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"We are all God's creatures, part of His creation, but only Christians are His children."

As a Jew I would strongly disagree with your statement.

This is not a personal attack on Jewish people, it is a faithful following of the words of our Messiah. As you must know, we honor and bless the people that God chose to inspire and preserve His Word too. You are also the Nation who our Messiah came forth to mankind from.

Jhn 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The sacrifices were ended in 70AD. The blood is no longer being sprinkled on the Seat of Mercy. The scapegoat is no longer being released. The sin of Israel is no longer covered by the Jewish sacrificial system mandated by God. The required sacrifices are not being made on the Altar of God.

At the crucification, the veil was ripped. The ultimate sacrifice took place on the cross. The sinless Son of God. The Messiah suffered and died just as prophesied in the Old Testament. The Seat of Mercy in the Holy of Holies was made available to Jew and Greek alike on that day.

Moses was instructed to construct a brass serpent and place it atop a pole. When bitten by asps, the Israelis were instructed to look to the brass serpent (symbolically representing 'brass=judged' 'serpent=sin') for healing. The cross of Jesus Christ has an even greater power to heal when we look to it for Salvation, for it cleanses us of all our sin and His resurrection assures us that we will have eternal life with our Creator based on our judged sin at the cross.

Repentance is a recognition of our need for forgiveness (no person can be called good). Salvation is what we receive when we recognize Jesus' finished work on the cross as His gift of forgiveness to us (we are made good by His judged body on the cross and we are washed of our sin by His shed perfectly sinless blood). Adam's blood was tainted by his disobedience, but Jesus Christ blood is cleansing because of His perfect obedience. Believers in Jesus are made right with God.

I pray that you come to know the Messiah. Until then, please keep an open mind, and study the Word of God diligently.