Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 And he answered, It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. 27 She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire. And her daughter was healed instantly
I think this passage also shows Jesus knew that he was not just for the jews.
Matt 21:42 Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes?
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. 44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.
An old thread,but indeed a good one.
The solution to this discussion is , sas always to read EVERY word of God and stop relying on scraps here and there :-
Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Go back to the beginning then, God's word simply has to be ONE truth beginning to end else you have not read it the way it was written originally... [big help if one is Jewish then, except for the traditions which deny the scriptures , but o help if one is trying to fit the scriptures to modern divided religious myths and doctrines instead of finding the doctrines of Christ in the WHOLE word of God ]
Clearly i can only give examples here, you must read it for yoursef ad not give in to short-cuts if you want the truth...
So look at the questions these few quotes ask that require to be answered :-
Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
There is only one holy nation in all scripture which is not a people ... note that the Jews [House of Judah mostly] are a people and united as a people by Judaism
BUT the larger part of Israel NEVER accepted Judaism, were and ARE idol-worshippers :-
Deuteronomy 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
The House of Israel were and largely still are REJECTED by the Jews , formed a SEPARATE nation with their own kings, and were LOST, scattered amongst the gentiles , long before the infamous scattering of the Jews [but for the same reason, not listening to and doing what God had them agree to doing]
the [amazing to most!] truth in scripture is that most of Israel were NEVER Jews and still worship idols even today, living as gentiles amongst the gentiles , but true descendants of Jacob [Israel]
Peter makes the point in the NT that is repeated over and over in the OT, that the remnant descendants of the House of Israel will be united with a few Jews too as the nation of Israel UNDER CHRIST, under one ling, teh Messiah :-
Ezekiel 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
It should be clear that Israel is not re-united under one king YET and that Israel is not yet a holy nation of priests as promised by God through Moses, so the righteous kingdom on earth under Christ is still only something , an idea in the hearts of the few saints of this earth as yet...
That is consistent with scripture , Jesus says his kingdom is not of THIS earth, and yet that his saints will rule on earth :-
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of
this world:
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall
reign on the earth.
Peter [and Isaiah for that matter] resolves the point :-
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness.
Jesus confirms the point which most folks ignore :-
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
So do you believe Christ or not ?...
the simple truth consistent with scripture as a WHOLE is that God had to name his priesthood for sake of being able to prophesy... to show His power is above time... that He knows the end from the beginning... He named Israel, so that is who they are to be ... Jesus confirms the descendency of ALL firstfruit saints sealed by spirit baptism, ALL are descendants of Jacob, named by Jesus according to the sons of Jacob they are descended from [Rev 9:3-8] ... one can hardly be more explicit than that , named by tribe of Israel... but you see the scripture proves that they are not all Jews, in fact most are likely not Jews since the House of Israel was far lager than the House of Judah, most of Israel never accepted judaism, but worshipped and still worship idols, as the scripture of God states [above quote for instance]
Now one may see why Jesus came to find the lost sheep of the House of Israel and sent his disciples AMONGST the gentiles to find them... read it, jesus is very explicit about the task he sets ALL who follow him truly... then look at how FEW who call themselves 'christians'who have never even trobled to find out who the nation who are not a people are , let alone their relevance to teh futiure as the priests of god ordaisned by god for his kingdom... consider too then tose who usurp the priesthood in this earth, who are as far from being saints as one can get, teaching many false beliefs about Christ, servants of teh antichrist :-
2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Yhere are deep truths about the role of the deceived and the deceiver in scripture, but so few read them taht i guess few will even bother to read and understand this far... so i will stop there , for now...
i mean I do but I dont.
