Let me ask you...
The animal sacrifice under the Law...what was it for?
The answer is that God commanded the sacrifice yearly to atone temporarily for the sins of the children of Israel under the Law. Was the sacrifice ever done to atone for non-Hebrew Gentiles who were never under the Law? The answer is "No, it was never for non-Hebrew Gentiles who were never under the Law."
Is it true Jesus Christ was the Lamb of God who was sent under the Law to atone as the Lamb of God for the sins of the children of Israel just as the animal was sacrificed for the sins of the children of Israel? Isn't it true Jesus Christ died as substitute in the role of the animal sacrificed for the sins of the children of Israel?
The answer is, "Yes, Jesus was substitute for the animal that was sacrificed under the Law for the sins of the children of Israel."
Now you know for whom Christ died for.
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal. 4:4–5.
So, adding non-Hebrew Gentiles as part of the atonement Christ made is to add to the bible things that are not there and such teaching breaks Scripture, the very Scripture Jesus said CANNOT be broken.
Christians are increasingly coming to appreciate their "Jewish roots." Many have gone beyond merely acknowledging that Jesus was
a Jew, that the early disciples and apostles were Jewish, or that Christianity has come out of Judaism. They are searching out the Jewish
roots of their own faith. They are respecting and even loving the Jews. They are doing what they can to bless the Jewish people, in
recognition of Genesis 12:3, "I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the
earth will be blessed."
But there is a deeper reason for paying attention to the Jewish people, a reason that ultimately must shake the very identity of a
Christian to its core. The foundational text is Ephesians 2:11-13, which says;
Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth-called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation
on their flesh, are called the Circumcised-at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Israel. You were
foreigners to the covenants embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and without God. But now, you who were
once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah's blood.
So, according to this passage, what is it that God, through his Messiah Yeshua, does for human beings?
The answer:
(1) He makes them conscience of what sin is, and through Yeshua the Messiah he offers forgiveness of sin (this is taught in the ten verses
preceding the above citation).
Then, if they are Gentiles (such as Paul is addressing here) and therefore do not already belong to his own special people, the People of God.
(2) he makes them part of the People of God.
(3) he makes them participate in his covenants.
(4) he fulfills his promises.
(5) he gives them hope in this difficult world, and finally,
(6) he makes his very self known to them.
If they are Jews and therefore do belong to the People of God, they already have items (2) through (6) and do not need to be given
them again. I'll say it differently: Jews already have (2) through (6) and the only new thing that comes to them through Yeshua is (1).
Thus, assured forgiveness of sin is the
last thing Jews get. Gentiles get forgiveness of sin
first, but it is
only through Yeshua connection
that Gentiles gain covenants, the promises, hope and intimacy with God. It is only because and when they have been joined to the Jews
that they get these things. Jews have them already---but without the forgiveness of sins through Yeshua's atoning death they gain
nothing thereby in the world to come.
There is a
sequencing to these six truths, and the sequencing is
different for Jews than for Christians. Sequencing may seem an
unimportant detail, but I submit that at this time getting it right is the most important challenge facing the Body of Messiah!
David H. Stern The Church's Biggest Challenge More than Just "Loving" the Jews