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SignUp Now!Well not all, and surely not all of the people of Israel. For Ministering to the people was not HIS Mission. But He Ministered to some, as He went about HIS Mission. And As He went, He gave sight to some who were Blind, He heal some who was sick, He made some to walk who could not walk, he made some to hear who could not hear. And He feed some who was hungry, and he raise a few who had died back to life, as he went about HIS Mission. And he Told "Pilate' when Pilate told Him this:Did Jesus minister to all people or did Jesus minster only to the people of Israel?
He was sent to minister the way of God to his people - the remnant of the children of Israel, Judah - but as John laments
John 1:11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Jesus also ministered and healed various gentiles who came to him through faith and reverence for his fame as a prophet of God.
Matthew 8:8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
10 When Jesus heard this, he marvelled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
I believe when the Jesus talks about Israel it is both the Jews (Judah) and the lost tribes of Israel (now gentiles).
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations [gentiles].
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.” Acts 11:18
Mat 12:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,
28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”