Bible Question:
What do the "ittes" represent.? |
Bible Answer: Hi Mike, CDBJ gave a good answer. There is a further issue to address though. We realize that Israel was called Israel "ites" and in the sense CDBJ seemed to be speaking, it is the "people of" Israel. In a broader sense, in the overview of Old and New Testament history, God chose Abraham out of all the people of the earth to make covenant agreement with him. The importance of that is, in the old testament, from God's viewpoint there were only two classes of people...Jews and Gentiles...Jews being the covenant people and all the rest of the people being the Gentiles or nations. Gentiles catches almost all people, including me, and if you are not Jewish, you also. God was looking for one obedient man, and couldn't find one until Jesus came to earth. Of course he was the only one who could shed holy blood for remission of sins also, and "without the shedding of blood there is no remission" God gave the first example Gen 3:21, Heb 9:22. What does that have to do with ittes? When Jesus came he came to save all mankind (if they only knew it) John 3:16, so he made a level playing field,...Eph 2:11-15.. based on better promises..Heb 8:6.. God, based on, faith (obedience James 1:22)to God, through Jesus, out smarted the devil and took all power away from him and gave it to Jesus, the one obedient man..Matt 28:18..Then immediately delegated it to mankind, with himself as the head..after his resurrection...Eph 1:17-23 to mankind, that are believers, as the body of Christ. In the old testament, there were only two classes of people on earth, from God's viewpoint...Jew and Gentile... Where was God going to get this third class of people? I Cor 10:32...from the pool of people, Jew and Gentile that were believers in Chirst. The church is made up of both Jew and Gentile. The 3rd class of people are called "the Church." It eliminated the "ittes", from God's viewpoint as far as the church was concerned. But as far as the world is concerned that do not believe in Jesus, there are still "ittes" out there that need to know about Jesus, so they can become one of God's children, adopted into his family. Eph 1:5. Always in Christ, C.S.M. |
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