Only Israelites Can Be Saved? – What Exactly Does The Bible Say?

Only Israelites Can Be Saved? (Part 1) – What The Old Testament Says

Who will be saved? Is it true that only Israelites can be saved?

If you ask most persons who have read the Bible, they will most likely either say Christians will be saved or anyone can be saved.

If you ask a Hebrew Israelite however, you are most likely to hear that only Israelites, descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel can be saved.

As one who subscribes to no religion or religious order, I will seek to dig into this matter to see who is right.

Also, I have no need to be biased as I have no doubt that I am indeed Hebrew, an Israelite in the flesh. Neither am I seeking acknowledgement nor praises from any man.

Therefore, knowing that salvation is available for me and other Israelites for sure, I will seek to see if the other nations have been shut out as many of our brothers teach.

I will use scriptures to let the word speak, instead of relying too mush on my own understanding.

 

The Danger Of Religion

I have long discovered the danger of adding a label to one’s self and subscribing to a modern religious order. This keeps us believing whatever our religion tells us. As such I have also realized that the whole truth is not in any denomination.

That is why we should be disciples of the Messiah who walk in obedience to the commandments and laws of the Most High YAHUAH TSEVA’OTH (Rev 14:12) and nothing else. Therefore this is the first part of a series that looks to dig up the truth as to who can be saved.

 

Why The Old Testament Is Most Important In Answering Who Will Be Saved?

This first episode in the series will focus on the Tanakh (old testament). This is because YAHUAH does nothing before first revealing it to his servants the prophets. Those are the prophets who spoke, “thus says YAHUAH.”

Amo 3:7 Surely YAHUAH ELOHIYM will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

 

Additionally, the Tankah (scripture) was given for our learning and correction:

2Ti 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of YAHUAH, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of ELOHIYM may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

As a result, no teaching that we can conclude from the new testament can overrule prophecies and writings of the old testament.

So listen this episode to see what scripture says about who can be saved. The verses from the podcast are posted below.

 

 

SHOW NOTES & REFERENCE SCRIPTURES

I have provided the show notes for reference purposes below so it can help you as you follow along. Only Israelites can be saved? Let’s see.

 

Amos 3:7
Surely YAHUAH Elohiym will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

2 Tim 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of ELOHIYM, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

 

NO MENTION WAS MADE OF OTHER PEOPLE BEING FREED FROM BONDAGE BUT…

Exo 12:37 — Exo 12:38
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

 

PROPHECIES OF GENTILES SERVING YAHUAH

Deu 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not ELOHIYM; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities:and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people;I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Romans 11:11
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? ELOHIYM forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

Psa 18:43 — Psa 18:44
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

 

PROVISION FOR STRANGERS TO KEEP HIS FEASTS WHICH WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

WHOSE FEASTS ARE THEY?
Lev 23:1 — Lev 23:2
And YAHUAH spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of YAHUAH, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

 

WHO WERE THE FEASTS GIVEN TO?

Leviticus 23:44
And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of YAHUAH.

 

YET PROVISIONS IN LAW FOR STRANGERS TO KEEP THE FEASTS

SABBATH……
Exo 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Transliteration: zûr
Pronunciation: zoor
Definition: A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a {foreigner} strange 6
profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery: – *(come from) another ({man}* {place})* {fanner} go {away} (e-) strange ({-r} {thing} woman).
KJV Usage: stranger (45x), strange (18x), estranged (4x), stranger (with H376) (3x), another (2x), strange woman (2x), gone away (1x), fanners (1x), another place (1x).

 

REWARD FOR STRANGER KEEPING SABBATH

Isaiah 56:3
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to YAHUAH, speak, saying, YAHUAH hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Isa 56:6 — Isa 56:9
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YAHUAH, to serve him, and to love the name of YAHUAH,
to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

YAHUAH ELOHIYM which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

 

Exo 12:19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Transliteration: gûr
Pronunciation: goor
Definition: A primitive root; *properly to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other {purpose})* that {is} *sojourn (as a guest);* also to {shrink} fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid): – *{abide}* {assemble} be {afraid} *{dwell}*{fear} *gather ({together})* *{inhabitant}* {remain} {sojourn} stand in {awe} (be) {stranger} X surely.

 

BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
Exo 12:43 — Exo 12:49
And YAHUAH said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him (see below), then shall he eat thereof.

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to YAHUAH, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

 

1Co 7:22 — 1Co 7:24
For he that is called in YAHUAH, being a servant, is YAHUAH’S freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is MESSIAH’s servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with YAHUAH.

Esther 9:27
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

Esther 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Lev 19:34
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am YAHUAH your ELOHIYM.

 

PROVISION FOR CIRCUMCISION FOR STRANGER BOUGHT WITH MONEY

Gen 17:26 — Gen 17:27
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

SAME THING HERE….

1Co 7:20 — 1Co 7:24
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in YAHUAH, being a servant, is YAHUAH’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with ELOHIYM.

 

MORE SPECIAL MENTIONS IN TORAH FOR STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG THEE

Lev 17:12
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Lev 18:26
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

 

SIN OF STRANGER FORGIVEN, JUST AS ISRAEL

Num 15:26
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.

 

ORDINANCE FOREVER

Num 15:15
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before YAHUAH.

 

STRANGERS APPOINTED CITIES JUST AS ISRAEL

Jos 20:9
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

 

LIMITATIONS OF THE STRANGER

Exo 29:32 — Exo 29:33
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

STRANGER here refers to anyone who is not OF THE LINE OF AARON. It is the word zoor, which can mean a foreigner or profane.

Transliteration: zûr
Pronunciation: zoor
Definition: A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a {foreigner} strange 6
profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery: – (come from) another ({man} {place}) {fanner} go {away} (e-) strange ({-r} {thing} woman).
KJV Usage: stranger (45x), strange (18x), estranged (4x), stranger (with H376) (3x), another (2x), strange woman (2x), gone away (1x), fanners (1x), another place (1x).

Num 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before YAHUAH; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as YAHUAH said to him by the hand of Moses.

Num 16:1 — Num 16:3
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and YAHUAH is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of YAHUAH?

 

Lev 22:10 — Lev 22:11
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

1Co 6:19 — 1Co 6:20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of ELOHIYM, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify ELOHIYM in your body, and in your spirit, which are ELOHIYM’s.

Lev 22:12 — Lev 22:13
If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Lev 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am YAHUAH your ELOHIYM.

Numbers 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

 

STRANGER CANNOT RULE OVER ISRAEL

Deu 17:15
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom YAHUAH thy ELOHIYM shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

 

STRANGER OFFER SACRIFICE

Num 15:14 — Num 15:16
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto YAHUAH; as ye do, so he shall do. One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before YAHUAH. One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

 

YAHUAH NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS

Num 15:29 — Num 15:30
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth YAHUAH; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

 

Ezk 14:7 — Ezk 14:8
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I YAHUAH will answer him by myself:

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off *from the midst of my people*; and ye shall know that I am YAHUAH.

 

PROVISION FOR THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL WHO TOUCHED ISRAEL’S INHERITANCE

Jer 12:14
Thus saith YAHUAH against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, YAHUAH liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith YAHUAH.

 

PROVISION MADE FOR STRANGERS IN THE COMING KINGDOM OF ISRAEL

Ezk 47:21 — Ezk 47:23
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith YAHUAH ELOHIYM.

 

PRACTICAL EXAMPLES

Joshua 6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Hebrews 11:31
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

 

DANGER OF OPPRESSING STRANGERS

Jer 7:6 — Jer 7:7
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other ELOHIYMs to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

 

CONCLUSION

Amos 3:7
Surely YAHUAH Elohiym will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

2Ti 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of ELOHIYM, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

NO MENTION WAS MADE OF OTHER PEOPLE BEING FREED FROM BONDAGE BUT A MIXED MULTITUDE WENT UP…

YAHUAH SPOKE THROUGH HIS PROPHETS THAT STRANGERS WILL OBEY AND SERVE HIM.

HE SPOKE THROUGH MOSES THAT THE GENTILES WILL SERVE HIM AND PROVOKE ISRAEL TO JEALOUSY.

PROVISION WAS MADE THROUGHOUT TORAH FOR STRANGERS TO PARTAKE OF HIS FEASTS AND HIS LAWS. IN FACT, THE LAW STATES…

Num 15:15
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before YAHUAH.

 

WE ALSO SEE THAT YAHUAH IS NO RESPECTOR OF PERSONS WHERE SIN IS CONCERNED.

Num 15:29 — Num 15:30
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth YAHUAH; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

WE SEE PROVISION BEING MADE FOR ISRAEL’S ENEMIES TO REPENT AND JOIN THEMSELVES TO HIS PEOPLE in Jer 12:14 — Jer 12:17.

IN Jer 7:6 — Jer 7:7 WE SEE THIS WARNING AGAINST OPPRESSING THE STRANGER PREVENTING US FROM ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND.
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other elohiyms to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

FINALLY, WE SEE PROVISION BEING MADE FOR STRANGERS TO ENTER THE KINGDOM IN WHICHEVER TRIBE THEY SOJOURN.

 

Ezk 47:21 — Ezk 47:23
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith YAHUAH ELOHIYM.