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1 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | Dhaniei Zewditu | 219385 | ||
Dear Azure and Yenisa, Excuse me for just jumping in, but there were no christians at the time of Matthew 12. Jesus did have brethren and brothers, though, His people, the Jews. Throughout the NT we read, 'to the Jew first, then to the Greek'. Was not the promise given to Abraham by God that all who blessed him (Abraham's descendants) God would bless, and all who cursed him God would curse? Why should the statement in Matthew be any different? (Christians become included by being grafted into Israel, but the promise remains to the Jewish people.) Thank you for listening. Dhaniei |
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2 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | YenIsaRap | 219408 | ||
Dear Dhaniei You say: "Throughout the NT we read, 'to the Jew first, then to the Greek'." Are there more than these, or have I missed some? Rom 1:16 16) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom 2:9 9) Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Rom 2:10 10) But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Anyway, God has His own way of dealing with the first last issue. Mat 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. As an example of God causing this first, last event to take place, there are examples in the Old Test. Ishmael, Isaac - - Esau, Jacob - - Rachel, Leah - - Reuben, Joseph - - Manasseh, Ephraim It appears as though it is another case of God rearranging the affairs of men. Gods Love YenIsaRap |
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