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Are the Gentiles in the New Testament Israelites?
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The prophecies concerning the Gospel being preached to the Gentiles was ordained to be preached by Paul, the Benjamite from the days of Benjamin, the Patriarch, to confirm that the Apostle Paul was sent to preach unto the Gentile nations, not only the Hebrews.
Testament of Benjamin 11:2
2 And there shall rise up from my seed in the latter times one] beloved of the Lord, [hearing upon the earth His voice] and a doer of the good pleasure of His will, [enlightening with new knowledge all the Gentiles, even the light of knowledge, bursting in upon Israel for salvation and tearing away from them like a wolf, and giving to the synagogue of the Gentiles. 3 Until the consummation of the age shall he be in the synagogues of the Gentiles, and among their 4 rulers, as a strain of music in the mouth of all. And he shall be inscribed in the holy books, both 5 his work and his word, and he shall be a chosen one of Alahayim for ever. And through them he shall go to and fro as Jacob my father, saying: He shall fill up that which lacketh of thy tribe].
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This prophecy given by Benjamin was speaking of none other than his posterity, Paul the Apostle.
Rom 11:1
I say then, Hath Alahayim cast away his people? Alahayim forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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As was prophesied concerning Paul, he was ordained a preacher and a teacher of the Gentiles to “enlighten with new knowledge all the Gentiles, even the light of Knowledge,… and giving to the synagogues of the Gentiles..”
1Ti 2:7
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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Paul was ordained a preacher unto the Gentiles by Lord Yache himself, "when he heard His voice from the earth" as the prophecy of Benjamin said he would do.
Act 9:1, 3-6
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Yache whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Act 26:16-17
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
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(The People are the Hebrews, known as Jews, while the Gentiles are those 70 Gentile nations and those other Gentiles reckoned among them.)
Act 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Alahayim, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Act 9:13-15
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
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The scriptures confirm that Paul was sent to the Gentiles and the children of Israel {12 tribes}, referred to as "the people" to help understand, the Gentiles are those nations that are not of the race of the Israelites.
Act 22:12-15
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. 14 And he said, The Alahayim of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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(Paul was appointed as a witness to all men, not just Israel and Judah. This means he is also the Apostle of the Gentiles. The Lord Yache sent him unto the Gentiles:
Act 22:19-21
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: 20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
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Yache himself, sent Paul unto the Gentiles, not just among the Gentiles, so one can be assured that he preached to the Gentile nations too. Paul labored much in his ministry to the Gentiles and went to preach among and unto them before he had went to meet the Apostles.
Gal 1:15-17
But when it pleased Alahayim, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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After some years, he finally went up to the Apostles at Jerusalem. On one of those occasions, he and Barnabas received the right hand of fellowship from James, Cephas (Peter), and John that he should preach unto the heathen, which are Gentiles known as "the Uncircumcision," while the other Apostles, James Peter and John, went unto 'the Circumcision,' which are the children of Israel (12 tribes) known as Jews because there was a remnant of the 12 tribes in Judea and in the nations round about.
Gal 2:7-8
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
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(Scripture confirms that the Uncircumcision are the Gentiles.)
Gal 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
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The Circumcision that James and Cephas and John were sent unto were the 12 tribes of Israel who dwelt as strangers scattered abroad since they resided outside of Israel:
1Pe 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Yache Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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By precept, the strangers scattered referred to the 12 tribes of Israel:
Jas 1:1
James, a servant of Alahayim and of the Lord Yache Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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This means the Circumcision refers to the 12 tribes of Israel, while the Uncircumcision refers to the Gentile nations. It is confirmed that Paul was teaching actual Gentiles, not only Israelites scattered abroad, by his letters as well:
Rom 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
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(This shows he even spake directly to the Gentiles at certain points in his letters.)
Rom 11:14
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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(by Precept, those which are his flesh, are the 12 tribes of Israel, so that one can know that the Gentiles are actual Gentiles according to the flesh, not the Northern kingdom {10 tribes}, unbelieving Israelites, or Israelites who didn't know they were Israelites)
Rom 9:3-4
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of Alahayim, and the promises;
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By precept, "them which are my flesh" in Rom 11:14 are "my kinsmen according to the flesh: who are Israelites" so we can know that Paul was speaking to "you Gentiles" to "provoke them which are his flesh" of the house of Israel. In Paul’s letters, it is also confirmed that when he says “Gentiles” he is literally referring to Gentiles in the flesh, which are not Hebrews but from among the 70 Gentile nations.
Eph 2:11
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 4:17-20
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of Alahayim through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
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Paul taught the Gentiles to separate from lust of the flesh in faith and verity. This means he commanded them not to walk as other Gentiles because he was speaking to Gentile nations, called the Uncircumcision by the tribes of Israel, known as the Circumcision. The mystery of the prophecy that was spoken in the testament of Benjamin was revealed in Paul’s time seeing as though he was the one ordained to preach the light of knowledge to synagogue of the Gentiles so it was him that led the Gentiles to learn of Christ.
Eph 3:1-13
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Yache Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of Alahayim which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of Alahayim given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Alahayim, who created all things by Yache Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of Alahayim, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Yache our Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
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(Paul faced much tribulations for the Gentiles even at the hands of the Jews because the unbelievers of the Jews didn't want the Gentiles to be saved.)
1Th 2:14-16
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of Alahayim which in Judaea are in Christ Yache: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Yache, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not Alahayim, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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The precepts in 1Thess 2:16 show that the Jews had been seeking to forbid speaking of the Gospel unto the Gentiles that they may not be saved of old time so that we may know the concept of excluding the Gentiles from salvation has been an error of old time. Any teaching that Paul was only preaching to the house of Israel or 12 tribes or that the Northern Kingdom are Gentiles is contrary to the prophecy concerning him by his own father Benjamin, Paul’s own account of who he was speaking to, and truth of the Gospel in sound doctrine. Yache was clear when he sent out his Apostles that he wanted them to preach to all nations, so any doctrine contrary to that is against Christ's commands and what he appointed his disciples to do. The other Apostles spoke unto the Gentiles as well by evidence of their letter to the brethren of the Gentiles, (Acts 15:22-23) Peter went unto Cornelius, (Acts 10:24-48) Phillip preaching to the Ethiopian, (Acts 8:26-39) and Thomas went to India to convert the Indians. (Acts of Thomas) All their acts show that they were fulfilling the commands of the Lord Yache.
Luke 24:46-47
[46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: [47] And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Matthew 28:18-20
[18] And Yache came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. [19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
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In the New Testament the Hebrews who were speaking with Yache when he was on earth didn't refer to the Israelites or the Northern Kingdom that were scattered as Gentiles to help understand that the Hebrews were not referred to as Gentiles in the New Testament.
John 7:35
[35]Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
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The Jews referred to the Hebrews abroad as "the dispersed" among the Gentiles," not "of the Gentiles." The Jews in Judea were aware that the ten tribes were predominantly in Arsareth since the days of Baruch during the Babylonian captivity and did not refer to them as Gentiles.
The False Doctrine that Salvation is for the Jews only
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Yache said “salvation of the Jews” which was referring to Him, the salvation of Alahayim {Luke 2:27-32} of the Israelites according to the flesh, {Rom 9:5} specifically springing out of Judah. {Heb 7:14} This means Salvation is of the Jews because Judah is the Israelite tribe that Yache, the Savior, came from according to the flesh.
Luk 2:27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Yache, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed Alahayim, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
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(the child Yache in his arms is the Salvation that he seen)
Luk 2:31
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
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(all people is all nations by evidence of the next verse)
Luk 2:32
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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(His people Israel are the 12 tribes, and the Gentiles are the rest of the nations of the world that shall be enlightened by Him to ensure that all people receive an opportunity to be saved.)
Joh 4:22
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Rom 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, Alahayim blessed for ever. Amen.
Heb 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Are the Israelites or Northern Kingdom actually the Gentiles?
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One can confirm the Northern Kingdom could not be the Gentiles because of the promise given to Abraham from Ahayah Alahayim. If the Gentiles are the Northern kingdom, Abraham could not have been a father of many nations as he was promised, because the belief that the Northern Kingdom were the Gentiles would make Abraham the father of the Hebrew nation only, not "many nations" as he is prophesied to be. The contradiction to the promise given to Abraham confirms that the doctrine that the Gentiles of the New Testament are the Northern Kingdom or other Israelites is not true.
Romans 4:17-18
[17] (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even Alahayim, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. [18] Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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The only way to be a father of many nations is to be a father of not only the Hebrews, but also them that are called of the other nations that are in the earth. ​
Did Christ come only to save the House of Israel?
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It has been said that “Christ came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel” [Matt 15:24] The truth is Alahayim sent him not only to save Israel, but to give his life to save whomever in the world that would believe in him and show themselves to be his friends by doing his commands:
John 3:16-17
For Alahayim so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For Alahayim sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 15:13-14
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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It will not be all the world that believes on Christ, but whosoever believes and shows themselves to be his friends by doing as he commands are those whom he has laid his life down for as a ransom for the many that believe and obey of all nations in the world:
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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Christ did come to give his life as a ransom for the sins of the whole world giving everyone who would believe on him a propitiation for sins through faith. Jacob prophesied of how Christ would come for the salvation of the Gentiles and Israel:
Testament of Benjamin 3:8
In thee shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven concerning the Lamb of Alahayim, and Saviour of the world, and that a blameless one shall be delivered up for lawless men, and a sinless one shall die for unholy men in the blood of the covenant for the salvation of the Gentiles and of Israel, and shall destroy Beliar and his servants.
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He was sent for a covenant for the house of Israel yet he also gave his life for the salvation of whosoever of the Gentiles and Israel would believe on him in the world. Giving his life was not only for the house of Israel according to prophecy:
Isa 42:6-7
I Ahayah have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
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Aligning with the prophecies of Christ being for the salvation of the world, Paul preached on the fact that Christ did suffer, giving his life to save the world, and he also was for a light to the Gentiles and the people (which is Israel) to open everyone's eyes of all nations to receive forgiveness of sins through faith in him just as Jacob said he would be for the salvation of the Gentiles and Israel:
Act 26:22-23, 18
Having therefore obtained help of Alahayim, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Alahayim, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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According to prophecy and the preaching of the Apostles, Christ came to give his life as a ransom for the sins of the world and to enlighten the people of Israel and the Gentiles that all who have faith in him may receive forgiveness of sins through the forbearance of Alahayim:
Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of Alahayim without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of Alahayim which is by faith of Yache Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Alahayim; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Yache: 25 Whom Alahayim hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of Alahayim;
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Understanding the prophecies and the will of Alahayim to save the world, Christ's sheep are not only of the house of Israel but also of the Gentiles:
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord Ahayah which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
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The others that will be gathered also are his sheep of the Gentiles, who are not of the fold of Israel, and will hear his voice coming under him, their one shepherd:
John 10:14-16
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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Christ came to give his life to gather the lost sheep of the fold of the house of Israel and gather his sheep of the Gentiles to make them one fold as the children of Abraham by faith and through faith under him, our Lord and Shepherd:
Romans 3:29-30
Is he the Alahayim of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one Alahayim, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Galatians 3:7-9, 14, 26-29
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that Alahayim would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Yache Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 26 For ye are all the children of Alahayim by faith in Christ Yache. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Yache. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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So he was sent to save the world, not only the house of Israel. Christ did not only come for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. Christ himself said in John 10:16 "other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." By precept, the other sheep that are not of the fold of the lost sheep of the house of Israel are the heathen, who have been exhorted to look for Yache, their Shepherd, and ours.
2Es 2:33-36
I Esdras received a charge of Ahayah upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand,
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These are the other sheep of the Gentiles that Christ was speaking of who shall hear his voice so they will hear and understand their shepherd's voice:
look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world. 35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore. 36 Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.
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So in truth, Christ was sent unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel {Matt 15:24} to confirm the promises to the fathers to save their children yet he was also meant to be a light unto the Gentiles for the salvation of the world too:
Luke 1:68-75
Blessed be the Lord Alahayim of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him withou fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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According to the promises to the fathers, he was sent to save Israel:
Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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He did have a promise to the fathers to fulfill for which he was sent to do and he also sent out his disciples to fulfill the same promise to save Israel:
Matthew 10:5
These twelve Yache sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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He came to fulfill the promise to the fathers to save their offspring by giving his life as a ransom:
Odes of Solomon 31:8-13
8. And they condemned me when I stood up, me who had not been condemned. 9. Then they divided my spoil, though nothing was owed them. 10. But I endured and held my peace and was silent, that I might not be disturbed by them. 11. But I stood undisturbed like a solid rock, which is continuously pounded by columns of waves and endures 12. And I bore their bitterness because of humility; that I might save my nation and instruct it. 13. And that I might not nullify the promises to the patriarchs, to whom I was promised for the salvation of their offspring. HalụlụYah.
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So he did come to fulfill the promise concerning the lost sheep of the house of Israel, yet as will be seen, that's not the only sheep he came to save.
John 10:11, 14-16
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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He truly also came to save his other fold of sheep of the Gentiles as he was meant to be a light for them too for salvation as was prophesied concerning him:
Luke 2:25-32
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Yache, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed Alahayim, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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The scriptures assures that he came to save the Gentiles as well by the fact that after he gave his life as a ransom for the sins of his nation Israel, he also sent his disciples to preach unto all nations (not only the nation of Israel) to redeem all the children of Abraham by faith (the house of Israel) and through faith (the righteous Gentiles) that he may be salvation unto all the world that believe.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Yache came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
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After fulfilling his purpose for being sent into the world to save his nation, he sent out his disciples to preach unto all nations to save all his sheep, Israelites and Gentiles, and bring them into one fold under him, the good shepherd. This mercy of Alahayim upon Israel to redeem them and give light for the salvation of the Gentiles through Christ would be a cause for the Gentiles and Israel to rejoice in Alahayim for his mercy:
Rom 15:8-10
Now I say that Yache Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of Alahayim, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify Alahayim for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
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His people, Israel, and the Gentiles rejoice in Alahayim for his mercy in sending "His salvation" for all the world:
Rom 15:11
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
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Paul taught the truth that Christ was sent unto Israel to fulfill the promises to the fathers and that good work would cause the Gentiles to glorify Alahayim for his mercy which would lead to their conversion as well. By breaking down the middle wall of partition between Israelites and Gentiles, {Eph 2:11-19} Yache is gathering the "other sheep" that were not of the fold of Israel unto himself, so that believers of all nations, may have one Shepherd and be one fold. For this reason, it is not according to Yache's words or Ahayah's will for the Apostles to only preach to the Hebrew race because that would cause Yache's command to teach all nations to be ineffective and make the promise to Abraham ineffective and take away salvation from the world through the Only Begotten Son.
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Why was Christ sent to the lost sheep of the House of Israel?
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Yache was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Hebrew race) to gather them back together under Alahayim and him their shepherd:
Jeremiah 50:6-7
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against Ahayah, the habitation of justice, even Ahayah, the hope of their fathers.
Ezekiel 34:6, 11-16
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 11 For thus saith the Lord Ahayah; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Ahayah. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
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He was also given to be a new covenant for Israel through his blood because of the faults under the first covenant made by the blood animals:
Hebrews 8:7-13
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a Alahayim, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9:15-18
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.​
Hebrews 13:12
Wherefore Yache also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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Through his love he laid down his life and he is in the process of gathering his sheep of the house of Israel unto him in these end times.
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For further edification on the gathering of the remnant of Israel, check out the lesson, "The Remnant of Israel":
https://www.youtube.com/live/-rlLE2z7S10?si=-bRokDqG92Hb8LyN​
For further Edification on the New Covenant vs the Old Covenant, check out the lesson on the topic:​