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NASB | Luke 3:3 And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 3:3 And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin; |
Subject: 3rd division becomes 1st In God's eyes |
Bible Note: Dear Angel 1, Just as a matter of information, in the Old Testament God called one nation "His People", that was Israel. All other nations were called Gentiles. God made covenant with Israel, and had no such covenant with the "nations" or Gentiles. That was God's division of mankind, not man's. It was only God's people who were circumcised, (and the converts to God's law) so the Gentiles or nations had no such requirement from God. The Jews and the Gentiles made up the whole population of the earth. This of course was from God's viewpoint (really the only one that matters, or should matter to mankind.) One of the reasons, not the only one, but one of the reasons, Jesus came was to create a body of people not called Jews, not called Gentiles, but called "the church." Where was God going to get the people for this new creation called the church? There were only two divisions Jew and Gentile? He draws the church from the only two existing pools of people there are on the earth, Jew and Gentile. I Cor 10:32 Give no offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to THE CHURCH OF GOD: Eph 1:1-23 is describing God's plan of all ages, what God has already done for this group called, "the church" drawn out of the Jewish nation and the Gentile nations... Notice verse 22-23 where Paul is explaining "the church" and is calling it the head and body.... Eph 1:22-23 And (God Himself) has put all thing under his (Jesus) feet, and gave him the head over all things to the CHUCH, (23) which is his body, the fulness of him (God the Father) that fills all in all." Born again people are the body of Christ. Christ is the head of the body of born again people, both Jew and Gentiles. Eph 2:15 called one NEW MAN... II Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be IN CHRIST, he is a NEW CREATURE; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new. Gal 6:15 For IN CHRIST Jesus neither circumcisoion avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a NEW CREATURE. (16) And as many as walk according to THIS RULE, peace be on them, and mcercy, and upon the Israel OF GOD. Always In Christ, C.S.M. |
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