Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

and chosen people (Deut. 7:6). Other nations had ceremonies and sacrifices. However, the Hebrews had a moral and ethical code that marked them as a nation for God. Under the new covenant, if we love God and love our neighbor, we will keep the moral instructions of the Almighty (Matt. 22:34–40). Why the Jews? Four thousand years ago, why didn’t God raise up a nation or a tribe already in existence to be His chosen people? Because most of the tribes were rooted in idol worship and were a mixture of intermarriages among the Gentile nations. God desired a new nation of monotheistic people who would maintain their tribal purity by marrying among themselves, keeping the same religious beliefs, and following the laws of the Creator. The first house of worship built by divine revelation for the true God was revealed to Moses and constructed by the Hebrews in the wilderness. Called the tabernacle , this inspired structure was created by men who were building on Earth what God had built in heaven. It was a pattern of the heavenly temple and a place where the high priest could communicate with God each year in the holy of holies on the Day of Atonement (Heb. 8:5; Lev. 16:1–22). Why the Jew? Paul wrote: What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the