reply to post by NOTurTypical
Just a little something for you to consider, and it does pertain to the topic in a round about way. There is no such thing as a "Gentile". The Greek
NT uses the Greek word 'ethnos' for the Hebrew word 'goyim'. Both have the exact same English translation, which is 'nations, tribes etc'.
However, the Greek NT was translated first into Latin, and so the Greek word 'ethnos' was translated by a Latin word with an origin from the Latin
gentelisis and the French gentil, both derived from the root stem gens, a Latin word meaning - "A Selected Clan or Race of the same stock," in a
collective sense. When the first English translation came out, the translators used the Latin derived word 'Gentiles' instead of the English word
nations or tribes or clans.
Hebrew goyim = Greek ethnos = Latin gens = English nations
Here is an example:
There were two nations (goyim) in Rebekah's womb.
There were two Gentiles in Rebekah's womb.
The latter doesn't make sense, does it? But then why does it in the NT? Every single English translator has elected to use 'Gentiles' for the Greek
word ETHNOS - which is clearly the origin behind our english word etnic - because of the presumption that Our Father ditched Israel in favour of
non-Israelites. It's only because we read with coloured glasses on..... thinking that Gentiles are non-Jews, the same as the translators. It is also
behind the "Jews are the chosen people of God" statement. No, Jacob had twelve sons one of which (Judah) is called "Jews" in our Bibles. That is
man's definition, when in actuality Paul was an apostle to "the nations", grafting a wild OLIVE tree back into a cultivated OLIVE tree. Who was the
wild olive tree - long lost House of Israel who were no longer called Israel. Remember, Ephraim is Our Father's firstborn. 13 tribes....13
Ephraim's blessing was to become a "multitude of nations, and Paul discusses the "fullness of the Gentiles".
The OT translations into English use the English word nations, but the NT translations into English use the English word Gentiles for what are
equivalent words (Hebrew goyim/Greek ethnos).
I'm hoping that you can see the significance of this in our journey of understanding whom Christ Jesus came to reconcile to the Father. He is the
head of the "one stick" which joined the House of Judah to the House Of Israel, breaking down the wall of hostility between the two. Look again at
the Samaritan woman by the well... her forefather was Jacob and she was from the House of Israel....
So back to the subject at hand. Jesus came to reunite both Houses, along with aliens, strangers and foreigners who chose to worship the One True God.
He didn't come to bring the gospel to Judeans and some other group, He came for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. Thousands of Judeans accepted
their Messiah, and thousands of long lost Israelites. He preached the kingdom message to Judea first, then declared their House desolate. The kingdom
was then taken from them and given to another who would produce good fruit - those to whom the 'Jews' wondered would He go - to the dispersed House
of Israel. What we have today is a church blinded to it's identity as the descendants of Israel, the elect of the faith of Abraham. We have a church
preaching a man-made dogma, and a dogma that blinds
Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup, and today millions of our kids are selling the God of their forefathers for the love of sin. They want
nothing to do with the God of the Jews - yet, they have no idea that the faithful in Christ Jesus are the Israel of God. It is clear that Christ has
been overwhelmingly accepted by the forefathers of the western nations throughout history. Africa, Asia, India etc are not known as continents on
which Christ flourishes. Why? Despite hundreds of years of evangelism, these continents have only pockets of Christians. We know why - it is the
Father that sends one to Jesus. He has mercy on whom He has mercy. This subject matter, once thoroughly understood, can be taken to an extreme like
the OP or like white supremists. What neither fail to see is that the majority who hold faith in Jesus are white, but that a sizeable percentage are
of other mixed heritages. Jesus was a kinsmen redeemer. God's portion always has been Israel. And therefore why the youth of western nation have been
unknowingly led away from Jesus through Balaam's error - leading them away from God through the love of sin.