JD, to follow your “Jews only”
theology, only Jews are required to obey God today, and only Jews can be saved
today. You are just trying to avoid the obvious truth—there is no
longer Jew or Gentile in Christ. And “few” still means “few”
(Jew OR Gentile). As I said, the many in Revelations is “few”
compared to all of humanity since A&E. Nice try, but no cigar JD.
Don’t put your elbow out of joint patting yourself on the back. J Izzy
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So, while we are proof-texting like a drunken sailor, we might
consider this: Jews lived and died as the the King of the
......................................... JEWS. His lineage
was ..............................Jewish. He was killed
by the ............................. Jews.
The church was EXCLUSIVELY ................................ JEWISH
THROUGH ACTS 7. All of his immediate disciples were
.............................................Jews. Everyone in the upper
room (both occasions) were
.................................Jewish. The expansion of the
ministry (to the Gentiles) is first given to Peter in a vision
sometime after the cross. When Jesus sends his 12 out on mission,
they are sent to the .......................Jews and "not to the Gentiles )
Matt 10:5,6. In Matt 15:24, Christ tells us that His
mission is to the .............................................Jews and
not to anyone else." Why? How can this be?
Because of John 4:7 -- "salvation is of the
Jews."
When Christ speaks of the "few there be" who will accept the
salvation offered to them, He is speaking to the Jews and of the
Jews. Does He intend to included all of mankind? Absolutely
-- and He does. But there is a politic to this
inclusion that began with Adam and came down to the world through Israel.
The picture of the uncountable multitudes in Rev. 7 is a blessed hope for us
all ........................ and is UNDENIABLE,
folks (in a meaningful sense of the word.)
I should get three points for this slam dunk !!!!
Pastor Smithson
