So what’s this I hear that only Black people and Israelites are going to be saved?<\/p>\n\t
I don’t know your sources, but it is obviously false. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise<\/em>” (Galatians 3:28-29). Salvation is open to all who believe and obey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: So what’s this I hear that only Black people and Israelites are going to be saved? Answer: I don’t know your sources, but it is obviously false. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[275,214,47],"class_list":["post-17676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-israelites","tag-racism","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7858,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-christians-considered-to-be-israelites\/","url_meta":{"origin":17676,"position":0},"title":"Are Christians considered to be Israelites?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Are those who are now under the new covenant, Christians, considered to be Israelites now? 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