentiles who remain firm in the covenant with Abraham, sealed by circumcision. It was for this Israel that the Father sent His Son as a sacrifice for sins. Any Gentile can join the Israel of God, be sent to Jesus by the Father, and attain salvation, but to do so, they must follow the laws God gave to Israel, the same laws that Jesus and His apostles obeyed. | 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)
All who will be saved are part of the chosen people , the Israel of God. Some were born from Abraham’s lineage, while others, like us, came from other nations, but all are integrated into the same holy people. There are not two plans of salvation, one for Jews and another for Gentiles; there is only one, established by the Father from the beginning. We Gentiles join Israel when we decide to follow the same commandments God gave to His people in the Old Testament. The Father sees our faithfulness and courage, even in the face of opposition; He pours out His blessings on us, unites us with Israel, and sends us to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense, because it is the true one. | 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)
No one is saved by the Law. Never was and never will be. We are saved because the Lamb of God paid with His Blood for our sins. However, the Blood does not purify all humanity; if that were the case, everyone would be saved. Whether in the tabernacle, the temple, or the cross, only those who please the Father are sent to the Son for forgiveness and salvation, and the Father only delights in the Jew or Gentile who seeks to follow His powerful and eternal Law. The disciples, who learned directly from Christ, understood this dynamic and, for this reason, kept the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. 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)
