According to Scripture, God's plan for His chosen people is one of redemption and salvation. In Romans, Paul affirms that God has not rejected His people, and a remnant of Jews will be saved. The New Testament teaches that judgment is coming, with Matthew warning of eternal fire prepared for those who reject God, while Jude references the punishment of those who have gone astray. Ultimately, Revelation looks forward to the final triumph of God over evil, with the wicked being thrown into the lake of fire, highlighting the importance of faith and obedience for all people, including Jews, to attain eternal life with God.
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Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
Jude 1:7
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In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well” ? And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.