What does it mean Mat 15:26? (Part 3)
But, what did He mean when He said this? It is good to recall what the prophets said:
• Isa 49:6 -> “he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”.
• Isa 60:3 -> “And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”.
• Isa 2:3 -> “and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”.
• Jer 4:2 -> “and if you swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”.
• Psa 86:9 -> “All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.”.
Note that Jesus would be light to all nations. And He said that many people would partake of the table of the Creator coming from all around the world:
• Mat 8:11-12 -> “I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”.
• Luk 13:29 -> “And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.”
Furthermore, it was in the middle of the gentiles that Jesus found the greatest faith (as we can see here and below):
• Mat 8:10 -> “When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
Not to mention the conversion of the Samaritans in (John 4). So, note the success of Jesus’ ministry amidst the non-Israelites.
Nonetheless, He enjoined His disciples “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Mat 10:5,6 – like here).
Why? Very soon you will figure out this.
Have a iridescent day. Tomorrow we will keep on.
But, what did He mean when He said this? It is good to recall what the prophets said:
• Isa 49:6 -> “he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”.
• Isa 60:3 -> “And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”.
• Isa 2:3 -> “and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”.
• Jer 4:2 -> “and if you swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”.
• Psa 86:9 -> “All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.”.
Note that Jesus would be light to all nations. And He said that many people would partake of the table of the Creator coming from all around the world:
• Mat 8:11-12 -> “I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”.
• Luk 13:29 -> “And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.”
Furthermore, it was in the middle of the gentiles that Jesus found the greatest faith (as we can see here and below):
• Mat 8:10 -> “When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
Not to mention the conversion of the Samaritans in (John 4). So, note the success of Jesus’ ministry amidst the non-Israelites.
Nonetheless, He enjoined His disciples “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Mat 10:5,6 – like here).
Why? Very soon you will figure out this.
Have a iridescent day. Tomorrow we will keep on.