Jews and Gentiles are more than the same

There is a false belief that the Jews have been set aside by God until the time of the tribulation. That could not be farther from the truth. Reality is that Jews and Gentiles are the same today, and much more. You see there are only two kinds of people on earth today, those who believe Jesus died for their sins and those who don’t. The Jews are not separated from this. They have to believe Jesus is their Saviour just like the Gentiles do.

For circumcision truly profits, if you keep the law: but if you be a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision does transgress the law? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 2:25-29

A lot of people don’t like to discuss the facts about the above verses when they try to say that the Jews have been set aside. They don’t want to admit that today those who are Jew are those who believe the Gospel. I have been told that this, and other text like it in the New Testament, are not saying that believers are Jews in the Spirit. The fact is though that is exactly what these verses are saying. God looks at what we believe in our hearts and not by what we do outwardly. That which is of the heart is what matters to God. A good example of this is at Luke 18:9-14.

And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Luke 18:9-14

As we see in the parable above the Pharisee was self justified by his works and not by what was truly needed. The Publican was not so, he was justified by God by what was in his heart. So what we see is that those who boast that they follow the law are not necessarily justified by God, but those who follow the law in their heart will be justified by God.
Now this is not to say we need to follow the law to be saved. That is not true. What the Bible teaches us is that true belief comes by believing God and not by any prayer we say or actions we perform.
It is the same for both Jews and Gentiles and will stay that way until Jesus Christ returns at the end of the tribulation. I know the Bible tells us in Revelation about the nation of Israel being chased in to the wilderness during the tribulation, but that does not mean there is a separation or reseparation of the Jews from the rest of us. It just simply means that they are chased into the wilderness. The same text in Revelation 12 also tells us about how after the Dragon, Satan, chases Israel into the wilderness he turns “and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” In other words Christians. Some would argue that it is talking about Jews who are saved based on the fact that it says “the remnant of her seed.” Which they would say is only Israel, but the truth is that all who have the testimony of Jesus Christ are of Israel and are therefore part of the remnant.
Some would argue that all the Christians were taken off of earth pre-tribulation. Besides the fact that the pre-tribulation rapture is not in the Bible, the problem with this argument is that this would include all Jewish Christians. So at the time of Satan’s being cast to earth there are both Jewish and Gentile believers on earth and they fall into the category of the remnant.

Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, to whom God imputes righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Comes this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 4:6-13

As we see from the above verses we who believe the Gospel have Abraham as our father. Whether we like it or not we, gentile believers, are part of the remnant that Satan turns his attacks to during the tribulation. The point of all this is that not only are Jews and Gentiles the same, we are part of the same family. That family of believers is the family of God. There is no separate places in Heaven for each denomination or ethnic group. We will all be together as one big family and we will all be with God, Jesus Christ, during His reign on earth. We also can see that the blessedness of eternal life and being part of God’s eternal family comes by faith and not by the works of the law. This is important to remember for some denominations try to tell us that we need to perform works as well as believe in order to be saved.

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? Romans 11:15

The above verse is often taken out of context to show that Israel has indeed be set aside. But if we put it in context with the rest of chapter 11 we see that it is actually referring to the Jews being partially blinded from the truth for the sake of the Gentiles, Romans 11:10-11. So we see they aren’t set aside awaiting the tribulation. They need to believe the Gospel just like the Gentiles.
Jews and Gentiles are more than just the same and thanks to God, and how He worked things out, we are part of the same family, here on earth and in heaven.