First, ....... ERROR, Matthews, Mark, Like and John was OT, or still under the Old Covenant, until the Christ died. only from Acts to Revelation is for ALL PEOPLES. Jews and Gentiles.
OK, the gospels record events, people, and places while the Jews were under the Mosaic Covenant.
But the New Covenant God made is with the House of Israel and the House of Judah. Gentiles are NOT in this Covenant for Gentiles are NOT Jews.
1 Peter 1:1 "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia," 1 Peter 1:2 "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."
Yes, Jewish Christians that Peter never met when he wrote his epistle. But he is writing to Jewish Christians.
The New Covenant is with the house of Israel NOT Gentiles. Why don't you look at the language in Jeremiah 31 where the information about the New Covenant is delineated instead of quoting others TALKING ABOUT the New Covenant in the New Testament writings because it all comes down to this fact: The New Covenant is with the Hose of Israel. Say it with me: "THE NEW COVENANT IS WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL." Did you say it? Now, go believe the Scripture and stop leaning on your own understanding in the vanity of your mind.
these "STRANGERS" here are scattered JEWS. and one can see where some of them was scattered to .... as well as in Acts chapter 2
as well as with .... James 1:1 "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting." or as with Jude, or the book of Romans which was written to proselytes ..... Gentiles woh accept the Jewish Faith and was more Strick, that the natural Jew. and also the book of ....... "HEBREWS" ... well the Name of the book says it all.
OK, Sherlock, you stated the obvious. Very simple. No logic or reason involved here. Hebrews was written to the Hebrews/Jews for it speaks extensively about the Judaic religion and Messiah's effect on Judaism. James writes to the "twelve tribes scattered," another obvious. But you think that because the other letters and gospels don't readily identify Jews or Hebrews that in your mind and by default they are writing to Gentiles? Very ignorant. And self-serving, Gentile. Now read carefully because I really don't like repeating myself especially when someone is not listening and wants to think they got it all in their back pocket.
Fact One: The New Covenant is made between God and the House of Israel.
Fact Two: Gentiles are NOT Israel.
Fact Three: The writings discuss things in the Judaic religion, their covenants, their promises, their history, their prophets, their culture, their language, their rituals and practices, everything in these writings address Jewish issues and concerns.
Fact Four: Before the destruction of the Temple everything that happened from John the Baptist to Jesus to the Feast of Harvests happened to ISRAEL and while the Temple STILL stood everything that did happen in Israel was Jewish and included NO GENTILES. In their minds (Jews) Messiah's coming affected THEM and everything happening had to be sorted out and matched up with the covenants in the OT and the prophecies of the Old Testament. Gentiles would have NO KNOWLEDGE of the things Jewish Christians discussed in their writings to JEWISH CHRISTIANS about this New Covenant they were coming to find themselves in.
Fact Five: 3000 Jews were saved on the day of the Feast of Harvest. Do you know how many people that is? And being a major Feast in the Jewish religion/Law Jews from all over Israel and Gentile lands - even Rome (and Spain) - came to this feast as good observant Jews would. Just look at the languages these people witnessing the apostles speak and locate them on the map. Gentile lands. So, if these visitors recognized their language spoken isn't it reasonable that they also came from these areas in Gentile lands?
Fact Six: Now that these Jews are saved and filled with the Holy Spirit they went back to their homes in Gentile lands, as observant Jews went to their synagogues on the seventh day, shared their experiences with their Judaic brethren and more Jews became saved and filled with the Holy Spirit.
Fact Seven: Being that the Messiah (Jesus) was hung on a tree, and the Law stating that anyone that hung on a tree was cursed, these Judaic brethren could not reconcile Messiah's cross with what Moses said in their Law so a split occurred and a good bet is that these Jewish Christians in these Gentile lands were excommunicated from Judaism and their synagogues and began to gather in their homes.
Fact Eight: As the years went on and while the Temple still stood the events that occurred to Jews and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as per Joel's prophecy occurred to the Jews as part of the New Covenant God made with the House of Israel and in their minds was totally a "Jewish thing" as Christ was in the process of building His Church which in these first several decades was populated by Jews since it is a Jewish Covenant and that Jews were being saved through word of mouth in these Gentile towns and cities like Corinth, Ephesus, Philippi, Thessalonica, etc., and these Jewish fellowships grew.
Fact Nine: In time Judaizers got fed up with these Jewish Christians and their Messiah on a tree that persecution took place and even MORE Jewish Christians left their homes and either went back to Israel or settled still in other Gentile lands and took Jesus with them.
Fact Ten: By the time Paul came out of Arabia and began his travels with Barnabas the New Covenant Church was populated by Jewish Christians in many Gentile locations and lands that Paul upon first coming to a city went into the synagogues and soon learned that these Judaizers didn't want to hear about a Messiah that hung on a tree (stumbling stone) so Paul and Barnabas found the Jewish Christians in their various homes and in time left, and when retuning to Antioch or Ephesus he wrote his letters to the Jewish Christians in these Gentile cities and discussed the effect Israel's Messiah had upon the Jewish religion.
What more is there to say? It was a Jewish Covenant and Jews populated these Jewish home churches and all the writings of the New Covenant epistles we have today as part of our canon were written to Jewish Christians in Gentile lands?
ALL the covenants God made, first with Abram the Hebrew and to his seed which were later the children of Israel and Moses and the giving of the Law this people that came out of Egypt comprised over 3 million Jews and were called the "Great Congregation" and the New Covenant Church Christ said He was to build is a continuation of the Great Congregation Church of "called out [one's]" (Gr. "ekklesia') founded by God in the desert at the time of the Tabernacle.
The New Covenant mentioned in Jeremiah and along with the prophecies of Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, and the rest of these Jewish prophets God made this New Covenant with the House of Israel and NO GENTILES were part of it.
Every mention in the New Covenant writings are discussions of the effect Israel's Messiah had upon their Law and covenants (Abraham) and that these writings were addressed to Jewish Christians.
not all the NT book was Gentile targeted. but the gospel went to the Gentiles also.
The gospel eventually went to Gentiles AFTER the Jewish Temple was destroyed by the writings of the New Covenant were addressed to Jewish Christians.
Now to the core of your question. "Why do you think the New Covenant Scriptures is written to Gentiles?" 101G's opinion's do not count. but just from observation. the theme of most ... not all NT epistles was saying "WHY CONVERT to JUDAISM OR PROSELYTES YOURSELVES WHEN GOD HAS NO RESPECT OF PERSON". accept God on his terms, and not on Judaism terms. BUT follow God. THIS IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS, Romans 3:1 "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?" for if one read the entire chapter one will see there is no advantage if one do not believe in the Lord Jesus. "ALL HAVE TO BELIEVE, BE YE JEW OR GENTILE".
now a foot ..... note. 101G do not believe in any replacement theory. only a fulfillment FACT. and 101G believe that God is no respecter of PERSON, or Nationality, all must come to him, GOD, by or through "FAITH",.
thanks for the question...... bless the Lord.
101G
101G.
The context of ALL the New Covenant writings dealt with Israel's Messiah, Redeemer, and King had on the Law and the covenants.