Guojing
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Quote the Scriptures which you are claiming to be applicable.
Rahab was blessed because she helped the nation Israel hid the spies, and thru marriage to one of Joshua's generals.
Ruth was blessed thru marriage to the kinsman redeemer Boaz.
The Roman Centurion was helped by Jesus because he helped the Jews build their synagogue (Luke 7:3-6)
The Cannanite Lady was helped by Jesus because she willingly submit herself, to be a dog, in order to take the crumbs from the bread given to Jewish children. Jesus granted her the healing for answering correctly there. (Mark 7:27-29)
All these examples show a common theme: in time past, gentiles who wanted to be blessed by God, needed to go thru Abraham's physical descendants, in order to get blessed.
This was based on what God promised Abraham in Genesis 22:18
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Fortunately in the but now time period, we gentiles can now be saved and blessed, independent of Israel.
In fact, as Paul mentioned in Romans 11:11, we are now saved and blessed thru the fall of the nation Israel.
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