Q
Some Christians are saying Jews are the “elect”; I know they are God’s chosen people. Question is… Who exactly are the “elect”? Are Christians, born-again believers part of the “elect” as well?
A
In both the Old and New Testaments, the word elect means chosen. In Old Testament times, the elect were God’s Chosen people, the Jews (Isaiah 45:4). During this age, the Church is God’s elect (1 Peter 1:1), and after the Church is gone Tribulation believers will be His elect. (Matt. 24:22) In the Millennium, Israel will once again be called God’s elect (Isaiah 65:22)