' For He is our peace,
Who hath made both one,
and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Having abolished in His flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;
for to make in Himself of twain one new man,
so making peace;'
And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby:
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh.'
(Eph 2:14-17)
Hello
@jeremiah1five,
Within the Church which is the Body of Christ there is no such distinction as Jew and Gentile, for the Lord Jesus Christ broke down '
the wall of partition' between them at the cross, thus making peace. We are a joint-body, operating in unity and equality. By dividing us as you are doing, by speaking in terms of a, 'Gentile church', which does not in fact exist, you are thereby destroying the unity which God has created in Christ Jesus, our risen and glorified Saviour, Lord and Head.
*This is the unity that we are to KEEP, this is the peace which Christ Jesus died to achieve:-
(Eph 4:1) I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
(Eph 4:2) With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
(Eph 4:3)
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Eph 4:4) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
(Eph 4:5) One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
(Eph 4:6) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
(Eph 4:7) But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
So please consider your wording.
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
Being in Christ does not mean being in covenant.
Christ is a word that means "anointing" and "anointing implies [oil] or spiritual.
Even God would not violate His covenant with Abraham and his seed (Jews/Hebrews.)
The covenant is with Abram the Hebrew and his seed, a people later to be identified as Jews.
Gentiles (non-Jews) are not Abraham's seed. They are born of Ham and Japheth and circumcision separated both peoples. The Jews, a people God has helped continually, and Gentiles who are nothing and vanity in His 'eyes.'
17 All nations before him are as nothing;
And they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah 40:17.
But the whole of the Hebrew Scripture (66 books) was written for the Hebrew people to cocument their history with the Creator of the universe. Gentiles have no Scripture because they have no covenant nor working salvation history with God.
Actually, God destroys all the enemies of Israel (Gentiles) and all are consumed with fire or destroyed utterly for touching His anointed and the apple of His eye.
6 For thou art
an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself,
above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you, and
because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Dt 7:5–9.
Israel is a holy people. Gentiles have stolen this for themselves.
Israel is a chosen people; Gentiles have stolen this for themselves.
Israel is above all the OTHER people on the earth. Gentiles have stolen this.
God made oath to Israel many times; Gentiles take the Hebrew Scriptures and substitute the word Gentiles and stolen the Scripture.
Israel obeys the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but Gentiles do not obey God's nor Christ's commandments and His commandments are the Torah.
This is the fate of those that do not obey God's Torah/commandments:
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Rev. 22:14–15.
And since Israel will finally occupy their Promised Land without Gentiles among them that leaves some sort of unatoned Gentiles living in the four corners of the earth. Here's what happens to them.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev. 20:7–10.
Gentiles - possibly "saved" Gentiles will be consumed by fire for following their god Satan to attack God's real holy people (Deut. 7) but again, as in the past God fights for Israel and judgment is dispensed.
Extreme judgment.
So, if Israel is finally occupying their land who are these nations? Unsaved/ "saved"? But they ARE definitely Gentiles (non-Hebrew.)
Do you have Hebrew blood in you? Because only Hebrews will reign with God for ever.
Seems to me at this point in my knowledge only Hebrews (Abrahamic, Mosaic, New) covenantal people are protected. Non-covenant not so much. But I'm still studying. If I find something that contradicts the revealed Word to date, I'll keep you posted.
