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How many of you, when you hear the term 'twelve tribes' actually think of the church instead of thinking of the twelve tribes of Israel? When James wrote his letter, He addressed that letter to the 'twelve tribes' scattered abroad. How many of you think that James (a converted Jew) was addressing His letter to the 'twelve tribes' of Israel or to the 'twelve tribes' of the church? If you believe he was addressing the 'twelve tribes of the church, please explain who those 'twelve tribes' are referring to.
In (Mt 19:27) who is Jesus referring to , who will sit on twelve thrones judging the 'twelve tribes' of Israel. Are these 'twelve tribes' the church, the true Israel? If they are the church then which tribe or tribes do the Gentiles belong to?
Who are the 'twelve tribes' that Paul refers to in (Acts 26:7)?
In (Rev 21:10,11) that great city, holy Jerusalem, shall descend out of heaven, having twelve gates with the name of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. Who are the 'twelve tribes' referred to here by name?
In (Rev 7:4-8) there are 'twelve tribes' of the children of Israel referred to by name that equal 144,000 men from these tribes. Are we to think of these men as part of the church that is made of both Jew and Gentile or are these all children of Israel who are Jews from birth?
Has God en-grafted Gentiles into the Jewish stock of these twelve tribes?
It is so clear and evident that Paul makes a distinction between those of Israel and those of the Gentiles. They are never commingled. God has made both one when both the Jew of Israel and the Gentile of the world believe upon the Son for salvation. They are not commingled but they are made one. The Gentile becomes a child of God and not a child of Israel. Paul never considered himself a Gentile the whole time he was an apostle to the Gentiles and he made that very clear. Peter went to the children of Israel and Paul went to the Gentiles. Never does a child of Israel become a Gentile nor a Gentile become a child of Israel.
Israel was God's elect people and the gospel was given to them and is of them as the Jews. Those of the Jews that believed became the remnant of the Jews that took the gospel to the Gentiles in all the world, but it was given to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles. The church is made of both Jew and Gentile who believe. The twelve tribes of the children of Israel have nothing to do with the church and never have no matter how much people try to make it so. The believing Jew is part of the church as well as the Gentile and there is no partiality or special privilege in being a Jew.
When Jesus came unto His own and His own received Him not, those that He came to were not the Gentiles, they were the Jews and they rejected Him as the Messiah and they crucified Him and Peter made that very clear when he preached at Pentecost.
In (Mt 19:27) who is Jesus referring to , who will sit on twelve thrones judging the 'twelve tribes' of Israel. Are these 'twelve tribes' the church, the true Israel? If they are the church then which tribe or tribes do the Gentiles belong to?
Who are the 'twelve tribes' that Paul refers to in (Acts 26:7)?
In (Rev 21:10,11) that great city, holy Jerusalem, shall descend out of heaven, having twelve gates with the name of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. Who are the 'twelve tribes' referred to here by name?
In (Rev 7:4-8) there are 'twelve tribes' of the children of Israel referred to by name that equal 144,000 men from these tribes. Are we to think of these men as part of the church that is made of both Jew and Gentile or are these all children of Israel who are Jews from birth?
Has God en-grafted Gentiles into the Jewish stock of these twelve tribes?
It is so clear and evident that Paul makes a distinction between those of Israel and those of the Gentiles. They are never commingled. God has made both one when both the Jew of Israel and the Gentile of the world believe upon the Son for salvation. They are not commingled but they are made one. The Gentile becomes a child of God and not a child of Israel. Paul never considered himself a Gentile the whole time he was an apostle to the Gentiles and he made that very clear. Peter went to the children of Israel and Paul went to the Gentiles. Never does a child of Israel become a Gentile nor a Gentile become a child of Israel.
Israel was God's elect people and the gospel was given to them and is of them as the Jews. Those of the Jews that believed became the remnant of the Jews that took the gospel to the Gentiles in all the world, but it was given to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles. The church is made of both Jew and Gentile who believe. The twelve tribes of the children of Israel have nothing to do with the church and never have no matter how much people try to make it so. The believing Jew is part of the church as well as the Gentile and there is no partiality or special privilege in being a Jew.
When Jesus came unto His own and His own received Him not, those that He came to were not the Gentiles, they were the Jews and they rejected Him as the Messiah and they crucified Him and Peter made that very clear when he preached at Pentecost.