Actually you don't. This portion of your post, I will address thoroughly. According to scripture there is ONE people of God and has alway been ONE people of God!
To make my case I'm going to go through scriptures that totally refute your premise and show you to ignore the clear teaching of scripture:
Jesus made clear there will be ONE FLOCK with ONE SHEPHERD as He speaks to the Jews in John 10:15, 16:
15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
The "other sheep" are the Gentiles! They become ONE FLOCK with Jews, and Christ is our Shepherd!
If I recall correctly without scruinizing.
Romans 12:4, 5 teaches the church is ONE body:
4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,
5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
1 Corinthians 12:12, 13 teach the church us one body:
12 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:20 still teaching the church is one body:
20 But now there are many members, but one body.
In Galatians 3:22-29:, Paul "brings it home" to us as he concludes what Christ did for ALL people at the cross:
22 But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.
24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahams descendants, heirs according to promise.
There are those that want to say this only applies to salvation, but HOW can that be when:
*Salvation is THE LIFE we live after Christ and our ultimate salvation is yet to come.
*We are members of ONE body
*Paul is consistently saying "there is NO DIFFERENCE" between JEWS and GREEKS.
We have Paul teaching the very same point in Ephesians! Ephesians 2:13-22 DESTROYS any idea that there are "two peoples of God"!!! Paul is telling us what happened because or the cross:
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;
18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of Gods household,
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Again we're in Ephesians 4 as Paul CRUSHES any idea "two peoples of God" as he says at Ephesians 4:4-6:
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
The apostle Paul is addressing this again in Galatians as he argues to make it clear that there is NO DIFFERENCE between JEWS and GENTILES in Christ!
Let there ever be the thorough rejection of ANY IDEA of "two peoples of God". Jesus made both groups into one through the cross.
Only a small technicality,, ie, at Pentecost, and not at the Cross, ie, all placed on the same level.
Biblewriter's view is not and NEVER will be correct!
Old Jack, trying to keep up, ie, age and mileage thing - you'll see later :o
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