The Issue of Limited Atonement

[brightfame52]

@TomL

Eternal life is promised to all who believe

No it was not, it was promised to them that believe. They believe when Christ gives them eternal life. But it was promised to them before the world began, before they existed in time Titus 1:2

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

 

[TomL]

Salvation is of Grace, meaning of election, there is no salvation for anyone else. And remember Grace is only for a reserved remnant.

Sorry no grace is not reserved for a remnant.

Christ died for all and that would be a matter of grace

All nations would be blessed and that is grace

Genesis 12:1–3 (LEB) — 1 And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Gal 3:8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

Acts 3:25 (LEB) — 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’


Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.

Gen 26:3–4Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands. And all nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring,

Gen 28:13–14And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him, and he said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you and to your descendants. Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.

 

[TomL]

@TomL



No it was not, it was promised to them that believe. They believe when Christ gives them eternal life. But it was promised to them before the world began, before they existed in time Titus 1:2

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

First. Did you read?

I stated

Eternal life is promised to all who believe

and you replied

No, it was not, it was promised to them that believe.

Duh, it's the same thing

Now regarding

Titus 1:2 (LEB) — 2 in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,

There is nothing there saying God unconditionally selects certain men to eternal life unconditionally.

 

[brightfame52]

@TomL

Sorry no grace is not reserved for a remnant.

Yes it is, its called a remnant according to the election of grace in one verse, and then plain grace in the following verse Rom 11:5-6

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

 

[brightfame52]

First. Did you read?

I stated

Eternal life is promised to all who believe

and you replied

No, it was not, it was promised to them that believe.

Duh, it's the same thing

Now regarding

Titus 1:2 (LEB) — 2 in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,

There is nothing there saying God unconditionally selects certain men to eternal life unconditionally.

No its promised to a seed, the seed will believe, nobody else can believe

 

[TomL]

No its promised to a seed, the seed will believe, nobody else can believe

Hello

Your words were

it was promised to them that believe.

 

[TomL]

@TomL



Yes it is, its called a remnant according to the election of grace in one verse, and then plain grace in the following verse Rom 11:5-6

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

You ignored context

Romans 11:1–5 (LEB) — 1 Therefore I say, God has not rejected his people, has he? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew! Or do you not know, in the passage about Elijah, what the scripture says—how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!” 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have left for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal.” 5 So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant selected by grace.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the grace of Christ, who died for all.

 

[jeremiah1five]

In the first few years of the Church, you are correct. But after the first three to five years of the Church (after the Pentecost right after Jesus ascended), Peter was sent to Cornelius (a Gentile) to bring the Gospel of salvation to him and his family. This is the first (but certainly not the last) Gentile brought into the Church under the New Covenant. From then on, Gentiles were regularly brought into the Church.

Cornelius was mixed-race Hebrew.
The Holy Spirit of Promise was PROMISED TO ISRAEL.
That's what God said:

THE PROMISE:

27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the LORD your God, and none else:
And my people shall never be ashamed.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward,
That I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
In those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth,
Blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and lthe moon into blood,
Before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered:
For qin mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,
As the LORD hath said,
And in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Joel 2:27–32.

THE FULFILLMENT:

Peter is speaking to the twelve tribes of Israel. First, to the two southern kingdom tribes present at Jerusalem:

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
Acts 2:14.

Then, he turns his attention to the ten northern kingdom tribes also present at Jerusalem:

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:22.

He continues addressing the twelve tribes of Israel/Jacob:

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 2:28–29.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 2:32–33.

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:38–39.

The Holy Spirit of Promise was PROMISED TO THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.

LOL, Where are we told that God enumerated every command He gave to His Prophets and Apostles?

And God did not tell them to compile their letters into a single volume and call it a "New Testament". The term "New Testament" (also read New Covenant) is to contrast it with the Old Covenant (the covenant that began with Abraham, was renewed with Isaac, Jacob, and Moses). Each of the letters, Gospels, and prophecies in the NT (New Testament) are separate and distinct from the others, just as the books of the OT (Old Testament) are, but they cross reference, cite, and quote from each other indicating a unifying authorship through them all.

The prophets of God did not write letters to Israel. They wrote the words God gave them to give to the nation and people of all Israel, both kingdoms. One example is <oses:

1 NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Exodus 1:1-4.

1 AND the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
Leviticus 1:1-2.

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
Numbers 1:1-2.

1 THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy 1:1.

WHERE does it say God spoke these things to non-Hebrew Gentiles or the foreign nations God destroyed OUT OF CANAAN??? The Word of God - Genesis to Malachi was spoken and written TO ISRAEL.
The same can be said of the letters written by Jews and Jewish Christians to and for other Jews and Jewish Christians called the CHURCH - or Great Congregation - of Israel and Christ. They are one and the same. The letters were written to Jews by Jews. Here's one example:

1 JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James 1:1.

God's Holy and Covenant words were always to and for the children of Israel beginning in Exodus and continuing through to Revelations.

Gentiles don't need to change anything in those letters. God wrote in them that the Gentiles are accepted in His Church (Acts 10, Eph 2) (not Jer1five's church). You don't get to make the call on who is and who isn't allowed under the New Covenant.

The CHURCH (Greek "ekklesia" = "called out [ones]") are identified as the Hebrew people God CALLED OUT of Egypt, and of the baby Jesus CALLED OUT of Egypt.
God never called non-Hebrew Gentiles a "Great Congregation" or in Greek, His CHURCH of called out [ones.]

13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 2 Chronicles 30:13.

8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. 2 Chronicles 7:8.

Israel is both the great congregation and Church.
God NEVER calls non-Hebrew His "congregation" or "Church." These are biblical terms identifying ISRAEL.

The Romans put Him to death, but the Jews demanded it. The Roman governor was ready to release Jesus, but the Jews called for His blood. Don't go changing the story to fit with your preconceptions.

God determined it. God predestinated it. God is the One who slew the Lamb OF GOD.
Christ was God's perfect sacrifice, His contribution to Israel's deliverance and salvation.

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Acts 2:21–23.

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! John 1:36.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain BEFORE God created heaven, earth, and man:

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:7–8.

Jesus Christ was offered by God, slain by God, and raised by God to atone for the sins of the children of ISRAEL.

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. Galatians 4:4–5.

THIS IS the Word of God.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Sorry, the actual scriptures do not support your theology.

You have ignored multiple times the word of God.

Further, I see God according to his word, which, as noted, you are often found ignoring.

I understand your bias.

You're a Gentile who wants part of God's covenant with Israel.

But no Gentiles were ever part of God's covenants with Israel.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Once again, your beliefs are contrary to scripture

Men are told to believe

Acts 16:31 (LEB) — 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!”

Romans 10:9–10 (LEB) — 9 that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

Hebrews 11:6 (LEB) — 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.

yet men can refuse to believe

Mark 16:16 (LEB) — 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.
John 3:36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life—but the wrath of God remains on him.
Disobedience here is refusing to believe.

And it is not disobedience if not told to believe.
John 3:18The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Mark 16:16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Yet other contrary to your theology words of scripture.

Also

Romans 1:16–17 (LEB) — 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, “But the one who is righteous by faith will live.”

Not only that, you make false statements regarding my theology.

You're a Gentile who is only upholding Gentiles inheritance theft of Israel's Promises God gave to the Hebrew people beginning with Abram the Hebrew (Gen. 14:13.)

I am still awaiting someone to post the Old Testament Scripture of God making covenant with a non-Hebrew Gentile and to provide this Gentile's name.

NO ONE has done this. I wonder why?

I KNOW WHY. NONE EXISTS.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Race worship continues

Thank, you, Jesus.

King of the JEWS is as racists as they get.

 

[TomL]

You're a Gentile who is only upholding Gentiles inheritance theft of Israel's Promises God gave to the Hebrew people beginning with Abram the Hebrew (Gen. 14:13.)

I am still awaiting someone to post the Old Testament Scripture of God making covenant with a non-Hebrew Gentile and to provide this Gentile's name.

NO ONE has done this. I wonder why?

I KNOW WHY. NONE EXISTS.

You keep ignoring scripture.

Even Old Testament scripture, which speaks of Abraham and how all nations will be blessed in him.

As per previous posts

You were already told, Abraham

He is the father of all

All being his heirs

Gen 17:5Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.

Romans 4:9–12 (LEB) — 9 Therefore, is this blessing for those who are circumcised, or also for those who are uncircumcised? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited? While he was circumcised or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised but while uncircumcised! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness by faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he could be the father of all who believe although they are uncircumcised, so that righteousness could be credited to them, 12 and the father of those who are circumcised to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

Romans 4:13–17 (LEB) — 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith. 14 For if those of the law are heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified. 15 For the law produces wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. 16 Because of this, it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (just as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as though they are,

You need to read and see the truth that has been given to you and drop your hostility to the word of God in these matters.

All nations would be blessed and that is grace

Genesis 12:1–3 (LEB) — 1 And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Gal 3:8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

Acts 3:25 (LEB) — 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’


Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.

Gen 26:3–4Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands. And all nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring,

Gen 28:13–14And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him, and he said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you and to your descendants. Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.

Maybe you should start paying attention and hold to faith in the word of God.

 

[TomL]

I understand your bias.

You're a Gentile who wants part of God's covenant with Israel.

But no Gentiles were ever part of God's covenants with Israel.

Sorry, but scripture has refuted your theology

You just refuse to believe it.

Ephesians 2:11–22 (LEB) — 11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands, 12 that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh, 15 invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself. 17 And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near, 18 because through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
You fit well into the people whose minds were hardened

2 Corinthians 3:14–15 (KJV 1900) — 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

 

[TomL]

Thank, you, Jesus.

King of the JEWS is as racists as they get.

Dan 7:13–14“I continued watching in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingship that all the peoples, the nations, and languages would serve him; his dominion is a dominion without end that will not cease, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

 

[jeremiah1five]

You keep ignoring scripture.

Even Old Testament scripture, which speaks of Abraham and how all nations will be blessed in him.

As per previous posts






Maybe you should start paying attention and hold to faith in the word of God.

Learn the meaning of words.

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 12:1–3.

The whole blessing comes with covenant, not without it. It is Abraham's families born "in thee" (Abraham) that are blessed, not the non-covenant other families of the earth.

"IN THEE" refers to Abraham's families who are the blessed because of covenant, NOT families NOT IN COVENANT.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Sorry, but scripture has refuted your theology

You just refuse to believe it.

Ephesians 2:11–22 (LEB) — 11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands, 12 that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh, 15 invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself. 17 And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near, 18 because through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
You fit well into the people whose minds were hardened

2 Corinthians 3:14–15 (KJV 1900) — 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

I answered elsewhere.

I used the Old Testament to explain the Old Testament.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Dan 7:13–14“I continued watching in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingship that all the peoples, the nations, and languages would serve him; his dominion is a dominion without end that will not cease, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

THAT is Jesus being king OF THE JEWS.

JEWS are a race separated from the rest of humanity by covenant and circumcision (flesh and heart.)

The non-covenant world are not blessed with Abraham for they are NOT in covenant which is the basis of blessing.

 

[Jim]

Learn the meaning of words.

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 12:1–3.

The whole blessing comes with covenant, not without it. It is Abraham's families born "in thee" (Abraham) that are blessed, not the non-covenant other families of the earth.

"IN THEE" refers to Abraham's families who are the blessed because of covenant, NOT families NOT IN COVENANT.

A really terrible interpretation. It says "all the families of the earth". There is no rational way to limit that to the descendants of Abraham.

Gen 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

 

[TomL]

I answered elsewhere.

I used the Old Testament to explain the Old Testament.

Sorry, no, you have ignored both Old and New Testament scripture and used your bias in interpreting scripture

Sorry, but scripture has refuted your theology

You just refuse to believe it.

Ephesians 2:11–22 (LEB) — 11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands, 12 that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh, 15 invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself. 17 And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near, 18 because through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

You fit well into the people whose minds were hardened

2 Corinthians 3:14–15 (KJV 1900) — 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

 

[TomL]

THAT is Jesus being king OF THE JEWS.

JEWS are a race separated from the rest of humanity by covenant and circumcision (flesh and heart.)

The non-covenant world are not blessed with Abraham for they are NOT in covenant which is the basis of blessing.

Hello

Dan 7:13–14“I continued watching in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingship that all the peoples, the nations, and languages would serve him; his dominion is a dominion without end that will not cease, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

Your bias leads you into denying even the Old Testament.

All nations would be blessed in Abraham,

Gen 17:5Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him

Genesis 12:1–3 (LEB) — 1 And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Gal 3:8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

Acts 3:25 (LEB) — 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’


Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.

Gen 26:3–4Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands. And all nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring,

Gen 28:13–14And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him, and he said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you and to your descendants. Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.