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John from Kentucky:

--- Quote from: indianabob on March 20, 2013, 12:12:48 AM ---Hi folks,
There are Jews and then there are Gentiles.
Jesus, a Jew, was not sent to minister to the Gentiles.
Jesus commanded his apostles the 12 to NOT go to the Gentiles, but to go only to the circumcision in the dispersion.
Yes there were a few particular exceptions caused to connect with the 12 by God's spirit, but in general there was not a mission into any gentile territory, that was left to Paul many years later.

Why was this done this way??
What of God's promises to the children of Abraham of a Kingdom?
Bob

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When Jesus said He was only sent to the lost sheep of the House of Israel, He was not speaking literally.

Jesus' words were spirit.  He spoke in parables and symbols to hide His meaning.

One is not a Jew outwardly, nor is circumcision of the flesh; but a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in the letter.  Romans 2:28-29

A descendant of Abraham is not one physically, but is of the One Seed Who is Jesus.  Galatians 3:16

The House of Israel is Jesus' Elect, His chosen ones, His true Church.  We are the Israel of God.  Galatians 6:16

Jesus has come to save His Elect now because judgment begins at the House of God.

That is why Jesus prays for His Elect.  Because the Elect are being saved now.

Jesus is not praying for the world because the world is not being saved now, in this age.

Later, at the end, at the Great Fall Festival, is when Jesus will save the Many, the whole world.  And the prophecy will be fulfilled, "In your Seed (Jesus) all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."  Genesis 22:18

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