Hello, this is Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona.
And this is the first in a series of short videos on Israel that are going to prove beyond
any shadow of a doubt that the Jews are not God's chosen people in the New Testament,
but that rather we as believers, we as saved Christians are God's chosen people.
And it doesn't matter what nationality we're of, we're God's people if we believe in Jesus
Christ.
In the course of these videos, we'll also prove that the modern day nation of Israel
over in the Middle East is a complete fraud.
Frankly, the physical nation of Israel has been replaced in the New Testament by a spiritual
nation that is made up of all believers.
Now I could put all this into one long video that would be several hours long and have
hundreds of scriptures that we're going to use from the Bible to teach this.
But rather I'm going to put out just a series of short videos that just give you one digestible
truth at a time, line upon line, precept upon precept.
Today we're going to focus on Ephesians chapter 2 and we'll just do one scripture per video
that proves these truths.
Let's start in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 11.
The Bible reads, Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh,
who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made
by hands, that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God
in the world, but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the
blood of Christ.
So right there the Bible is speaking unto the Gentiles saying that when they were without
Christ, he says you're aliens unto Israel.
You're strangers of the commonwealth of Israel or the nation of Israel.
But he says now you've been made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Listen to verse 19.
It says, Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the
saints and of the household of God.
So according to this scripture, we as believers are fellow citizens of Israel.
He says that we were in time past foreigners, we used to be aliens and strangers of the
nation of Israel, but now we've been made nigh unto Israel by the blood of Christ.
And he says we are no longer strangers, we're no longer foreigners, but that we are fellow
citizens of Israel.
According to this scripture, I'm a citizen of Israel.
You're a citizen of Israel if you're a saved, born again child of God.
This alone is a powerful scripture that teaches that we in the New Testament are the chosen
people of God.
Stick around for the rest of these videos.
There are so many more powerful scriptures that teach this.
This is just one among many.
If you watch all these videos, I guarantee that it will be proven to you over and over
again that the unbelieving Jews today are under the wrath of God.
They are not God's chosen people whatsoever, but that we as believers have replaced them
as the people of God, as the holy nation.