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1 | Jewish believers or not | 1 Pet 1:1 | ariel levin | 224498 | ||
Dear Beja, You are absolutely correct in that the promises are to all who are Avraham's seed. The arm of invitation went out to the goyim long before Messiah walked this earth - it just wasn't heard so well. But, I must agree with setonahill regarding Hos. 1:9. I read the Hebrew scriptures in Hebrew (slowly, like a third or fourth grader) but I know the words am, ammi, and goyim. Whenever the peoples being mentioned are Israel, the word used is Am (or ammi), for other nations, it's goyim (or goy). If the passage was discussing gentiles it should read lo ani goyim (mot my people) but it uses the ammi for my people (Israel). Could gentiles be included? Yes, and no, as they had always been invited but after conversion, they were no longer gentiles. If you know of any place in the Hebrew scriptures where the wording is ammi or am for gentiles, I'm open to correction....:o) |
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2 | Jewish believers or not | 1 Pet 1:1 | Beja | 224500 | ||
Ariel Levin, Its not an issue of Hebrew Grammer, but rather of scripture and theology. I'm not trying to argue that Hosea was referring to gentiles but yes, he was referring to Israel. But is he making it anymore clear than Jeremiah did in chapter 31? He specifically said to the house of Israel and Judah. That's pretty clear. Yet still the fulfillment is in Christ and His Church, the new covenant. I'm sayin the old testament promises are specifically to Abraham, Israel, David, etc. But these promises through Christ become extended to a larger group than their original groups to whom they are promised. This is because Christ becomes the recipient of every promise, and through my being in Christ, I participate in these promise. In Christ! In Christ, Beja |
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3 | Jewish believers or not | 1 Pet 1:1 | stjohn | 224501 | ||
Well stated brother! | ||||||