NO! They know of Him, but they don't know him. Romans 10:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. .
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
As a Christian, I feel indebted to the Jews of old... Israel has given the world so much...and Jesus was a Jew...I stand with Israel and it's right to exist, and I have a love for all of God's people.
AMEN!!!
Read Romans 9 through 11 - God has set aside Israel temporarily because they rejected the gospel. There is still a remnant (Jewish Christians - no, that's not a contradiction)and God will finish fulfilling all of the promises He made to Israel. At the present time God deals with the people of Israel the same way as He deals with all others - on the basis of faith in Christ or the lack thereof.
Remember, God is Love!
The main characterisic of God is His holiness. All other characteristics are parts that result from His holiness - perfect wisdom, mercy, judgement, justice, love, truthfulness. Because of His perfect justice, no sin ever goes unpunished. Christ has taken the punishment for sin for all that trust in Him. (2 Cor 5:20-21, many others) The believers in OT times (those who put their trust in God and demonstrated their faith - in an imperfect fashion, just as we do - by keeping the commands of God that had been revealed up to that point) had their sins passed over by God (judgement was withheld) until Christ died on the cross to take the punishment. (Rom 3:25-26)