The mystery wasnt that Gentiles would be saved, they always could be saved thru Israel. The mystery was they would be included along with Israel in the newly formed body of Christ and be one new man
That statement is not correct.
Gentiles were not only “saved through Israel” as outsiders waiting on the edge. God included Gentiles
directly from the very beginning, even in the Old Testament. remember Doug Man wad made in gods Image, why would he discriminate?
From the start, God’s plan was never Israel only.
God told Abraham
before Israel even existed:
“In thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
Genesis 22:18 (ASV)
Not Israel alone.
Not later.
All nations.
That means Gentiles were always part of God’s promise, not an afterthought.
When Israel came out of Egypt, Gentiles were already included:
“And a
mixed multitude went up also with them”
Exodus 12:38
God did not remove them. God did not reject them. They came under God’s protection and law.
God Himself said Gentiles could belong to Him fully:
“One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the
stranger that sojourneth among you.”
Exodus 12:49
Same law. Same God. No second-class people.
God repeats this again through Moses:
“The LORD your God… loveth the
stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”
Deuteronomy 10:17–19
God does not “love from a distance.” Love means covenant care.
The prophets are even clearer. Isaiah says Gentiles who serve the Lord will be accepted:
“Also the
foreigners that join themselves to the LORD… even them will I bring to my holy mountain.”
Isaiah 56:6–7
God says
My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples, not Israel only.
That is Old Testament. No Paul. No church language.
Jesus confirms this exact truth.
Jesus said: “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.”
John 10:16 (ASV)
Jesus does not say “they will join later.” He says
they belong to Him already.
Jesus also said many Gentiles would enter the Kingdom
while Israelites would be cast out:
“Many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham… but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth.”Matthew 8:11–12
Gentiles are not guests. They sit with Abraham.
So the claim that Gentiles were only added later as a “new idea” is false. The truth is simple:
Israel was chosen to
carry the light, not to
own it.
Gentiles were always in God’s plan.
Always promised.
Always invited.
Always judged by the same God.