BA50
We are to believe that Yeshua was sent for all of humanity.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- 1 Corinthians 1:21
- John 3:16
- 1 John 2:2
- Matthew 28:16-20
Supportive NT Scriptures
- 1 John 4:6-8
- Matthew 10:32
- Romans 10:9
- 1 Timothy 2:5
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Jeremiah 31:33
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
This Mitzvah is a direct refutation of the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. In “The Institutes of the Christian Religion,” John Calvin wrote: (Translated from French) “By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation; and, accordingly, as each has been created for one or other of these ends, we say that he has been predestinated to life or to death.” Calvin taught that Yeshua’s atoning sacrifice was not available to all, but only to an elect who were preordained to be saved. Why then, would Yeshua send his disciples out to “make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh ..” ( Matthew 28:19 )? Why then, would the Bible tell us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life..” ( John 3:16) ? Scripture suggests that God can sovereignly select certain ones of us for special treatment and special assignments. We are not all Abraham, we are not all Moses, we are not all Sha’ul, and thank God we are not all Job. Nevertheless, the blessings brought by Yeshua are available to all of mankind equally.
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