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The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, ... for you were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers…” (Deuteronomy 7:6-8). From all the nations and people on the earth, why exactly did God “choose” the Jews?
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www.gotquestions.org/Jews-saved.html
www.gotquestions.org/Jews-saved.html
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Question: "Why did God choose Israel to be His chosen people?"; Answer: Speaking of the nation of Israel, Deuteronomy 7:7 ... However, God’s ultimate purpose for Israel—that of bringing the Messiah into the world—was fulfilled perfectly in the Person of Jesus Christ. Recommended Resource: Salvation is from the Jews:
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www.gotquestions.org/why-God-choose-Israel.html
www.gotquestions.org/why-God-choose-Israel.html
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The Chosen People by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Appreciating an often-misunderstood idea. The Jewish nation is often referred to as "the Chosen People." Many people (including Jews) are uncomfortable with this idea. They perceive the co...
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Thus, that little couplet that I used as the title for this sermon is a rather cute way to say briefly how complicated the relationship of “choosing” is between God and the Jewish people. “How odd of God to choose the Jews,” was coined by British journalist William Norman Ewer, and it’s sometimes been...
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www.ucclasvegas.org/Sermons/060924%20How%20Odd%20of%20G...
www.ucclasvegas.org/Sermons/060924%20How%20Odd%20of%20God%20.htm
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Among other things, Cynthia Ozick asks the eternal question: Why the Jews? I know the answer to that question, but before I answer it we should ask a related question: Is there anything unique about anti-Semitism?
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www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/033639.php
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The fact of the matter is that G-d didn’t choose the Jews – He chose the Israelites, the race of people who sprang from Adam in Eden, a family-nation of Syrians (Aramaeans), the progeny of ... It seems to me simply a cute, rhyming formulation of what the Old Testament itself says about God's election of the Jews.
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www.bible-news.com/2007-year-of-destiny/how-odd-of-god-...
www.bible-news.com/2007-year-of-destiny/how-odd-of-god-to-choose-the-jews.htm
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So, the Jews are meant to be different, the 'chosen people'. As Tevya said in The Fiddler in the Roof, 'Maybe we've had enough of being chosen, Lord, can't you go and choose someone else, ... Gentiles may say, "how odd of God to choose the Jews", but I would answer, "if he hadn't so presumed, you Gentiles would be doomed!"
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www.stevemaltz.com/odd.htm
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THE JEWS: Still Here-and More. - 'HOW odd/Of God/To choose/The Jews," wrote a British wag named Willia : Encyclopedia.com ... 'HOW odd/Of God/To choose/The Jews," wrote a British wag named William Norman Ewer in a little jingle often attributed to Hilaire Belloc (and given the sly touch of malice concealed beneath the whimsy,
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www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-59329724.html
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Why did God choose Jesus to be of Jewish descent? Why couldn't Jesus have been of Japanese descent or African descent? Answer; In theory, God could have chosen any ethnic group or even none at all. However, He did decide that the Messiah would come in ... To ask why Jesus came from the Jews is to ask why God chose Abraham.
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en.allexperts.com/q/Bible-Studies-1654/God-choose-jews....
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