Rapture Thoughts of Some Early Church Leaders

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The first fold is the Gentiles.
This is 100% utter nonsense.

This is Jesus speaking:

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Jesus said that He was sent "unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.". So, the first fold of sheep are Israelites, not Gentiles.

John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not 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.

The only sheep Jesus had at this point were of the house of Israel, so the first fold clearly refers to Israelite believers. The other sheep who are not of the first fold, then, are clearly Gentile believers. This is very obvious, yet you still somehow miss it. Your belief ignores what is indicated in the scriptures above.

The two folds go to heaven for the marriage supper and are one fold........the great multitude.
The two folds have already been made into one fold by the blood of Christ. The one fold is the same as "the one new man" and "one body" that Paul said were brought together by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22), which are Jew and Gentile believers in the church.
 
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You are correct in that this event is described in Isaiah 34. But in Isaiah 34 we can see that the wrath of God lasts one year.

Isaiah 34
8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

The sudden destruction does not occur until Armageddon. You are skipping the 1st 6 trumpets and vials of wrath which occur before Armageddon.


Jesus comes for the Church before the great tribulation.
Jesus comes for the seed of the woman, the 12 tribes across the earth at the 6th seal. Revelation 14:14-19.
Jesus returns with the armies of heaven at the end of wrath at the Day of the Lord which occurs at the end of the 7th seal.

There are survivors as the millennial kingdom is set up on the earth.


There are people left on the earth after Armageddon.

Zechariah 14
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Do you not believe in a Millennial kingdom?
You cannot deal with the text at hand. This is classic Pretrib. You butcher other Scripture to reinforce your mistaken view of the text.

When Premil have no answer to repeated climactic NT passages, they either spiritualize them away or they explain them all away by their faulty view of Zechariah 14. Zechariah 14 has nothing to do with a future coming of Christ. It refers to past history. Rev 20 commenced at the First Advent. You think if you stayed a fact and opinion that it is a fact. That is not the way it works. You're all over the place. You are in capable of addressing any literal text that forbids your doctrine.
 
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This is 100% utter nonsense.

This is Jesus speaking:

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Jesus said that He was sent "unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.". So, the first fold of sheep are Israelites, not Gentiles.

John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not 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.

The only sheep Jesus had at this point were of the house of Israel, so the first fold clearly refers to Israelite believers. The other sheep who are not of the first fold, then, are clearly Gentile believers. This is very obvious, yet you still somehow miss it. Your belief ignores what is indicated in the scriptures above.


The two folds have already been made into one fold by the blood of Christ. The one fold is the same as "the one new man" and "one body" that Paul said were brought together by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22), which are Jew and Gentile believers in the church.
He doesn't have a clue. He can only rabbit what he has been taught, even though it is ridiculous.
 
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There are survivors as the millennial kingdom is set up on the earth.


There are people left on the earth after Armageddon.

Zechariah 14
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Do you not believe in a Millennial kingdom?
Where does it mention a millennium here? Nowhere!

Could you please do a detailed comparison between Zechariah 14 and Revelation 20? I see no likeness.
 

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This is 100% utter nonsense.

This is Jesus speaking:

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Jesus said that He was sent "unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.". So, the first fold of sheep are Israelites, not Gentiles.

John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not 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.

The only sheep Jesus had at this point were of the house of Israel, so the first fold clearly refers to Israelite believers. The other sheep who are not of the first fold, then, are clearly Gentile believers. This is very obvious, yet you still somehow miss it. Your belief ignores what is indicated in the scriptures above.
The Jews would not receive Jesus as Lord. They are currently blind to this FACT.

Matthew 23
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

The two folds have already been made into one fold by the blood of Christ. The one fold is the same as "the one new man" and "one body" that Paul said were brought together by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22), which are Jew and Gentile believers in the church.
There has been no harvest so there are no folds. The first fold will be the Gentiles.
 

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The Jews would not receive Jesus as Lord. They are currently blind to this FACT.

Matthew 23
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!


There has been no harvest so there are no folds. The first fold will be the Gentiles.
God's harvest is ongoing. Have a look at history. Look around you.
 

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Negative. The angels gather the elect for the marriage supper. The great multitude is in heaven during the ONE YEAR wrath of God.

Revelation 19
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

After the marriage supper then the armies of heaven return to the earth for Armageddon on the Day of the Lord.


Matthew 24 occurs when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. That occurs at the 6th seal. Why is this so hard to understand? It's written in the Word. The timing is absolutely clear. There is no mistake when Matthew 24 occurs......6th seal.


Matthew 24
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Revelation 6
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

And there is no 7-year tribulation. There is a final week that begins when a 7-year covenant with many IS MADE.

The Church will not be in heaven before the 7 years begin as Noah was not in the ark 7 days before the flood.


Revelation 14:14 is the gathering from heaven and earth. This occurs IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION, not during the tribulation. Revelation 14:14 is the coming of Jesus (Matthew 24) in power at glory at the 6th seal. The Church is gathered from heaven and follow the Lord to the earth, as where the body is, the eagles gather. The Jews are gathered from the earth, dead and alive at the last trump blown on the Feast of Trumpets. Both brides return to heaven for the marriage supper where we will remain during the one-year wrath of God. At the end of the year the armies of heaven will follow the Lord to Armageddon.

Those of the nation of Israel that fled to the place of protection, remain on the earth during the one year wrath of God. None of Gods people are appointed to wrath.
Rev 14 has no gathering from heaven.
Zero.

No, mat 24 is not the sixth seal.

No angels gather anywhere for the marriage supper.
Mat 25 has JESUS GATHERING THE BRIDE, FROM EARTH, to the marriage chamber (HEAVEN) and the door is shut.
(every rapture verse Has Jesus doing the gathering.)

""And there is no 7-year tribulation. There is a final week that begins when a 7-year covenant with many IS MADE.""

Yes a 7 yr tribulation period
The AC descecrates the temple in the middle of the 7yr trib.



"Revelation 19
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
After the marriage supper then the armies of heaven return to the earth for Armageddon on the Day of the Lord""

Maybe we both agree with that passage.
I adhere to every word of it and have no need for any mods, or omissions.

"The Church will not be in heaven before the 7 years begin as Noah was not in the ark 7 days before the flood."

oh OK, so now you have a problem with the church in heaven for 7 years.
Ahem...NOAH is GATHERED PRETRIB/ PREFLOOD, and IS in the HEAVENS for the entire duration of the trib/ flood.
Now I see why you are backpeddling.

Once Daniel's 70th week (7 years) is on the table, and the AC desecrates the temple in the middle of it ( ahem..the midway point of 7 yrs) it all fits.

""Matthew 24 occurs when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. That occurs at the 6th seal. Why is this so hard to understand? It's written in the Word. The timing is absolutely clear. There is no mistake when Matthew 24 occurs......6th seal.""

Nope. The ONLY PLACE he comes in power and great glory is Rev 19 ( which is at the end of the wrath.)
Negative. The angels gather the elect for the marriage supper. The great multitude is in heaven during the ONE YEAR wrath of God.

Revelation 19
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

After the marriage supper then the armies of heaven return to the earth for Armageddon on the Day of the Lord.


Matthew 24 occurs when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. That occurs at the 6th seal. Why is this so hard to understand? It's written in the Word. The timing is absolutely clear. There is no mistake when Matthew 24 occurs......6th seal.


Matthew 24
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Revelation 6
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

And there is no 7-year tribulation. There is a final week that begins when a 7-year covenant with many IS MADE.

The Church will not be in heaven before the 7 years begin as Noah was not in the ark 7 days before the flood.


Revelation 14:14 is the gathering from heaven and earth. This occurs IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION, not during the tribulation. Revelation 14:14 is the coming of Jesus (Matthew 24) in power at glory at the 6th seal. The Church is gathered from heaven and follow the Lord to the earth, as where the body is, the eagles gather. The Jews are gathered from the earth, dead and alive at the last trump blown on the Feast of Trumpets. Both brides return to heaven for the marriage supper where we will remain during the one-year wrath of God. At the end of the year the armies of heaven will follow the Lord to Armageddon.

Those of the nation of Israel that fled to the place of protection, remain on the earth during the one year wrath of God. None of Gods people are appointed to wrath.
Mat 24
21 for then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be.

That passage is going to be hard to explain since it does not fit anything but a 7 yr trib.
You have to explain how the worst part of the TRIBULATION is more intense than the wrath.
This is also the preterism dilemma since they also misplace the 7 yr trib.
 

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The Jews would not receive Jesus as Lord. They are currently blind to this FACT.

Matthew 23
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Look at the verses preceding that. He was talking in particular about unbelieving Jews like the scribes and Pharisees there, not all Jews. There was a remnant of Jews who did receive Him as Lord and those were His sheep of the first fold. In John 10 Jesus said He had sheep and the only sheep He had were Jews at that time. You are trying to say He had no sheep yet. Yes, He did. He said so. When the gospel went out to the Gentiles, His other sheep which were not of that fold began to come in and they were joined together as one fold, one new man, one body.

There has been no harvest so there are no folds. The first fold will be the Gentiles.
That is completely ridiculous. I showed that the first fold was Israelites using scripture and you just completely disregard that. You just believe whatever you want to believe. No one in the world agrees with you about this.
 
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Rev 14 has no gathering from heaven.
Zero.
Rev 14 is only showing the gathering from the earth. The Jews are gathered from the earth AT THE 6TH SEAL, prior to the wrath of God.

Revelation 14
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

Revelation 6
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

When you are reading the coming of Jesus in Revelation 14, this is another view of the coming of Jesus at the 6th seal prior to wrath.

How do we know Jesus comes at the 6th seal? Because in Matthew 24 He comes when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. That event happens at the 6th seal, therefore Jesus comes at the 6th seal.

No, mat 24 is not the sixth seal.
I can't make any clearer than to post the very scripture. In Matthew 24 the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars fall from heaven. Then Jesus comes.

When the 6th seal is opened, the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall heaven. With simple deductive reasoning that most have learned by doing word problems in school we can easily conclude that Jesus comes at the 6th seal.

No angels gather anywhere for the marriage supper.
Mat 25 has JESUS GATHERING THE BRIDE, FROM EARTH, to the marriage chamber (HEAVEN) and the door is shut.
(every rapture verse Has Jesus doing the gathering.)
This is the first harvest, the Gentile bride. The Gentile bride will be in heaven during the great tribulation. I did not say, 7 year tribulation. I said great tribulation.

The second harvest is the Jews......but only the seed of the woman, the 12 tribes across the earth. Both brides are in heaven at the coming of Jesus at the 6th seal. This is why there is a great multitude in Rev 7, some of whom come out of great tribulation.

Israel, the woman, those that flee to a place of protection, remain on earth during the wrath of God.

""And there is no 7-year tribulation. There is a final week that begins when a 7-year covenant with many IS MADE.""

Yes a 7 yr tribulation period
The AC descecrates the temple in the middle of the 7yr trib.
But it is not a 7 year tribulation as is commonly taught. It is a 7 year time period that begins when a 7 year covenant with many is made.

Additionally the is only 3.5 year remaining in the 70th week of Daniel.........time, times and half a time.

"The Church will not be in heaven before the 7 years begin as Noah was not in the ark 7 days before the flood."

oh OK, so now you have a problem with the church in heaven for 7 years.
Ahem...NOAH is GATHERED PRETRIB/ PREFLOOD, and
Sorry. Noah is not gathered pretrib. He is only gathered pre flood.

The great tribulation is not the wrath of God, no matter how many preachers claim it is.

The great tribulation is when the Jews are hunted and killed. It is the time of Jacobs trouble. The wrath of God is when God takes vengeance on an evil unbelieving world.

IS in the HEAVENS for the entire duration of the trib/ flood.
Now I see why you are backpeddling.
I'm not back peddling. I have continually said that the great tribulation is NOT the wrath of God.

Look at the Word. The great tribulation is over at the 6th seal. The seventh seal is the wrath of God.



Once Daniel's 70th week (7 years) is on the table, and the AC desecrates the temple in the middle of it ( ahem..the midway point of 7 yrs) it all fits.
Do the calculation in Daniel. There is only 3.5 year remaining in the 70th week of Daniel. Messiah arrives after 69 weeks and is cut off after his ministry.

""Matthew 24 occurs when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. That occurs at the 6th seal. Why is this so hard to understand? It's written in the Word. The timing is absolutely clear. There is no mistake when Matthew 24 occurs......6th seal.""

Nope. The ONLY PLACE he comes in power and great glory is Rev 19 ( which is at the end of the wrath.)
I use KJV. It says Jesus comes in POWER AND GLORY immediately after the tribulation of those days when the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven. It also says that when the 6th seal is opened the sun and moon are darkened and the stars fall from heaven.

Pretty simple stuff.

It also says this is a great multitude in heaven right after the 6th seal. And it says that the great multitude is in heaven for the marriage supper in Revelation.

Mat 24
21 for then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be.
This will be the greatest tribulation suffered by Christians ever.

But it is not the wrath of God which is Gods vengeance. You have Christians running around during Gods wrath. We are not appointed to wrath.
That passage is going to be hard to explain since it does not fit anything but a 7 yr trib.
There is no 7-year tribulation. There is a 7-year period that will begin when a covenant with many is made. The Church will be in heaven before the middle of the week which begins the great tribulation.

You have to explain how the worst part of the TRIBULATION is more intense than the wrath.
Tribulation is on Christians. Most of them will be Jews because the door will be shut when the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.

Then go read the 7th seal wrath of God. There is not a chance that the worst part of the great tribulation compares to the wrath of God.

This is also the preterism dilemma since they also misplace the 7 yr trib.
What 7 year tribulation. Noah is not in the ark 7 days before the flood.
 
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The rapture is noted in the following Bible verses:
1. John 14:2-3
2. 1Cointhians 51:51-51
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
4. Revelation 11:12
5. Revelation 14:16
 

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Well Noah sure didn't stay there

This is incorrect. First fruits are the first fruits of the harvest. If the harvest is barley, the first fruits will be in the spring.
If the harvest is the fruit harvest, such as grapes the first fruits will be late summer or early fall.
Those that were resurrected w/ Christ, were resurrected in the spring, thus firstfruits spring harvest was fulfilled.
 

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The angels gather the elect for the assembly in heaven to the white horses.
You are missing mat 24, Jesus comes in power and great glory AFTER the 7 yr trib.
Rev 14;14 is the final gathering of earth...during the trib. And that is the Jews.

Your getting closer.
2 wives.
Illustrated in Hosea and Ruth.
Ruth is the Gentile bride and Gomer is the "wife Gone whoring".
The covenant Jews are represented in Gomer, and are again referred to in romans 9-11., then fulfilled in Rev 14.
Ask a postribber about the 144,000 and their ethnicity and you will see them turn a no-brainer into a fiasco.

Misunderstanding the 2 wives ( the 2 covenants), really hamstrings understanding of end times.
The trinity is all about complete and total unity as "one". Two wives would be contrary to perfect unity thus cannot be.
 
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Look at the verses preceding that. He was talking in particular about unbelieving Jews like the scribes and Pharisees there, not all Jews. There was a remnant of Jews who did receive Him as Lord and those were His sheep of the first fold. In John 10 Jesus said He had sheep and the only sheep He had were Jews at that time. You are trying to say He had no sheep yet. Yes, He did. He said so. When the gospel went out to the Gentiles, His other sheep which were not of that fold began to come in and they were joined together as one fold, one new man, one body.


That is completely ridiculous. I showed that the first fold was Israelites using scripture and you just completely disregard that. You just believe whatever you want to believe. No one in the world agrees with you about this.
A few believers do not represent a fold. Right now, for the most part, the Jews are blind. The fold that knows the Lord are the Gentiles.

John 10
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.

The Lord is taking the two folds to heaven. The first fold is the Gentiles. Then when the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, there are Jews that have their blindness removed.

Both folds will go to the father's house and are the great multitude that attend the marriage supper.

Revelation 19
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Of course, these scriptural facts kind of make the teaching that ...........Jesus comes only once.....................impossible.
 

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Those that were resurrected w/ Christ, were resurrected in the spring, thus firstfruits spring harvest was fulfilled.
Yeah. I can buy that. The first fruits have happened, but the harvest has not happened.
 

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A few believers do not represent a fold.
There were more than a few believers in the first fold made up of Jewish believers. There were enough believers to the point where Paul could declare that God had not cast away the Israelite people.

Romans 11:1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew.

According to your false perspective, God did cast them away. But, He did not, as evidenced by the remnant of believers in Paul's time, including Paul himself, obviously.

There were 3,000 Jews added to that first fold on the day of Pentecost alone. That was the fold Jesus was talking about in John 10 with the other sheep who were not of that fold being Gentile believers who were joined with the first fold of Israelite believers as one fold. One new man. One body. You are completely clueless about this. You have a belief all to yourself. God does not reveal truth to only one person.