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These are not non-Hebrew Gentiles but mixed heritage Hebrews like Samaritans who are the descendants of the northern kingdom tribes and Gentiles. But they are also mixed Hebrews of the two southern kingdom tribes and Gentiles. God deliberately scattered His people as judgment among the Gentiles during the Assyrian and Babylonian conquest of Israel and Judah kingdoms, respectively. Jews called mixed heritage Jews of the northern kingdom and Gentiles as "Samaritan" and not "Jews" in the same attitude Jews call mixed heritage Jews and southern kingdom tribes and Gentiles as "Gentiles" and not called them "Jews." If a "remnant" of all Jews alive in 522 BC can be counted as 10% of all living Jews, then this means that the majority (90%) of all Jews living in this era remained in Gentile lands heavily influenced by Greek culture, even losing their practicing Jewish culture with many of their men never been circumcised because when the Jewish Temple(s) of the northern and southern kingdoms were destroyed the Mosaic religion was in recession and disarray because of these conquests and Exiles. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our sight and Jew-Gentile offspring began to be born after the rapes, concubinage, and slavery of the Jews for their disobedience to God in worshiping idols and other sins, sins that were in time covered by the blood of the lamb of God sent in due time to redeem His people Israel and Judah. From the Assyrian conquest of Israel in 722 BC and the Babylonian conquest of Judah in 586 BC the Abraham seed underwent a great many thousands upon thousands of mixed heritage offspring, which, unless God willed it, only Jews would be saved and not Gentiles so-called. There were 25-30 generations of Jews born from 722 BC to Christ and by living in Gentiles lands it would be very difficult to maintain the Hebrew culture living among idol-worshiping Gentiles.
And because of these facts right before Jesus ascended, He directed His eleven apostles to go into the four cardinal points of the compass (From Mount Olive Jerusalem is west, Samaria is north, Judah is south, and uttermost parts are east or towards the Orient) with a good news message which stated unequivocally this message to the Jews living in Gentile lands like the Galatian region and Ephesus that, God has kept His Promise. The Prophet like unto Moses had come and now God is calling all Israel of both kingdom and all twelve tribes to "Repent, for the kingdom of God is here!"
Saul, also, was sent by God into Gentile lands with the same message of redemption.
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.
These mixed heritage Jews of Gentile ancestry was ripe for a God-instigated revival of epic proportions. These mixed heritage Jews of Gentile ancestry were "in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ" Eph 2:11–13..
What do you suppose "in the flesh made by hands" means? And note the words "afar off." Where have we seen that term before? Yes, it was Peter in Acts 2:
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 ISRAEL by the prophet Joel. He wasn't promised to non-Hebrew Gentiles. Here is that promise and prophecy to Israel:
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 the 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 in 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.
This began on the day of the Jewish Feast of Harvest (ca. AD 32) when over a million Jews living in Israel and from far away places came to Jerusalem in obedience to the LORD and on that day three thousand Jews and mixed heritage Jews of Gentile ancestry became born-again of the Holy Spirit of Promise as God promised through Joel, and thousands and thousands every day came to saving faith in Israel's Lord and Savior and King.
God keeps His Promises.
NOWHERE in Scripture did God promise His Spirit to non-Hebrew Gentiles.
NOWHERE in Scripture did the high priest under the Law of Moses pray or offer sacrifices for non-Hebrew Gentiles.
NOWHERE in Scripture did the high priest sprinkle non-Hebrew Gentiles with the sacrificial blood of the atoning sacrifice.
And Jesus Christ, lamb of God, neither did He. The last Passover Jesus tells the twelve disciples representing the twelve tribes of Israel that His body and blood are "given to you."
WHERE in Scripture did God make any salvation covenant with non-Hebrew Gentiles as He did with Abram the Hebrew and his Hebrew seed?
WHERE in Scripture does it say, King of Gentiles as it does repeatedly King of Israel?
Tell me if you know.
