One of the most popular scriptures supporting the idea that God cares about Gentiles as much as He cares about Israel is John 3:16. This scripture basically says that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. When you put this together with all the scriptures we find in the New Testament, it seems very clear that God is not playing favorites.

But believe it or not, there are some people who believe in the Bible, and they take a different view about John 3:16. Groups like the Black Hebrew Israelites (BHI) and Calvinists.

Few accusations against the Bible are as emotionally charged—or as frequently repeated—as the claim that the Old Testament portrays God as cruel, violent, or even genocidal. Popular critics such as Richard Dawkins have gone so far as to describe the God of the Old Testament as morally monstrous, contrasting Him with the God of love revealed in the New Testament.

In his sermon “Show No Mercy!”, Vance Stinson addresses this challenge head-on, examining the biblical texts most often cited by critics and placing them within their proper historical, literary, and theological context. Rather than avoiding the difficult passages, this message confronts them honestly, demonstrating that a careful reading of Scripture reveals not a contradiction in God’s character, but a coherent and morally serious divine plan.

With the recent rise in interest in Dominionist theology and Christian Nationalism in the United States, there has been an effort to redefine the term "Church," or ekklesia in the Greek. When you search this word in an authoritative source like the Bauer/Danker Greek and English Lexicon you find three primary definitions.

The first definition provided is a regularly summoned legislative body or assembly. The second definition is a casual gathering of people, an assemblage, or gathering. The third definition is people with a shared belief, a community, or a congregation.

In Revelation 19:6-9 we read the following:

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. –

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Some who believe this is a literal historic event claim we must go to heaven to experience this marriage supper of the lamb.