Go not into the way of the Gentiles

[Rxlx]

Jesus told his disciples: Matthew 10
5; These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6; But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The use of 'Gentiles' seems to baffle many preachers and lay people but is quite easy to understand when Jesus's 'lost sheep' are understood.

The lost sheep were not the Jews aka the two tribes of Judah aka South Israel. The two had split from the other ten tribes in about 930 BC when Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam dealt tactlessly with economic complaints of the northern tribes. Thy became the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah.

The lost sheep are the ten tribes of North Israel aka Samaria who were conquered then deported away by the Assyrians in 720 BC. They were sent up to the Caspian area before dispersing north, east, south and west. Samaria was then filled with pagans. Ultimately the lost sheep settled in Europe, Scandinavia and England.

Jesus said to keep away from the Jews, the pagans of Samaria and elsewhere but to follow their trails and speak to the Israelites - GOD's Chosen People - to let them know he had been born as prophesied.

 

[bountifulove4]

I think I understand what you are saying

Mat 10:5 Jesus commands ......... Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

but we see Jesus himself occasionally working miracles with Gentiles where he
witnessed to a Samaritan woman
- cast out demons -
healed a daughter -
and healed a servant

these were Gentiles he himself had interacted with
but then later after his resurrection he commands to go into all nations and preach this gospel - in all the world .

Also, Paul seems convinced that the Gospel is specifically to be preached to all 12 tribes

Act 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.


I agree with you but in a different perspective in that not everything that is written is intended to be taken in a literal sense but taken as more of a reality of the situation ​

Paul is saying that the promise is to all 12 tribes but the tribes even then could not be identified because they were so intermingled and had not been keeping a status of the differences and separation and denoting who exactly in totality was from each individual tribe

meaning , there was so much mixture that many Jews, if not even the majority of Jews, simply did not know exactlyfrom which tribe they belonged to. Most of them probably felt thay were from two or three tribes and not an organized individual tribe that worked as a unit or family

but that Paul was speaking as all of Israel as a whole - all Jews from all 12 tribes and not attempting to literally claim that all 12 were accounted for or even completely distinguishable ... or even still tribes in the exact sense of how they once were long ago....

even Paul who was a Jew by blood but yet he was a Roman citizen and also of the tribe of Benjamin all at the same time, I believe that this mixture had set in and many or most Jews were not really a part of a tribe or for sure exactly or the tribe identification had little meaning or purpose at that time.

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[Dave M]

Jesus told his disciples: Matthew 10
5; These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6; But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Let's not forget he also told them to Go to all nations!!​

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Mark 16:15​

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Matthew 28:19​

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

 

[Garee]

I think I understand what you are saying

Mat 10:5 Jesus commands ......... Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

but we see Jesus himself occasionally working miracles with Gentiles where he
witnessed to a Samaritan woman
- cast out demons -
healed a daughter -
and healed a servant

these were Gentiles he himself had interacted with
but then later after his resurrection he commands to go into all nations and preach this gospel - in all the world .

Also, Paul seems convinced that the Gospel is specifically to be preached to all 12 tribes

Act 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.


I agree with you but in a different perspective in that not everything that is written is intended to be taken in a literal sense but taken as more of a reality of the situation ​

Paul is saying that the promise is to all 12 tribes but the tribes even then could not be identified because they were so intermingled and had not been keeping a status of the differences and separation and denoting who exactly in totality was from each individual tribe

meaning , there was so much mixture that many Jews, if not even the majority of Jews, simply did not know exactlyfrom which tribe they belonged to. Most of them probably felt thay were from two or three tribes and not an organized individual tribe that worked as a unit or family

but that Paul was speaking as all of Israel as a whole - all Jews from all 12 tribes and not attempting to literally claim that all 12 were accounted for or even completely distinguishable ... or even still tribes in the exact sense of how they once were long ago....

even Paul who was a Jew by blood but yet he was a Roman citizen and also of the tribe of Benjamin all at the same time, I believe that this mixture had set in and many or most Jews were not really a part of a tribe or for sure exactly or the tribe identification had little meaning or purpose at that time.

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I would offer.

The word Twelve is used in parables to represent the glory of God's authority. Twelve a remnant of the thirteen tribes. Tribes listed in Revelation exclude the tribe of Dan who represents the letter of the law Death.

Death will not enter the new born again order as new creatures neither male nor female. Jew nor gentile His wife, the church called Christians

Genesis 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

In that description (Rev 21) tribes are used as gates to go in and out in respect to Old Testament born again saints And twelve apostles as supporting walls .Twelve a remnant of twenty-seven listed in the new. (Apostle meaning sent messengers) going in and out of gates. With Judas the false apostle missing therefore establishing the testimony of Dan that his rider Judas the false apostle shall fall backward. Breaking his neck

To fall back is to literally be slain in the spirit or deceived .it is used that way in parables many times. Judas one of the many

In that parable below the I AM unseen power of the Holy Father demonstrates he has the I AM power of life just as well as power of death .He I believe holds all I AM power

John 18:3 8;Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?;They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.;Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

In that way we must be careful how we hear who we say we do Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am And not Jesus the Son of man the prophet apostle . Jesus the son of man revealed the Let there be " will of the unseen Holy Father The dynamic dual

LOL .You could say our masked man and Tonto

Matthew 27:4-6;Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (fell back broke neck)

 

[Leumas]

Jesus told his disciples: Matthew 10
5; These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6; But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The use of 'Gentiles' seems to baffle many preachers and lay people but is quite easy to understand when Jesus's 'lost sheep' are understood.

The lost sheep were not the Jews aka the two tribes of Judah aka South Israel. The two had split from the other ten tribes in about 930 BC when Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam dealt tactlessly with economic complaints of the northern tribes. Thy became the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah.

The lost sheep are the ten tribes of North Israel aka Samaria who were conquered then deported away by the Assyrians in 720 BC. They were sent up to the Caspian area before dispersing north, east, south and west. Samaria was then filled with pagans. Ultimately the lost sheep settled in Europe, Scandinavia and England.

Jesus said to keep away from the Jews, the pagans of Samaria and elsewhere but to follow their trails and speak to the Israelites - GOD's Chosen People - to let them know he had been born as prophesied.

That was then
And this is now.
Jesus rejected them.

Isn't that wonderful?

 

[Garee]

Mat 10:5 Jesus commands ......... Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

but we see Jesus himself occasionally working miracles with Gentiles where he
witnessed to a Samaritan woman
- cast out demons -
healed a daughter -
and healed a servant

these were Gentiles he himself had interacted with
but then later after his resurrection he commands to go into all nations and preach this gospel - in all the world

I would offer in that parable of Christ prophesied by Jesus the Son of man ."Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not":

The loving warning Not to go in the way or understanding of the gentiles the pagan foundation "Out of sight out of mind" God calls fools no belief in an invisible Holy Faithfull Father

Mathew 10:5;These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:;But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Remember not all Israel is born again Israel Just as not all that name the name Christ are Christians

Above (Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans)

City in parables represents residents as a demonym just like Christian "residents of the heavenly city Christ" named after her husband and founder Christ. the subject matter is not GPS

In that parable the loving commandment was not in respect to what the eyes see the temporal historical but was in respect to the unseen eternal faithful "let there be" things not seen. They must be mixed ."Let there be" And the testimony seen was "God alone good"

Called the law of faithful power or law of believing something will occur . . . again the good testimony one speaker Christ in us.

Parables are designed to help us understnding the power of His "Let there be" faith or labor of love. Demonstrating to us the parable in a three day and night promised demonstration of the lamb slain form the foundation of the world The six days the Holy Father did work out our salvation with trembling and fear

It can be seen in Luke 9 and Mark 9. There in a series of parable one right after another again and again purposely hiding the signified understanding. They wondered and marveled but did not exercise their new born again faith. The understnding coming from the Holy Father a God who hides himself.as it would seem in parables (Psalm 55:1)

Luke 9:51-55;And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,;And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what (Gentile) manner of spirit ye are of.

They thought Jeus tricked them "set his face to go to Jerusalem "and literally went to the gentile, declaring the gospel going out to the whole world all the nations. They not understnding the parable Christ exposed their gentile understanding Bring down fire and consume them again establishing the pagan gentle foundation "out of sight out of mind" fools.

The same Cain corn field foundation I know not were that Bible thumper apostle Abel is? Did you check the greed pastures

Parables teach us how to understand the mysteries of faith the unseen eternal things of God .

Learn how to use the tools given They do not take away the simplicity of the gospel but can enrich if yoked with Christ our daily burdens can be lighter with a living hope beyond the grave