WARNING: Do not buy into Jew's theories that come here which try... and claim that they, the Jews, are the only people of Israel. That idea is NOT Biblical, even though we hear it all the time by deceived preachers. Read your Bible for yourself, and check me out on this.
Let's just dump right off the bat... the Jew's false theory that Apostle Paul did not preach Christ's Church as Israel...
Eph 2:11-13
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;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
KJV
The Greek word for "commonwealth" simply means 'a community'. But in 16th century English terms, as also today, it means MORE than one people or nation. And with Paul using that for "Israel" there, that means MORE than just Jews. Well just who was Paul telling this to? To Gentile believers in Christ's Church.
What many brethren don't know, because of the Jew's false teachings among many Churches today, is that God's written Word actually points to 'how' the Gentiles would come to hear The Gospel of Jesus Christ after... the majority of Jews rejected it, and still do to this day. I'll try and summarize some of those Biblical steps... check out the Scripture for yourself...
1. per Genesis 35 and Genesis 48, one of the prophecies of blessing per God's Birthright first given through Abraham, was that Jacob's seed would become "a nation, and a company of nations." And that prophecy extended to Joseph's son Ephraim per Genesis 48 that Ephraim's seed would become "a multitude of nations."
When I ask preachers about that prophecy, they start fidgeting in their seats. And just mention of it to Jews really riles them up against it, because they only want to be known as God's Israel.
But it's really, really simple to understand that the nation state of Israel in the middle east has only ever been but ONE nation, definitely not "a company of nations" nor "a multitude of nations." Ask the majority of preachers out there and they will just turn a blind eye to who all those other nations of Israel might be. They don't know... because... they do not STUDY their Old Testament in depth like they should, or like we think they already do, but they do not.
2. even by following God's Birthright originally given through Abraham, the Bible student can make greater sense of who those "multitude of nations" are that Ephraim would become and be associated with, even to this day. The Birthright Promise being finalized upon Ephraim is written in 1 Chronicles 5.
3. God's Birthright involves His promises and blessings to Abraham originally. In Galatians 3, Apostle Paul revealed that The Gospel was preached to Abraham, and Abraham believed, and it was counted to Abraham as righteousness. And thus all those of Faith have become "the children of Abraham", Paul said in Galatians 3. Thus The Gospel of Jesus Christ had always... been a part of God's Birthright to Israel, passed down from Abraham, then from his son Isaac, and then from his son Jacob, and then from his son Joseph, and finally upon Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh, where 'care'... of The Gospel still rests to this day among the Christian West and its allied Christian nations.
4. God split old Israel in Solomon's day into two nations, two kingdoms. The JEWS represented only THREE TRIBES of ISRAEL, the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. The title of Jew actually was derived from the tribe of Judah. Apostle Paul said he was a Jew born of the tribe of Benjamin. The tribe of Benjamin was the only tribe split off along with Judah when God split old Israel. The tribe of Levi would later become joined with Judah and Benjamin at Jerusalem-Judah once Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim started calf idol worship among the northern ten tribes and made common priests of the people. This is all Bible history written starting in 1 Kings 11, and also 2 Chronicles 11.
5. God scattered the northern ten tribes of Israel first out of the holy land, captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return as the majority of Israelites. They became LOST, and thus the name Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
6. God did not loose the ten tribes, but declared what He would do to them once scattered. This is the main subject of the Book of Hosea. And it reveals that the Jews of the "house of Judah" only remained in the holy land when God scattered the ten tribes. Further revealed is how the ten tribe "house of Israel" would loose their heritage as part of Israel, and become as Gentiles living among Gentiles.
7. Apostle Paul quoted from Hosea in Romans 9 to Roman Gentile believers on Christ Jesus. In Hosea, God in final said the ten tribes would become His people again, and Paul included the believing Gentiles in that with them, which is about Christ's Church. Paul in that Romans 9 Chapter is explaining just how the "commonwealth of Israel" under Jesus Christ came to be, and it follows this Birthright history down to Ephraim having in final becoming "a multitude of nations" per Genesis 48.
8. that "multitude of nations" was fulfilled by the children of Israel through the ten tribe scattering to Assyria, and from there they would migrate mainly into Asia Minor to form the early Churches (like those Churches Jesus sent His 7 Messages to), and then further migrations in stages into Europe, and finally The Gospel being accepted on national scales there in Europe. Thus it is impossible... per God's Word, to try and prevent Christ's Church's direct association with God's Israel.
9. why do the Jews act so selfish then in thinking to protect that they only represent God's Israel? It is because the majority of the leadership of the unbelieving Jews in the nation of Israel are following the old crept in unaware FAKE Jews of the "synagogue of Satan" who crept in long ago, and were behind the murder of our Lord Jesus of Nazareth. They work for the devil, and the devil wants this earth for himself, so the devil tries to claim everything that belongs to God, including His people.
Let's just dump right off the bat... the Jew's false theory that Apostle Paul did not preach Christ's Church as Israel...
Eph 2:11-13
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;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
KJV
The Greek word for "commonwealth" simply means 'a community'. But in 16th century English terms, as also today, it means MORE than one people or nation. And with Paul using that for "Israel" there, that means MORE than just Jews. Well just who was Paul telling this to? To Gentile believers in Christ's Church.
What many brethren don't know, because of the Jew's false teachings among many Churches today, is that God's written Word actually points to 'how' the Gentiles would come to hear The Gospel of Jesus Christ after... the majority of Jews rejected it, and still do to this day. I'll try and summarize some of those Biblical steps... check out the Scripture for yourself...
1. per Genesis 35 and Genesis 48, one of the prophecies of blessing per God's Birthright first given through Abraham, was that Jacob's seed would become "a nation, and a company of nations." And that prophecy extended to Joseph's son Ephraim per Genesis 48 that Ephraim's seed would become "a multitude of nations."
When I ask preachers about that prophecy, they start fidgeting in their seats. And just mention of it to Jews really riles them up against it, because they only want to be known as God's Israel.
But it's really, really simple to understand that the nation state of Israel in the middle east has only ever been but ONE nation, definitely not "a company of nations" nor "a multitude of nations." Ask the majority of preachers out there and they will just turn a blind eye to who all those other nations of Israel might be. They don't know... because... they do not STUDY their Old Testament in depth like they should, or like we think they already do, but they do not.
2. even by following God's Birthright originally given through Abraham, the Bible student can make greater sense of who those "multitude of nations" are that Ephraim would become and be associated with, even to this day. The Birthright Promise being finalized upon Ephraim is written in 1 Chronicles 5.
3. God's Birthright involves His promises and blessings to Abraham originally. In Galatians 3, Apostle Paul revealed that The Gospel was preached to Abraham, and Abraham believed, and it was counted to Abraham as righteousness. And thus all those of Faith have become "the children of Abraham", Paul said in Galatians 3. Thus The Gospel of Jesus Christ had always... been a part of God's Birthright to Israel, passed down from Abraham, then from his son Isaac, and then from his son Jacob, and then from his son Joseph, and finally upon Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh, where 'care'... of The Gospel still rests to this day among the Christian West and its allied Christian nations.
4. God split old Israel in Solomon's day into two nations, two kingdoms. The JEWS represented only THREE TRIBES of ISRAEL, the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. The title of Jew actually was derived from the tribe of Judah. Apostle Paul said he was a Jew born of the tribe of Benjamin. The tribe of Benjamin was the only tribe split off along with Judah when God split old Israel. The tribe of Levi would later become joined with Judah and Benjamin at Jerusalem-Judah once Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim started calf idol worship among the northern ten tribes and made common priests of the people. This is all Bible history written starting in 1 Kings 11, and also 2 Chronicles 11.
5. God scattered the northern ten tribes of Israel first out of the holy land, captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return as the majority of Israelites. They became LOST, and thus the name Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
6. God did not loose the ten tribes, but declared what He would do to them once scattered. This is the main subject of the Book of Hosea. And it reveals that the Jews of the "house of Judah" only remained in the holy land when God scattered the ten tribes. Further revealed is how the ten tribe "house of Israel" would loose their heritage as part of Israel, and become as Gentiles living among Gentiles.
7. Apostle Paul quoted from Hosea in Romans 9 to Roman Gentile believers on Christ Jesus. In Hosea, God in final said the ten tribes would become His people again, and Paul included the believing Gentiles in that with them, which is about Christ's Church. Paul in that Romans 9 Chapter is explaining just how the "commonwealth of Israel" under Jesus Christ came to be, and it follows this Birthright history down to Ephraim having in final becoming "a multitude of nations" per Genesis 48.
8. that "multitude of nations" was fulfilled by the children of Israel through the ten tribe scattering to Assyria, and from there they would migrate mainly into Asia Minor to form the early Churches (like those Churches Jesus sent His 7 Messages to), and then further migrations in stages into Europe, and finally The Gospel being accepted on national scales there in Europe. Thus it is impossible... per God's Word, to try and prevent Christ's Church's direct association with God's Israel.
9. why do the Jews act so selfish then in thinking to protect that they only represent God's Israel? It is because the majority of the leadership of the unbelieving Jews in the nation of Israel are following the old crept in unaware FAKE Jews of the "synagogue of Satan" who crept in long ago, and were behind the murder of our Lord Jesus of Nazareth. They work for the devil, and the devil wants this earth for himself, so the devil tries to claim everything that belongs to God, including His people.