📌 POST 2 — "Chosen by Covenant, Not Complexion"

 

📌 POST 2 — "Chosen by Covenant, Not Complexion" 

Core Truth: Yahuah chose Yashar'el because of covenant love, not skin tone or phenotype. Deut. 7:6–8 proves this.

Deep Dive: The concept of "chosen" in biblical theology has been grossly misunderstood and manipulated throughout history. When Yahuah chose Israel, it wasn't because of their racial superiority, physical appearance, or genetic makeup. It was purely and completely based on His covenant faithfulness and love — a choice that reveals His character, not Israel's.

Expanded Scriptural Foundation: 📖 Deuteronomy 7:6-8 - "For you are a holy people to Yahuah your Elohim; Yahuah your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. Yahuah did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because Yahuah loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers..."

📖 Amos 3:2 - "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."

📖 Jeremiah 31:3 - "Yahuah has appeared of old to me, saying: 'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.'"

The Covenant Context: Yahuah's choice of Israel was always meant to be redemptive, not exclusive. Consider the sequence:

1. Abraham's Call (Genesis 12) - Based on faith, not race
2. Promise to Isaac and Jacob - Based on divine election, not merit
3. Exodus from Egypt - Based on compassion, not superiority
4. Sinai Covenant - Based on grace, with responsibility
5. Davidic Kingdom - Based on promise, not ethnicity
6. Messianic Fulfillment - Based on redemption for all nations

Historical Reality Check:

• Melanin didn't save Israel from Egyptian slavery
• Complexion didn't protect them from Babylonian exile
• Skin tone didn't prevent Roman destruction
• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

What Actually Saved Israel: ✅ Obedience brought blessing (Deuteronomy 28) ✅ Repentance brought restoration (2 Chronicles 7:14) ✅ Faith brought deliverance (Hebrews 11) ✅ Covenant brought identity (Romans 9-11)

What Destroyed Israel: ❌ Rebellion brought judgment (Jeremiah 5) ❌ Idolatry brought exile (2 Kings 17) ❌ Pride brought downfall (Proverbs 16:18) ❌ Disobedience brought destruction (Joshua 23)

The Principle of Divine Choice: 📖 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 - "For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But Yahuah has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise... that no flesh should glory in His presence."

Modern Application:

• If you're Yahshar'el: Your chosen status is covenant-based, with responsibility
• If you're grafted in: your inclusion is faith-based, with humility
• If you're neither: your invitation is grace-based, with opportunity

Warning Against "Covenant Arrogance": 📖 Romans 11:17-22 - "Do not boast against the branches... Do not be haughty, but fear. For if Yahuah did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either."

The Ultimate Purpose: 📖 Isaiah 49:6 - "I will also make You a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth."

Call to Action: Covenant > Color. Always. Your relationship with Yahuah is not based on what's in your DNA, but what's in His heart toward you. The question isn't "What color are you?" but "Are you in covenant?"

Engagement Question: How does understanding that Israel was chosen for responsibility, not privilege, change your view of biblical election?