I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel - Yeshua Messiah

[James Pierce]

What do you think this means?

[BruthaPharoah]

sounds racist ((((LOL))))

[BruthaPharoah]

jus jokn

[James Pierce]

lol

[A.W. Bowman]

That one, my friend, is one of the easier questions that you have posed. It means exactly what it says.

The man we call Jesus was sent to the Hebrew people to offer reconciliation between God and the children [the nation] of Israel - that was His mission. It was not until several years after the feast of Shavu'ot (Pentecost) that the doors of reconciliation were opened up to the Gentiles (as it was prophised). Yet, even then, as Rabbi Sha'ul (the Apostle Paul to the Gentiles) was fond of saying, it was always "... to the Jew first and also to the Greek".

[James Pierce]

A.W,

I am of the opinion that those "Gentiles" are really Ephraim/Manasseh. I say that because if you take into account ALL that Yeshua said in the Gospels, and then look at the mission of Pauk, then who was Paul really out there bringing back to Torah and Yeshua? It has to be the lost tribes among the Gentiles! I have not fully studied this, but its in observation that may very well be true.

[A.W. Bowman]

Brother Pierce - Such "lost" tribes may well have been included in Paul's travels. Good observation! I agree.

Also, Paul noted that after the gospel was preached to the Jews (the identification being understood by all concerned), it was also to go to the Greeks (i.e., Gentiles) as a separate identification apart from the Hebrew tribes. This included the Romans, such as the first Gentile converts at the house of Cornelius.

[James Pierce]

A.W

Jacob blessed Ephraim and said that his seed shall be the "fullness of Gentiles." My question to you is,"Would if the "Greeks" were indeed Ephraim.. at least the ones Paul was referring to?

I say that because Jews were only of the kingdom of Judah. The Norther kingdom was never reffered to as a Jew. Paul was not a Jew, but of the tribe of Benjamin. I believe Jew & Greek stays true to Yeshua's mission of coming only for the lost tribes.. What do you think?

[A.W. Bowman]

I think that there may be some misunderstanding as to who are being referred to in a number of N.T. scriptures. By the advent of Christ, almost all Hebrews were being referred to as “Jews”. Even in the O.T. this generality was being expressed.

Esther 2:5-6 There was a certain Jew in Shushan the castle, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives that had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

Also see Acts 21:39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

Throughout the book of Acts we have the general identification of all Hebrews in the land of Israel being referred to as Jews. When the term “Greeks” is used, it is used to mean all “non-Hebrew”, i.e., Jewish people. Also, we can note that the both in the O.T. and in the New, the new covenant was not made with the “lost tribes” or with Gentiles (aka, Greeks), but with the houses of Judah and Israel. (Jeremiah 31:31 and Hebrews 8:8)

We also need to keep in mind the two uses of the term Israel. One means the entire nation of Israel and the other use is “the tribe of Israel”. That is, sometimes both the terms “Israel and Jew” are used interchangeably in scripture. Therefore, I think we can safely discount any extended meaning of Jesus’ statement concerning the “lost sheep” to include those people referred to as Gentiles (Greek or Roman) in scripture. Also, the Asian churches of Revelation most likely contained many of the "lost tribe" Hebrews. That is my take on it.

[James Pierce]

A.W,

The scriptures you posted, from Esther & Acts, are very true. Here is a fact that I know you know of. Benjaminites were in which kingdom? They were in the kingdom of Judah.

It would be natural for outsiders to call them by the kingdom they are from. The fact still stands that when they are being called "Jews", they are referring to the Hebrews of the Judean kingdom.

No one in the Northern kingdom was ever called a "Jew." Paul was called a Jew, yes, yet, he was of Benjamin, who lived in the kingdom of Judah! The same goes for Kish.

Shalom

[Pastor Nathan Lennon]

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[Archbishop Trevor 'Elihu' Greene]

We've been down that road. If you want to speak on that matter, then be prepared to directly answer our questions/statements the same way we all are fully prepared to answer yours.

[Pastor Nathan Lennon]

If you are confused on what God’s name is visit my website (www.apostolichop.org) and listen to sermon # 1 – JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. You can hear the bible truth and nothing but the truth.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU