The 144,000,The Remnant Church In The Wilderness, Fed (Manna) From Heaven During The Tribulation
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Christ Yeshua truthfully stated that He was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of the house of Israel? Who is the house of Israel he referred to?
Find the answer below:
Matthew 10 (ESV)
5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Matthew 15 (ESV)
24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
John 11 (ESV)
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish." 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they made plans to put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
Romans 11 (ESV)
26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; 27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
Find the answer below:
Matthew 10 (ESV)
5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Matthew 15 (ESV)
24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
John 11 (ESV)
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish." 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they made plans to put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
Romans 11 (ESV)
26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; 27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
All it needs to establish something is two or three verses stating it in plain language. But verses containing what you said are nowhere to be found. That the ten northern Tribes were defeated, deported and held captive by Assyria is well know to the Bible and not disputed here. Except for the prophets pointing this out to Judah, these tribes REMAIN dispersed among all nations and the only mention of them is in Acts of the Apostles and James. Almost without exception they rejected Christ and tried to kill Paul.
A hundred plus years later, Judah and Benjamin were defeated, deported and help captive for 70 years by Babylon. When released by Cyrus, only 2.5% of them returned to Jerusalem. This 2.5% produced the small, insignificant and apostate Nation that rejected their Messiah. In 70 AD they were defeated by Rome, and scattered throughout the world. By any means this means that the TWELVE TRIBES are scattered around the globe. In the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, all records of who was who were destroyed. Only God knows who the seed of Jacob are now, and only Godknows who are Levites. David's royal line ended with Jesus. It could be that half the present population of the present State of Israel are imposters. Who knows but God?
Those who live in the new State of Israel (i) do not own the borders that David did, (ii) do not keep the Law, (iii) have a democracy - not a theocratic monarchy, (iv) do not contain much more than half of all claimed Jews worldwide, (v) are sustained by help from the Western World, both politically and financially, and (vi) continue to vehemently reject and hate Jesus Christ.
Any theory that among the world's population the born again Christains are from the ten northern Tribes, or are the ten northern Tribes, is defeated by the gathering of "Ephraim", in Ezekiel 37 (which you quote). Thy are predicted TO BE BOUND TO JUDAH - NOT THE CHURCH! Moreover, Ephaim is only bound to Judah IN RESURRECTION. Christians are members of the Church long before resurrection. And Christian are not, and never will be, BOUND TO JUDAH. They remain separate EVEN IN NEW JERUSALEM.
A hundred plus years later, Judah and Benjamin were defeated, deported and help captive for 70 years by Babylon. When released by Cyrus, only 2.5% of them returned to Jerusalem. This 2.5% produced the small, insignificant and apostate Nation that rejected their Messiah. In 70 AD they were defeated by Rome, and scattered throughout the world. By any means this means that the TWELVE TRIBES are scattered around the globe. In the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, all records of who was who were destroyed. Only God knows who the seed of Jacob are now, and only Godknows who are Levites. David's royal line ended with Jesus. It could be that half the present population of the present State of Israel are imposters. Who knows but God?
Those who live in the new State of Israel (i) do not own the borders that David did, (ii) do not keep the Law, (iii) have a democracy - not a theocratic monarchy, (iv) do not contain much more than half of all claimed Jews worldwide, (v) are sustained by help from the Western World, both politically and financially, and (vi) continue to vehemently reject and hate Jesus Christ.
Any theory that among the world's population the born again Christains are from the ten northern Tribes, or are the ten northern Tribes, is defeated by the gathering of "Ephraim", in Ezekiel 37 (which you quote). Thy are predicted TO BE BOUND TO JUDAH - NOT THE CHURCH! Moreover, Ephaim is only bound to Judah IN RESURRECTION. Christians are members of the Church long before resurrection. And Christian are not, and never will be, BOUND TO JUDAH. They remain separate EVEN IN NEW JERUSALEM.
You continue to make fatal errors. You continue to talk of Christ' restored Kingdom of Israel.
- The natural branches are CUT OFF. There is no restored Kingdom of Israel.
- The wild branches are GRAFTED IN - where??? To the ROOT!!! How could they be grafted into the branches that ARE (present tense) CUT OUT?
- When the Tree is COMPLETE AGAIN, the branches are still called NATURAL and WILD - making a DIFFERENCE.
- A Tree is a King and His Kingdom. Since the ROOT is Christ - it is Christ's Kingdom, not the Nation of Israel. Daniel, an Israeli prophet, says that Christ's Kingdom FILLS THE EARTH - not Israel (Dan.2:44).
- Matthew 21:43 says that Israel have this Kingdom ripped from them
you can make it all complicated and everyone have a different opinion, or you can keep it real simple. which would God do in order to not confuse people?
Christ was an Israelite and God's chosen people are Israel. all those who follow Christ become Israelites - God's people, just like His Son - an Israelite too, from His birth.
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I feel that we've been through this enough. Just answer one question for yourself, not for men. Do you want to be seed of Jacob, or seed of God? They both have different natures and both have different destinies. One is born of the womb and one is born of the Spirit. One has Adam's nature and needs a new heart and a new spirit and a new Covenant of Law. The other has God's nature by a New Birth and needs to be transformed in Christ's image. One will enjoy to serve God in Canaan. The other will enjoy Christ as a husband. The two are never put together. Even in the picture of the Olive Tree they remain true to their ORIGIN. A natural branch is a natural branch when in the stem, when cut out of the stem and when grafted in again. A wild branch is a wild branch before it is grafted into the stem, it is called a wild branch with the threat of being cut out again and it is called a wild branch while it abides.
In the Old Testament God dwelt with, and had dealings with Israel alone. Israel was Israel because it was seed of Jacob. The other nations did not have God dwelling WITH them, did not have the Law and did nit have the Promises. Israel is CONTRASTED with other Nations. In the New Testament, God creates a NEW MAN out of the TWO of the Old Testament. The New Man has no past, is fully new, and God dwells IN them. They are persecuted by Israel first, and then by the Nations. They are CONTRASTED with the Nations and CONTRASTED with the Nation of Israel. A man EITHER seed of Adam and Noah, OR seed of Jacob (Israel), OR seed of the Holy Spirit. A man can jump from Adam to Jacob because they are the same TYPE "born of a woman". A man CANNOT jump from Israel or the Nations into the New Man. They are worlds apart. One comes from a "corruptible seed", and the other from an "incorruptible Seed". One is profane and the other is holy.
Take your choice. It all hangs on your BIRTH - just as you and I have no claim to England's throne, but Charles does. He was born to it. You and can do what we like but we don't have the ORIGIN for the throne. Charles was BORN to it.
In the Old Testament God dwelt with, and had dealings with Israel alone. Israel was Israel because it was seed of Jacob. The other nations did not have God dwelling WITH them, did not have the Law and did nit have the Promises. Israel is CONTRASTED with other Nations. In the New Testament, God creates a NEW MAN out of the TWO of the Old Testament. The New Man has no past, is fully new, and God dwells IN them. They are persecuted by Israel first, and then by the Nations. They are CONTRASTED with the Nations and CONTRASTED with the Nation of Israel. A man EITHER seed of Adam and Noah, OR seed of Jacob (Israel), OR seed of the Holy Spirit. A man can jump from Adam to Jacob because they are the same TYPE "born of a woman". A man CANNOT jump from Israel or the Nations into the New Man. They are worlds apart. One comes from a "corruptible seed", and the other from an "incorruptible Seed". One is profane and the other is holy.
Take your choice. It all hangs on your BIRTH - just as you and I have no claim to England's throne, but Charles does. He was born to it. You and can do what we like but we don't have the ORIGIN for the throne. Charles was BORN to it.
Romans 11 (ESV)
25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; 27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
Acts 1 (ESV)
6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Revelation 21 (ESV)
9 ..."Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—
Hebrews 8 (ESV)
8 For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." 13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
this may help with the understanding of the differences:
natural - some people grow up in a church and are taught to follow God from childhood and continue to do so throughout their lives, though they may fall away (like Israel), God is bringing them back (always).
unnatural - others give their lives to Christ later on but were not interested in or taught to be like Christ and follow Him from birth, but still will learn and are with Gods help becoming a true follower of Christ.
both are followers of God and Christ and believers. one came to believe early on, the other later on.
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Hi and welcome to the Forum.
O.K. Let's take your statement; "all those who follow Christ become Israelites - God's People, just like His Son - an Israelite too, from His birth". But wait ... The very God of the universe says of His Son Jesus, "You are MY Son. This day I have begotten you" (Ps.2:7; Act.13:33; Heb.1:5, 5:5). So now we have a problem. Was God a man, or woman, or Mary, that He could bring forth Jesus. Or was God an Israelite that Jesus might be an Israelite? But ... it even gets more complicated. Jesus was born in about 4 BC. That is a fact and we all believe it. But the God of the universe says that His Son Jesus, was "firstborn of all creatures" (Col.1:15). Now that takes our Lord Jesus back quite a way earlier than 4 BC. It takes Him back BEFORE Genesis 1:1. But ... Oh! We have another problem now. If our Lord Jesus was "firstborn of the creation", how could he have been "begotten in a day"? Is not a day part of creation? Was the day first, or Jesus being begotten?
And, just to make matters a little more complicated, it says in 1st Corinthians 15:45 that our Lord Jesus BECAME the Life-Giving Spirit. The word "BECAME" means that He was NOT that Spirit before, but went through a process and BECAME it. Was He NOT that Spirit when Elijah raised up the boy of Zarephath?
Would you say that things are simple? Or would you say things are complex?
Oh, and by the way, could you post just two verses that say that a man who follows Christ becomes an Israelite (you know ... let everything be established by two or three witnesses). Thanks.
Just to be clear, I'm not being frivolous. I hear you. The matter of Gentiles becoming Israelites is a hot subject in Christianity - as you no doubt have seen already.
O.K. Let's take your statement; "all those who follow Christ become Israelites - God's People, just like His Son - an Israelite too, from His birth". But wait ... The very God of the universe says of His Son Jesus, "You are MY Son. This day I have begotten you" (Ps.2:7; Act.13:33; Heb.1:5, 5:5). So now we have a problem. Was God a man, or woman, or Mary, that He could bring forth Jesus. Or was God an Israelite that Jesus might be an Israelite? But ... it even gets more complicated. Jesus was born in about 4 BC. That is a fact and we all believe it. But the God of the universe says that His Son Jesus, was "firstborn of all creatures" (Col.1:15). Now that takes our Lord Jesus back quite a way earlier than 4 BC. It takes Him back BEFORE Genesis 1:1. But ... Oh! We have another problem now. If our Lord Jesus was "firstborn of the creation", how could he have been "begotten in a day"? Is not a day part of creation? Was the day first, or Jesus being begotten?
And, just to make matters a little more complicated, it says in 1st Corinthians 15:45 that our Lord Jesus BECAME the Life-Giving Spirit. The word "BECAME" means that He was NOT that Spirit before, but went through a process and BECAME it. Was He NOT that Spirit when Elijah raised up the boy of Zarephath?
Would you say that things are simple? Or would you say things are complex?
Oh, and by the way, could you post just two verses that say that a man who follows Christ becomes an Israelite (you know ... let everything be established by two or three witnesses). Thanks.
Just to be clear, I'm not being frivolous. I hear you. The matter of Gentiles becoming Israelites is a hot subject in Christianity - as you no doubt have seen already.
Ephesians 2 (ESV)
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Acts 1 (ESV)
6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
The video makes it clear how all the families of the earth has been blessed through Abraham, his son Isaac, his son Jacob (renamed Israel), and his son Ephraim:
Genesis 48 (Young's Literal Translation)
19 And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'
Genesis 48 (Young's Literal Translation)
19 And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'
I thought it best that I do not cloud the scripture and let it speak for itself. Our discussion made a lot of scripture clearer for my own understanding, and I am greatful to you for bringing it to light through our exchange. May God be with you, as part of his one covenant people (by whatever name it might be referred to).