Why did God choose the Jewish people? Are Jews the Chosen People? This is racism! Why do you so openly tower over others?

The first half of this interesting question was answered Dimitry Smirnov — clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church (mitred archpriest), church and public figure, rector of the Church of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh on Khutorskaya and seven other churches in Moscow and the Moscow region, regular guest of the “Conversations with Father” program on the Soyuz TV channel, host of the “Dialogue under” program hours" on the Spas TV channel, founder and leader of the Separate Division project - an Orthodox movement dedicated to protecting family values, opposing juvenile justice and fighting abortion. Known for his missionary work. From 2001 to 2013, he was chairman of the Synodal Department for interaction with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies. On March 12, 2013, D. Smirnov was appointed first deputy chairman and chief of staff of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues and Motherhood Protection.

So the question was asked: “Why did the Lord choose the Jewish people?”

Listen to the response of a high-ranking priest from the Russian Orthodox Church: "The Lord did not choose the Jewish people, The Lord chose one Abram, who became the founder of the Jewish people.(Due to the last circumstance Avram later began to be called Abraham. Comment - A.B.). There was a man like this - a cattle breeder, his name was Abram. He maintained his faith in one God.

Previously, humanity was not numbered in billions of souls, as it is now; in the time of Abram, perhaps only a few hundred thousand people lived on the planet, and all people deviated into paganism. Some worshiped planets, others worshiped entire constellations, others worshiped groves, others worshiped rivers, and others made idols for themselves. Some cast them from metal, some carved out idols from wood, like our ancestors, the Slavs. These idols were brought some victims...

And of all these people, only Abram retained the belief that God is the only Creator, invisible spirit, immortal and infinite, creator of everything! This is the Lord elected Abram and said to him: "from you will come a people", and for a long time experienced his faith. How He experienced read the Bible for yourself. And out of him, from the loins of Abraham, came the Jewish people... And already this people kept faith in one God. And because of this faith, the Jewish people became chosen ones. They are like the children of Abraham. That's all".

Now I want to expose the lie that all the peoples who lived on the planet deviated into paganism, but only one Abram "kept faith in one God" .

Archpriest Smirnov advises us "ourselves read in the Bible" like the Lord "tested in faith" Abraham and the Jewish people he produced.

Well, Let's We themselves let's read Old Testament. Let's take a look, perhaps, in the book of Genesis, chapter 12:

1 And the Lord said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee;
2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing;
3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you; and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.
4 And Abram went as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5 And Abram took with him Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, and all the goods that they had acquired, and all the people that they had in Haran; and went out to go into the land Canaanite; and came to the land Canaanite.
6 And Abram walked through the land to the place of Shechem, to oak forests Sea. In this land then [lived] Canaanites.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram and said: . And [he] built there an altar to the Lord, who appeared to him.
8 From there he went to the mountain east of Bethel; and he pitched his tent [so that from it] Bethel [was] to the west, and Ai to the east; and created there altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
9 And Abram rose up and continued to go south.
10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to live there, because the famine had increased in that land.
11 And as he approached Egypt, he said to Sarah his wife, “Behold, I know that you are a woman of beautiful appearance;
12 And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, “This is his wife.” and they will kill me, but leave you alive;
13 Say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me for your sake, and so that my soul may live through you.
14 And it came to pass, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman;
15 Pharaoh’s officials also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and she was taken into the house of the Pharaohs.
16 And it was good for Abram for her sake; and he had flocks and herds, and donkeys, and male and female servants, and mules and camels.
17 But the Lord struck with heavy blows to Pharaoh and his house for Sarai Abram's wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “Why have you done this to me?” Why didn’t you tell me that she is your wife?
19 Why did you say, “She is my sister?” and I took her as my wife. And now here is your wife; take it and go.
20 And Pharaoh gave commandment to the people concerning him, and they brought him out, and his wife, and all that he had.

Already in this one episode we see a whole treasure trove interesting information. First, we learned that Abram did sacrifices no one Lord. And just recently we heard that Archpriest Smirnov spoke very negatively about the Slavs, saying that they were pagans, they made wooden idols for themselves, and "some sacrifices were made to these idols". It turns out bad somehow! An official of the Russian Orthodox Church accuses the Slavs of the same thing that the ancestor of the Jews, Avram, did!

Next interesting point: when Abram reached oak forests where they lived Canaanites, "The Lord appeared to Abram and said: "To your descendants I will give this land".

If the land was sparsely populated at that time (the number of earthlings was only hundreds of thousands of people, D. Smirnov is sure), then a logical question arises: why is land already occupied by some people (occupied specifically Canaanites ) The Lord decided to give it to Abram and his descendants? There was plenty of free space! Why did the Lord need to sow confusion and provoke murder by promising to give foreign land to Jews not yet born from Abram???

If this question is just curious, then searching for the answer to another question: "Who were these Canaanites, about which nothing is heard today?, should cause all Slavs SHOCK!

I simply must now cite information from my earlier publication :

Read a short text from a book published in the Russian Empire almost 150 years ago, and then I will explain to you what is so special about it sensational, and how to understand the events taking place in Russia and the world today through the words of this text!

Let me tell you right away, this is a scan from a book. "On the language of the Jews who lived in ancient times in Rus' and on Slavic words found among Jewish writers"(St. Petersburg, 1866).

The author of this text is Abraham Yakovlevich Garkavi, Russian orientalist and Hebraist, actual state councilor of the Russian Empire. Author of articles in the Jewish Encyclopedia and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Awarded the hereditary title of nobility of the Russian Empire (1901). He was a member of the board of the St. Petersburg Jewish community, a member of the economic committee, and gabai of the Great Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg.

So, Abraham Yakovlevich Garkavi explained the following back in 1866:

1. In Jewish medieval writing, the Slavic language is called the Canaanite language, and the Slavs themselves are called Canaanites.

2. Slavs in the past inhabited Palestine (in Hebrew - Canaan).

This sensational “news”, long hidden from the world community, from schoolchildren and students, sheds light on some of the secrets of our history and explains why the British government occupied the lands at the beginning of the twentieth century Palestine, and then made a broad gesture and gave them to the Jews for the construction of the Jewish state Israel!

British occupation forces in Jerusalem in 1917. .

Well, where else was there to create first Jewish state, if not on lands that once belonged to the Slavs! After all, the Lord himself, according to the Bible, promised Abraham: "To your descendants I will give this land" .

In connection with this stunning REVELATION, another question arises: what are Jews doing in Russia today?

Are they trying, by cunning and deceit, to take away this land from the Slavs, in fulfillment of the agreement between Abraham and the Lord?

Another historical source indicates that yes, Jews really claim all the lands of the Slavs, whom they call in communication with each other Canaanites! Here is a scan of a page from a book published in London in 1841:

I hope that middle-aged and elderly people still remember how in the 90s of the twentieth century, immediately after the collapse of the USSR, which happened in 1991, Russia faced an invasion of sectarians from the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses. There were a lot of them then in all our cities, literally thousands, and on a national scale - a whole army! These "Jehovah's Witnesses" went in pairs to the homes of Russians and distributed free "Watchtower" and "Awake" tracts to everyone.

In 1997, such a couple of “witnesses” met on my way. They handed me the April 1, 1997 issue of The Watchtower magazine, from the cover of which the question was addressed to me: “Is it true that these are the last days?” There, on the cover, the answer was given to him: "Is it true! Only those who are selflessly devoted to Jehovah God will survive!”

Such a formulation of the question and such an answer to it, naturally, outraged me to the depths of my soul. I opened this magazine to see a commentary on such a shocking statement. I wanted to know why it is people who do not believe in Jehovah, Jewish Gentlemen, must be destroyed? And this is what I read there: “Jehovah told Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan, but not until four centuries later, “for the measure of the iniquities of the Amorites was not yet filled.” Here, the word “Amorites,” which is translated “predominant tribe,” refers to the Canaanite people as a whole. So Jehovah was going to give his people the opportunity to conquer Canaan only four centuries later . Jehovah allowed this period so that the Canaanites could develop civilization. What have the Canaanites come to?” .

If you and I not quite degraded yet, we have to now connect one fact to anotherand conclude thatJewish tribe with God Jehovah at the head, he wants to finally conquer not some abstract Canaan, but Rus', Russia, which the Jews call among themselves Canaan! A "predominant tribe" tribe Jewish calling not someone, but the Russian people, who are in Russia state-forming.

Ask yourself: “why did the Jehovah’s Witnesses suddenly remember Abraham, the Old Testament “father of all nations” and the first Jew, who, according to biblical legends, lived about 4 thousand years ago? Why is the emphasis placed on words?"four centuries" ?

The answer is already contained in the question itself: because it is four centuries ago and appeared among the Jews living in the West with a capital letter the idea of ​​conquering Russia, the land of Rossov, as our great genius M.V. called it. Lomonosov.

Pay attention to the year of painting of this painting “Abraham on the way to the land of Canaan” - 1614. It was painted 300 years before the start of the 1st World War, and for 400 years before the expected start of the 3rd World War, which was supposed to begin, according to the plan of the Judean region, in 2014.

"Abraham on his way to the land of Canaan" (Peter Lastman, 1614).

So, if we “rewind” these “four centuries” from our Russian history, then we will get the period of the Romanov dynasty!!!

It began with them, with the Romanovs. Jewish occupation Russia, which medieval Judea- Jews identified with the Old Testament Canaan!

Some explanation of this genealogy chart indicating who is in this chart" Jewish tribe", and how its representatives over the past 400 years seized power over the Slavic tribes living in the territory now occupied by the Russian Federation, I gave in a separate work:. I advise everyone to read it.

You can judge what some of this galaxy of “Jewish invaders” looked like from their portraits.

This Ermak Timofeevich(1532/1534/1542 - 1585) - historical conqueror of Siberia for the Russian state. Recognized as a national hero of Russia. Try to determine his national and tribal affiliation from the portrait of Ermak Timofeevich.

Stavropol Regional Museum of Fine Arts. End of the 17th century. .

Next you will see the faces of Russian emperors, starting with the first ruler Russian Empire, which formed after the conquest Kingdom of Siberia, located in northern Asia, in the part that we now call Siberia. Look at these faces and think about the wisdom of the Russian proverb: “Then the Jews don’t look like us, so that we don’t make mistakes.”

Here are lifetime portraits of Peter I (1672-1725), his wife Catherine I (1684-1727), grandson of Peter I - Peter II (1715-1730), niece of Peter I - Anna Ioannovna (1693 - 1740) and daughter of Peter I and Catherine I - Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-1761).

Peter I(years of reign - 1689-1725). Catherine I(reign years - 1725-1727)

Since 1721, Peter I is the Russian Emperor, and Catherine I is the Russian Empress.

Peter II(years of reign - 1727-1730). Anna Ioannovna(years of reign - 1730-1740).

Elizaveta Petrovna(years of reign - 1741-1762).

In 1762, in connection with the death of the last daughter of Peter I, the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, the direct line of inheritance along the female line was stopped in the house of the Romanovs (in the male line it was stopped even earlier, in 1730, when he died Peter II).

Now attention, question: what do we see in the faces of these Russian emperors and empresses from Romanov dynasty?

We see that nothing Russian there was nothing in their faces.

Further, starting in 1762, the Russian Empire was ruled by the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanovs (German: Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp) - one of the lines of the Oldenburg dynasty, separated from its Holstein-Gottorp branch, which accepted Name Romanovs due to inheritance through the female line.

These rulers from the Oldenburg dynasty of the Holstein-Gottorp branch were Peter III, Catherine II, Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II.
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In 1914, the planet was shaken by the First World War, and in 1917, a revolution was carried out in the Russian Empire, which changed the entire course of world history. The Jews, masterfully mastering the techniques of deceiving and zombifying the masses, destroyed the Russian Empire in the shortest possible time, hoping to build their “Jewish kingdom” on its ruins (as the Russian thinker-prophet Fyodor Dostoevsky predicted in his “Diary of a Writer” back in 1877) .

A few years later, after 1924, the former seminarian and managed to seize power from Bronstein (Trotsky), protege . Under the leadership of Stalin, peoples of dozens of nationalities were united into a single family of nations, and on the ruins of the Russian Empire, instead of the “Jewish kingdom,” the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was built.
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If we now take into account the modern religious revelations of the Jewish tribe, "that Jehovah intended to enable his people to conquer Canaan only in four centuries" , (a hint of the last 400 years), then from this logic it follows that the collapse of the USSR in 1991 was an important step Jewish Jews before their final capture "territory of Canaan", read - Russia.

For what purpose this dirty anti-Russian and anti-Slavic film was created, including with state money, I told shortly before its all-Russian premiere in my article:.

At a time when Western audiences praised and awarded this film by Andrei Zvyagintsev with various awards and prizes, a flurry of criticism of this film grew in Russia, especially when it became known that it was being created by blessinga certain influential oligarch who told the director:“Let the Russians look at “art” before the war! » It even got to the point where Governor of the Murmansk region Marina Kovtun gave a verbal order that this film denigrating Russia should not be released on the territory of the Kola Peninsula!

And what do you think? On defense "Leviathan" The Russian Orthodox Church arose in the person of Metropolitan Simon of the Murmansk and Monchegorsk diocese.

Bishop Simon noted that the film honest, and are revealed in the plot life problems countries. In response to a request from the radio station “Moscow Speaks” to evaluate “Leviathan,” the Metropolitan of Murmansk said that he felt about this film positively. "He told me liked it. Movie honest» , says the message received by the radio station. According to a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, The film should not be banned. .

When one high-ranking representative of the Russian Orthodox Church shows hypocrisy to please "God's chosen" people >and outright lies to the state-forming people of Russia, Slavs, Russians, about "correct Jewish faith in one God", this can be regarded as some kind of accident. But when the highest rank of the Russian Orthodox Church, a bishop (!), gets involved in a scandal that arose over openly anti-Russian film "Leviathan", filmed Jewish director , and says: "he told me liked it. Movie honest» , It is already becoming clear that this is no accident.

This is a pattern. Moreover, you come to understand that true function of the Russian Orthodox Church- not at all the fulfillment of Christ’s commandments, but "standing on the rack", what in translation with "blatnoy feni" (a mixture of Yiddish and Russian) means “to protect, insure, stand guard over accomplices during the commission of a crime” .

Back in December 2013, I wrote an article in which I presented evidence of the existence international Jewish mafia led by biblical Jews, which has been trying for several centuries destroy Russian people in accordance with those prescribed in the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible "God's commandments".

To see these commandments as if dictated some Lord a man named Moses (aka Moishe, aka Moshe, aka Musa) just needs to open the Bible. Here are just a few of those available there murderous, inhumane laws according to which a part of Jewry lives from century to century - JEWS:

After THIS, is it possible not to believe in the JUDIAN CONSPIRACY and in the complicity of the Russian Orthodox Church in it?

The answer is clear: no, you can’t help but believe! And this is confirmed by the fact that people who believe in the JUDIAN CONSPIRACY is becoming more and more common in the world every day. And more and more people are beginning to understand that this Gentlemen, the God of the Jews, mentioned in the Old Testament “Deuteronomy”, Christ the Savior called the devil , speaking to the Jews: "Your father is the devil, and you want to do the lusts of your father..." (John 8:44).

At the end of this article, I would like to advise readers to read a number of my works, written in 2013-2015 and developing this sensitive topic:
The Holocaust was predicted by Christ the Savior and it will be a blessing to society .

June 20, 2017

The question: why are Jews the chosen people of God arises among people for two reasons - from a lack of understanding of what it means to be chosen and because of envy. Others, who do not have such questions, simply do not pay attention to why God chose the Jews as His people. If he chose, then it’s necessary, He knows best.

Envy gave rise to hatred, as evidenced by history, when for two millennia, claimants to God's chosen people - Christians and Islam - forced Jews, on pain of death, to accept their religion.

Such facts show how difficult it is to be chosen when, because of your chosenness by God, you are destroyed as an enemy of humanity.

What does chosen mean?

The best, the most outstanding, the most selected. Library of Selected Writers. Selected Society. Selected circle of people.

(Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov)

What was special about Abraham? He was the first Jew to be chosen.

1 And Yahweh said to Abram, Get thee out of your land, from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.

2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

3 And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed by you.

(Bereishit 12)

Already in these verses we see why Abraham was chosen. Abraham was originally named Abram. This name meant father of a strong people . When the treaty was concluded with Abram, his name was changed to Abraham - father of a great people.

Abraham had no children. His new name reminded him of his oath to God. After going through great trials, Abraham gave birth to Isaac.

Why does the Tanakh tell such a long genealogy? This genealogy from Abraham pointed to his promised son, the Messiah. It is through him that the main promise will happen - and all the families of the earth will be blessed by you .

The chosenness of Abraham, and through him and his descendants, is a blessing for all the nations of the world. But, as mentioned above, this chosenness was misunderstood by other religions, which subsequently led to the Holocaust.

Why God chose the Jews to be His people

Why God chose Abraham was because he was qualified for the task. However, at that time, there were already large and small kingdoms, and Abraham was a simple shepherd. He did not have his own kingdom, and he was not a king. His offspring were the fewest and most defenseless.

15 Remember His covenant forever, the word that He commanded for a thousand generations,

16 Which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.

17 And He made it a law for Jacob,

18 To Israel, by an everlasting covenant, saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, your inheritance,”

19 When you were few in number, few, and strangers (were) in it.

20 And they went from nation to nation, and from kingdom to another.

21 He did not allow anyone to oppress them, and He punished kings for them.

22 Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.

(1 Divrei HaYamim 16)

Protecting His people, the Almighty through him preserved for all mankind the blessing of Abraham, which, through the Messiah Yeshua, brought the once lost immortality.

Having chosen an insignificant race, the Almighty formed from it a great nation, which was to proclaim the glory of Jehovah. All the evil that exists in the world is carried on the shoulders of the chosen Jewish people. Even when the Messiah came, the Almighty sacrificed His people to save the pagans, who, unfortunately, did not appreciate this.

25 But I, brothers, want you to realize the truth that Elohim previously kept secret, but has now revealed, so that you do not think that you know more than what really is. [The truth] that hardness of heart, to some extent, has come upon Israel until the full number of the goyim comes in!

26 And that in this way all Israel will be saved. As the Tanakh says: ‘And a deliverer will come for Tziyon and for those who turn away from wickedness in Yaakov - the word of Yahweh!

27…This is my covenant with them…This is why Jacob’s sin will be forgiven.’

28 In relation to Bsur Tova, they are hated for your sake. But regarding election, they are loved for the sake of the Patriarchs,

29 for the gifts of Elohim and His calling are not subject to revision.

30 Just as you yourselves were formerly disobedient to Elohim, but have now received mercy because of the disobedience of Israel,

31 So Israel is now rebellious, so that Elohim will show mercy to him if you show him the same kindness that Elohim showed you.

32 For Elohim has imprisoned all mankind in disobedience, that he might show mercy to all.

(Letter to Rome 11)

No other people could have endured as much bullying and persecution as the Jewish people endured.

You chose us, Lord, among other people,

He stubbornly established us under the sun...

You see, the boy is standing over his grave

He asks: “Don’t look, my mother!”

The world remembers the treasures of past centuries -

After all, the heritage of our ancestors is priceless.

And the crystal bowls of children's heads

Fanatics are crushing against the walls!

And the crushed flesh seemed to scream:

“God of our fathers, we remember with blood:

Among the nations of the earth you have chosen us, Lord,

You marked us with difficult love,

You, Lord, chose us from millions of children.

We died before you, O God,

You collected our blood in large jugs -

Because there is no one else.

Inhaling the smell of blood like the smell of wine,

Having collected every drop of it, O God,

You, Lord, will exact punishment from our murderers in full.

From the silent majority - too...

The last cry rings: “Mom, don’t look,

This spectacle is not for women.

We are also soldiers on this path,

Just a little smaller.”

And they executed the children at the graves... At this hour

People slept peacefully in the world.

You have chosen only us among the nations under the sun.

You marked us with difficult love.

The scaffold is wet with blood, the ax is jagged,

And the Holy Father in the Vatican

Doesn't want to leave the beautiful cathedral -

Look at the pogrom, at the slaughter.

Understanding this, one can see why God chose the Jews to be the chosen people.

The theme of the chosenness of the Jewish people raises many questions.

1. How did the Jews end up being chosen? Who elected them?
2. Why were the Jews chosen among the nations of the world?
3. What is the meaning of being chosen?
4. Does being chosen presuppose an elevation above other peoples?
5. Isn't this kind of selectivity racist?
6. And if they are the chosen ones, why is it not noticeable?

We will answer in order.

How did the Jews become the chosen people?

The idea of ​​the chosenness of the Jewish people did not appear in the world as a result of their hidden ambitions and secret desires. The Jews did not elect or single themselves out. The Jews were chosen by G-d. The source of knowledge about this is in the Divine Desire, in the Torah, the book Shemot(19.5) and is mentioned three more times in the book Dvarim: “And now, if you obey me and keep my covenant, you will give me chosen ones of all nations..."

Why were the Jews chosen among the nations of the world?

The Jewish people were honored to be chosen because their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Yaakov, were the first to discover the Creator in the world, correct themselves and pass on the entire heritage to their descendants. They were pioneers in the service of G‑d and revealed the purpose of Creation. Subsequently, the Creator turned to all the peoples of the world with an offer to be the bearer of this goal, but they refused. And only the descendants of these forefathers unconditionally pledged to be bearers of the will of the Creator and entered into an alliance with Him on Mount Sinai. That's where they became the chosen Jewish people.

Why do you so openly rise above others?

Indeed, the chosenness of the Jews unnerves everyone who hears about it. Why? Firstly, the concept of “chosen” is automatically understood as “better” and “higher”. Secondly, in principle, every person there, in the depths of his heart, considers himself and his people chosen, but it is not customary to talk about this out loud. And these Jews brazenly and openly declare this. The result is envy and hatred. So why rise up?

It may be easier to answer this in the form of dialogue. One day I met John Abrash in a dark corner.

Oh, bastard, I heard that you consider yourself the chosen one, do you rise up?

But Abrasha was not at a loss:

Do you want to be chosen too?

John thought for a moment and agreed with apprehension. Then Abrasha asks him: do you know what our chosenness means?

Listen. First, you need to get involved with girls - no, no, there is only kosher food, then - study the Torah from morning to night, pray for a long time three times a day, strictly observe the laws of the Sabbath, fast during Lent...

Nope, I don’t want any chosenness!!!

Well then…

What is the meaning of being chosen?

The Creator chose the Jews to be an example for other nations in order to lead the whole world to correction. They must reveal to the world the reality of the One Creator, the absolute morality of G-d, and the ways of serving Him. But the correction of the world begins with... correction of oneself, therefore G-d obliged them to observe 613 commandments, including 365 prohibitions and 248 commands. In contrast, for other nations it is enough to follow the 7 commandments.

The chosenness of the Jews consists in colossal demands on themselves and responsibility for themselves and for the whole world. It is not higher or lower, not better or worse, it is a different role in the world.

Is the idea of ​​Jews being chosen racist?

Apparently, having not encountered anything like this in your life, you used the most familiar word - “racism”, but Jewish chosenness is something else. Judge for yourself.

1. The meaning of racism is the biological superiority of one race or ethnic group over another. As a consequence, this superiority provides them with special rights and advantages, justifying their right to dominate other peoples.

   What special rights and advantages do Jews have? Who do they dominate? A? Except it's the other way around. There are “rights”, but to constant and well-organized bloodletting. There is an “advantage”, but to be forever persecuted by the people! And even in modern history, Israel is the only country where, after more than 60 years of history, it is not clear where its borders lie, it fights every few years and the legitimacy of its existence is still openly questioned.

2. Racist doctrine states that national identity is determined by the purity of blood. Therefore, racism creates a closed ethnic group of people where outsiders are prohibited from entering.

   And the Jewish people are not a closed club of a chosen race of descendants of the Forefather Israel, it is open to everyone who wants to accept the commands of the Creator and join the service of G-d, becoming the same Jew. That is, any person from any nation, having undergone conversion, can become the same chosen one.

3. Racists, as a rule, proudly and joyfully carry their feeling of being chosen. But the Jews, as you noticed, are not very eager to be chosen and are even embarrassed about it...
4. The racists themselves decided that they were the superior race, but the Jews did not choose themselves, it was the choice of G-d.

So, being chosen is not racism, but responsibility and being demanding of oneself.

And if they are “chosen”, then why is it unnoticeable?

Indeed, you are right, looking around, you just want to shout: “Where are these high moral standards of the Jews that you are talking about? Who saw them? We are even worse than others!”

Your outrage is rightful. But the only question is, why we do not meet these high standards, we must turn first of all to... ourselves. Who are we complaining about?! After all, we are the heirs of this chosenness! In the daily bustle, we sometimes forget that we are called the people of the Book, and not the people of Newspapers and TV! Jewish uniqueness and chosenness are in our Torah and only in the Torah, and not in...

Although, I must reassure you, in fact, “chosenness” does not come automatically. If we turn to the source of knowledge about chosenness, the Torah, and read it more carefully, we will see that Jews are awarded this title only conditionally. It says there: “and now, If you will obey me and keep my covenant, then you will obey me chosen ones of all nations”... As you see, “if” you live the life of G-d, then only then will you be the chosen ones, and if not, then you will, as you noted, “worse than them”... After all, when they build life according to the laws and customs of others peoples, then the original is always preferable to a parody of it.

Tragicomedy

In a sense, the theme of chosenness for secular Jews is simply a tragicomedy. This reminds me of Abrash, who runs around in a wrinkled, oversized general’s uniform, not understanding who put it on him. The comedy is that, despite his ridiculous appearance, Abrasha loves to hang around among people and from time to time convinces them that he belongs to them and is not a general at all... But the result is nothing but contempt, because if you are not a general, then what are you wearing for? this title... And the tragedy is that despite all this, it doesn’t even occur to Abrashka to find out where this uniform came from and what it obliges...

Conclusion

So, in order to lead other nations, to be an example for them and to truly be the chosen people, you just need to be yourself, live the real life of our Torah and observe the mitzvot.

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When Christians hear the phrase “Jews are God's chosen people,” several questions often arise. What does "chosen" mean? Are Jews more important and significant in God's eyes than others? Do they have special privileges that others don't? Do Jews get a free ticket to heaven because God "chose" them?

To the Western mind, the meaning of the word "chosen" is equivalent to the meaning of the word "preferred". When we go to buy ice cream, we choose exactly the flavor that we like best. When we choose something, it often means that we prefer one thing over another.

However, when God chooses a person or a particular group of people, it is not so much for Himself, but in order to fulfill a much greater task. God has a grand plan: to manifest and demonstrate His character through His chosen vessel, in this case the people of Israel. He chose Israel not because they are better, but because He is faithful and because He loves His creation.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God has chosen you to be His own people above all the nations that are on the earth. (Deut.7:6)

It was not because you were more numerous than all the nations that the Lord accepted you and chose you, for you are the fewest in number among all the nations, but because the Lord loves you, and in order to keep the oath which He swore to your fathers... (Deut. 7:7-8).

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God chose Israel out of love and declared that He would keep this covenant regardless of their sins. God keeps his promises to these people hundreds and even thousands of years later. Ezekiel prophesied that God would scatter Israel to the four corners of the earth and then bring them back to the same place on earth. But God made it very clear that He would not do this because of their righteousness or for their own sake:

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I will not do this for you, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have come. And I will sanctify My great name, which is dishonored among the nations, among whom you have dishonored it, and the nations will know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when I show My holiness to you before their eyes. And I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all countries, and bring you into your own land. … It is not for your sake that I will do this, says the Lord God, let it be known to you. Blush and be ashamed of your ways, O house of Israel. (Ezek.36:22-24, 32)

And although Israel was driven out of the Promised Land, scattered among the nations, and His name dishonored, God is still faithful to Israel. Not because they are special, but because He is special among them. God will prove to all the nations of the earth that He is God. And He chose Israel for this task.

You could even say that God chose the people of Israel because they were an arrogant, stubborn, stiff-necked people who continually turned away from the Lord. How else can we learn about His patience, forgiveness, mercy and long-suffering? However, it is through this family, this people, that the Creator chose to reveal Himself and His Son to the world. If He can reveal His glory and character through such people, then there is hope for our haughty hearts and for our lost world.

From the conversation:
- Listen, why did God choose the Jews as His people? For what kind of merit?
-Have you read the Bible? It's all said there.
- It is so difficult to read and understand. And there’s not enough time for anything. I believe that God is in my soul, I pray sometimes, and that’s enough.
- Do you still want to know about Jews?
- Of course I want. But only if you share what the Bible says about them. I'm not going to look for the answer myself.
- I don’t like to retell the Bible; I’d rather select texts on this issue. Read at your leisure. Maybe someone else will be interested...
- This is an option! So to speak, an educational program for those who do not have time to read the Bible.
- Or – for those who do not know how to read the Bible...

I got down to business with pleasure. I always rejoice at the opportunity to open the Bible.

In the Old Testament, the first book of Moses, GENESIS, tells the story of the formation of the Jewish people, chosen by God for a specific mission.

The New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew, opens with the genealogy of Jesus Christ from Abraham, the forefather of the Jewish people.

Genealogy of Abraham from Adam: Seth - Noah - Shem - Terah, father of Abram, who lived in the pagan city of Ur of the Chaldeans, in Southern Mesopotamia. (Genesis, chapters: 4-5,11).

“And the Lord said to Abram: Get thee out of your land... to the land that I will show you.
And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing, ... and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” 12:1-3.

“...and they came to the land of Canaan. ...And the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” 12:7.

The concept of “Jew” is first encountered in chapter 14, verse 13: “And one of the survivors came and told Abram the Jew.” Jews, i.e. “newcomers”, “coming from another country”, is the name by which the Israelites were known to other nations. Jews began to be called Israelites after the Lord gave the new name Israel (God's hero) to Abraham's grandson Jacob.

“And the word of the Lord came to him (Abram): Look up to the sky and count the stars, if you can count them. You will have so many descendants. Abram believed the Lord and He counted it to him as righteousness. And he said to him: I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for your possession. From the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates." 15:4-7,18.

“And the Lord said to Abram: Know that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will enslave them and oppress them for four hundred years. But I will execute judgment on the people whose enslavement they will be; after this they will come out with great wealth. And you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will be buried in a good old age. In the fourth generation they will return here, for the measure of the iniquities of the Amorites has not yet been filled.” 15:13-16.

“Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar (Sarah’s Egyptian maid) gave birth to Abraham Ishmael.” 16:16.

“Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him: I am God Almighty; Walk before Me and be blameless. I am Jehovah, this is My covenant with you: you will be the father of many nations. And you will no longer be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham.” 17:1-5.

“God said: It is Sarah your wife who will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; And I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant, and to his descendants after him…. Twelve princes will be born from him; and I will make him into a great nation.”
17:19-20.

“And from the son of the maidservant will I make a nation, for he is thy seed.” 21:13.

Ishmael had 12 sons and from them came the Arabs.

“For I have chosen him (Abraham) to command his sons and his household after him to walk in the way of the Lord, doing righteousness and justice.” 18:19.

“There was a famine in the land, and Isaac went to the king of the Philistines at Gerar. The Lord appeared to him and said: wander through this land; and I will be with you and bless you. Because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept what I commanded to observe: My commandments, My statutes and My laws.” 26:1-5.

“And God said to Israel in a vision at night: Jacob! Jacob! He said: here I am. God said: I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go to Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation. I will go with you to Egypt; I’ll take you back.” 46:2-4.

After four hundred years of slavery of the people of Israel in Egypt, God led them through the desert for forty years. For what? The answer to this question is given by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 8.

The following books of the Old Testament describe the history of the chosen people as a prototype of the future Christian church.
This story is briefly recounted by Stephen before the Sanhedrin in the book of Acts, chapter 7.

The Apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Corinthians:

“I do not want to leave you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea. And they were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. And everyone ate the same spiritual food. And they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual stone that followed; the stone was Christ. But God did not favor many of them, for they were slain in the wilderness.
And these were images for us, so that we would not be lustful for evil, as they were lustful. Do not be idolaters like some of them...
All this happened to them as images; but it is written for our instruction, who have reached the last ages.” 1 Corinthians 10:1-11.

“When John (the Baptist) saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them: brood of vipers!.. And do not think of saying to yourself: “We have Abraham as our father”; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.” Matthew 3:7-9.

“Is God really the God of the Jews only, and not of the pagans? Of course, pagans too; for there is one God, who justifies the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcised by faith.” Rom. 3:29-30.

“For the promise was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, by law, to be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of faith.” Romans 4:13.

“For the end of the law is Christ, for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Rom. 10:4.

“... the hardening occurred in Israel in part, until the time when the full number of the pagans came in, and so all Israel would be saved, as it is written: the Deliverer will come from Zion and will turn away wickedness from Jacob; and this covenant is from Me to them, when I take away their sins from them... For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:25-29.

“Know then that those who believe are the sons of Araam... And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, foretold to Abraham: “In you all nations will be blessed.”
Galatians 3:7-8.

“If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.”