[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Slam dunk? You aren't even on the court.
Terry
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