Posted on 12/03/2021 9:37:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Some 51% of Evangelical Protestants in the United States say they believe Jews are God’s chosen people, according to a recently released survey.
Titled “The Jewish Connection: Evangelicals and Israel,” the findings were announced this week by Infinity Concepts, a faith-based communications agency that co-produced the report with Grey Matter Research.
Drawing from a survey of approximately 1,000 Evangelical Protestant Americans, the report found that 51% of respondents believed that Jews were still God’s chosen people.
By contrast, 19% said they were unsure, 17% said they believe Christians have replaced Jews as the chosen people, 10% said they believe Jews were never God’s chosen people, and 2% held an “other” view.
There was a generational difference in this sentiment, with 59% of respondents who were 70 or older saying they believe Jews were still the chosen people, while only 44% of those aged 40 and below agreed.
The report measured priority status for Israel and the Jews, using a scale of 1 to 5, in which 1 meant not important while 5 meant very important.
This part of the survey found that 48% of respondents believe that “supporting Israel and the Jewish people to be important in their own charitable behavior,” ranking the issue as a 4 or 5.
The report also found that 20% of Evangelical respondents were “Israel loyalists,” which meant they not only believed Jews were the chosen people, but also placed “a very high priority on supporting them.”
“From the Jewish and Israeli perspective, the Evangelical community is often viewed as a monolithic group that is both pro-Israel and pro-Jewish,” said Mark Dreistadt, CEO of Infinity Concepts, in comments to The Christian Post on Wednesday.
“We knew this was not true, but felt it was important to quantify the diversity as best we could. By looking at theological viewpoints, charitable giving, and support priorities we were able to see the mosaic of diversity emerge.”
Dreistadt also told CP that he found the “number of people that do not have a specific perspective” on the issue to be interesting, adding that he believed it “represents important growth opportunities for increased awareness, education and engagement with regard to Jewish-Christian relations and cooperation.”
“My perception is that Protestant Evangelicals are embracing the Jewish community — and the Jewish community is embracing the Evangelical community — more than ever before,” he continued.
“This is a trend that I personally hope will continue as the two communities learn to understand, trust and value one another. Because of the benchmarks established in this survey, we will be able to objectively measure progress in the years ahead.”
The group Christians United for Israel had some issues with the report, emailing a statement to CP on Wednesday in which they said the findings were “somewhat sensationalized.”
“A majority of Evangelicals believe the Jews are God’s chosen people. In stark contrast, just 17% support replacement theology,” CUFI stated. “Imagine a politician with a 51% approval and 17% disapproval rating — would they be worried?”
Respondents who put interest in Israel and the Jews high on the 5-point scale were asked to rank multiple issues on their priority. These included: “Supporting Holocaust survivors,” “Helping needy individuals and families in Israel,” “Supporting pro-Israel politicians or political positions in the U.S.,” “Helping Jews outside of Israel return to their homeland of Israel,” “Helping people learn about the Jewish roots of Christianity,” “Supporting medical services and first responders in Israel,” “Helping preserve or excavate biblical sites,” and “Supporting Messianic believers and businesses in Israel.”
Of the respondents, “helping needy individuals and families in Israel” ranked the highest with 27% putting that as top priority, while 16% placed “helping people learn about the Jewish roots of Christianity” as a top priority, with the remaining options ranging from 7% to 11% of respondents.
Ron Sellers, president of Grey Matter Research, told CP that he felt the survey showed that many Evangelicals in the United States prefer to help Israel and the Jewish people in non-political ways.
“So much coverage of anything having to do with Israel is from a political viewpoint that it’s easy to start viewing the topic primarily through a political lens,” Sellers said.
“But the vast majority of American Evangelical Protestants have higher priorities for helping Israel and the Jewish people than supporting pro-Israel politicians or political positions in the U.S. It’s a great reminder that no matter what may be going on politically, to Evangelicals, Israel is far more than a political topic.”
CUFI also took issue with how the “pollsters demanded respondents choose one top priority in the context of support for Israel,” believing that it “does not provide a great deal of insight.”
“Just because one chooses one item as a top priority, does not mean they ignore all other ways of supporting Israel,” the organization added.
“If one wanted to assess, for example, the impact of Evangelical support for ‘pro-Israel politicians,’ one should’ve asked a question about whether the respondent is more or less likely to support a politician with whom they agreed/disagreed on issues relevant to Israel.”
John 8:44 - What does this say? What one thing did Jesus do in anger with a whip? He wasn’t talking to all Jews, just the ones who perverted the law for their own power structure and benefit. The Pharasees and Sanhedrin (Religious leaders and religious legal scholars)
https://www.thenarrowwaychristianministry.com/single-post/inside-the-synagogue-of-satan
Star of Rempan(Remphan)
Don’t forget the numerous gods and idols Gods chosen people decided to bring into their religion over the millennia. Moloch (golden cow) (Wall Street)
Baal - child sacrifice (Planned Parenthood)
The way to discern fact from fiction is the Torah vs Talmud.
One is tainted with generations of Babylonian occultist idol worship...one is Gods word through the old testament.
Assumption is all Hebrew=Israeli=Jew=Judaism
Many claim the lineage, but endorse the same perversion and debauchery as those warned against in Revelation.
Parse it out how you like.
(some not all) are Gods chosen people, but many fly the flag for their own benefit.
http://whale.to/b/judaism_h.html
I concur.
There is good reason to believe the ones Peter preached to were of the Essene/Zadok priesthood variety Jews. Your faulty reasoning presents God as changing His mind, as if He cannot see the end from the beginning. Your arguments also sounds like a Catholic assertion or Lutheran. Have you ever stopped to consider the pre incarnation rituals the Jews practiced from time of Moses, which show that belief in Messiah is what God accepts for His Grace to be activated?
Um, did you hit your head or something?
Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
No that’s not it.
Jews were “chosen” and it was as a burden as the chosen people to go forth and proselytize about G-d.
But the Jews did not do this.
It’s amazing none of you seem to know this.
Yes they are and always will be because of Abraham.
Are Jews perfect? No.
But they have been blinded and will have their eyes opened at a time of God’s choosing.
The Apostle Paul, a Roman Jew named born as Saul, said Jews will one day have their eyes opened, they will be both sorrowful and at the same time full of joy. This will happen at a time only known by God.
In the interim, non-Jews are to stand ready to help and protect God’s Chosen.
Galatians 3:27-29 (ESV)Please read all of Romans before commenting on this issue. It will provide you with a complete context concerning Israel and the New Testament and the fact that they are still considered God's chosen people.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Dispensationalists.
Please read the complete book of Romans before commenting on this issue. It will provide you with the complete context you are currently missing.
“ American Evangelicals persist in thinking blood heritage and a piece of real estate in the middle east are significant indicators of God’s favor.”
“The gifts and calling of God are *irrevocable*”
Including the covenants that detailed the boundaries of land and the blood descent.
Nor is God done with Israel yet.
It is what the Bible says.
I don’t think there would be much point in asking the Jews what they think about Evangelical Christians.
We all know the answer to that one.
Israel is chosen to declare the Oracles of God.
Israel is chosen to be a peculiar people..
Israel in the middle east is just like every other Babylonian nation..
But so is Spiritual Israel in the end times. Riding a Beast..
What Israel truly needs to be set free from their bondage, is for the Shepherd and Priesthood staff (Christianity), to turn back into a staff, instead of the serpent it is today..
It’s the first sign that causes an enslaved, unbelieving Israel,to be set free by the blood of the True Passover Lamb..
The second sign will come when Israel witnesses sinful, mortal leprous flesh, made clean. A glorification ..
Israel is a chosen people
So is Spiritual Israel, the church, Christianity, a chosen people
Chosen for His purposes and for His Glory
We are all one in Christ
I read this as a decrease in evangelical support for Israel. Am I wrong? I would expect replacement theology to track along with the inroads of “New Calvinism” into formerly Baptist Churches. I am glad to see the SBC fighting back. See soteriology101.com. As former Baptists adopt MacArthurism there is some lag time during which they still hold their former eschatology, but eventually they mostly adopt replacementism.
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