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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Israel—Spirit and Flesh, #6
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. (Acts 10:28)
God revealed to Peter that He would receive the elect Gentiles.
The elect Gentiles, therefore, are born after the promise of God and not by the flesh. The inheritance cannot come by the flesh but only by grace—by the foreknowledge and election of God. True Israel is by promise, not by natural birth.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. (Acts 13:48)
It is true also of the chosen of the Jews. As many as have, by the grace of God, been ordained to eternal life are the children of the promise. For the covenant of God never is by the flesh but by promise.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Romans 9:23,24)
Salvation came into being in the city of Jerusalem. Christ rose from the dead in the city of Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit fell first in the city of Jerusalem. The first great revival, as described in the second chapter of Acts, took place in the city of Jerusalem. The Apostles were Jews. The writers of the New Testament were Jews. The names in the foundations of the wall and on the gates of the new Jerusalem are all those of Jews. Christianity primarily is a Jewish salvation and after that a Gentile salvation.
The Hebrew Prophets spoke of the salvation to come. The Prophets did not speak to physical Israel but to the Christians (first Jews, and after that Gentiles).
Unto whom [the Hebrew Prophets] it was revealed, that not unto themselves [the physical Israelites], but unto us [the Christians—Jews and Gentiles] they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (I Peter 1:12)
Was Peter, a Jew, inspired to write Scripture? If so, why do we not believe him? Why do we say the Prophets were speaking to physical Israel when the Apostle Peter declared they were not writing to physical Israel but to the Israel that has been born again of Christ?
How, then, can we divide between the nation of Israel and the Christian Church, saying the Christian Church is Gentile? Such a division is totally unscriptural and illogical. The Christian Church is the Body of Christ—the one olive tree of God.
The original Body of Christ was composed of orthodox Jews. At what point did the Body of Christ become Gentile in character?
Christianity is a Jewish religion. Salvation is of the Jews. Elect Gentiles have been added by the determination of God.
The Body of Christ is the "Israel" of Isaiah and of the other Prophets.
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. (Isaiah 49:3)
To be continued.