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Can faith in Jesus of Nazareth bring salvation to non-Hebrew believers?




Can faith in Jesus of Nazareth bring salvation to non-Hebrew believers?

Faith in Jesus of Nazareth (peace be upon him) can certainly lead non Hebrew believers into everlasting life; but only if such faith makes them obey the goodness that has been commanded by God's Law (a lifestyle summarized by Justice, mercy, and humility, as per Micah 6: 8).
As is also taught in the Gospel, when it goes on to say: “Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord!, Lord! ' (in other words, not all who claim that I'm their Messiah, as well as the son of God), shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew 7: 21, KJV)
... but if thou wilt enter into Life [everlasting], keep the Commandments...
Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself (Matthew 19: 16-19, KJV)
... for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4: 7)
... Then the King will say… Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me (Matthew 25: 34-36, KJV)
... shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works (James 2: 18, KJV)… whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother (1 John 3: 10, KJV)
... Then he will say… Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not (Matthew 25: 41-43, KJV)… He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4: 8, KJV)”

 

The dress code of a godly woman

There is a beautiful Jewish story (Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 47a) about Shim’on, the son of a woman named Kimchit. The former went out to speak to a king on the eve of Yom Kippur, and a drop of saliva sprayed from [the king’s] mouth onto [Shim’on’s] garments. Thereby, Shim’on became impure, so that his brother Yehudah entered and served as the high priest in his stead. Thus, their mother [Kimchit] had the honor of witnessing two of her sons [serve as] high priests on the same day.
In fact, Kimchit had seven sons; and all of them served in the position of high priest. The sages sent [a question to her] and asked: “What good deeds have you done [lit. have in your possession, in order to merit such a great honor]? ” She answered them: “May [evil] befall me if, in my days, the beams of my house saw the hair of my head or the seams of my tunic (undergarment)”. They said [about Kimchit]: “All flour is flour, but the flour of Kimchit is fine flour”. And they applied to her the verse that goes on to say: “All her glory—the daughter of a king—is inside and her raiment is of golden settings” (Psalms 45: 14).
In short, Kimchit [correctly] assumed that a mother’s modest behavior positively affects the outcome of her progeny. Thus, all God fearing women are called to dress in a chaste and modest fashion, in order to bring honor and blessings upon their households.

 

 

 

 

Hebrew Scripture and idolatry

Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 103b) says that Rabbi Nathan taught there were three Roman miles between Gareb (the town where Micah erected his idol) and Shiloh (where the altar of God was located). This distance was short enough that the smoke from the altar in Shiloh, and that of Micah's idol, mixed with each other.
When the Ministering Angels wanted to finish off Micah, The Holy One of Israel rebuked them, saying: “Let him be, since his bread is available to the wayfarers! (As the passage in Judges 17: 9-11 intimates)”. So, when it comes to idolatry, it seems like deeds of loving kindness are effective in appeasing the wrath of Ha-Shem. On the other hand, it would be wrong not to condemn idolatry.
Why? Because of Micah’s idol in Gareb [which his neighbors permitted], the death penalty was visited upon many men of Israel who fought the tribe of Benjamin to avenge the concubine in Gibeah (in the initial battles, the men of Israel lost forty thousand of their number- see judges 20: 21 & 20: 25). The Holy One (blessed be He) said to the men of Israel: “For my Honor [tarnished by Micah’s idol], you put up no fight, but for a woman’s honor, you did”

 

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