I do not gloat over a Jew of today who does not know Jesus, I am concerned about their salvation as well an unbeliever non-Jew. If you want to distinctions between Jews and Gentiles who don't know Christ, that's your folly I guess.
Matt. 21:
43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
This site is becoming a joke.
Here's a little meat to go with your potatoes...
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Blindness has happened to Israel. Why?
Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
How? Isn't there only one way?
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
But God has blinded Israel (not only Israel but most of the world) at this time...
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Not everyone can understand the mysteries of heaven. There is a special miracle that must occur in the mind of anyone who comes to the Father through Christ...
Luk 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Now until this happens, EVERYONE is in this condition...
Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given.
Why?
2Co 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Not some small tribe of 43 people in the Amazon, the WHOLE WORLD. The SDAs have this false doctrine of the Great Controversy and almost everyone has bought into it. This doctrine says that God is desparately trying to save everyone right now, today. It also says that the Devil is doing everything he can to thwart God's plan and send everyone to the Lake of Fire. If this doctrine is correct, who is winning? Who is the greatest and most powerful? The truth is that God is not trying to save everyone today...
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
And yet we read...
Rom 11:26
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Seems to be a dichotomy here. How do we resolve it? Stay tuned for part II.