Flat Earthers and the moon being a “light”

Flat Earthers allege that the Bible teaches that the moon is a glowing light in the sky with no solid surface. 

 I agree that the moon is a light, but that does not mean that it does not have a solid surface. In the phases of the moon we can see its surface and its craters when it is not shining at the different phases. 

It is a light, but according to Matthew 24:29 it is something that gives light. “the moon shall not give her light”. This is consistent with the moon being a solid object that gives off light reflected from the sun. 

In Acts 16:29 the jailer “called for a light”, which is obviously referring to a candle or lantern, which are both a solid object that can give light. We see and observe the moon’s surface with craters in it and that is not contrary to the Bible. In fact it coincides with the Bible’s statement in Job 26:5 that the moon “shineth not”. The moon does not produce its own light, but gives light from the sun. It especially coincides with Mark 13:24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,”. When the sun is darkened, the moon shall not give her light. Which makes sense if the moon gets her light from the sun. The flat earth folks have yet to prove from the Bible that the moon gives its own light. They have also not proven that being a light means it cannot have a solid surface. That is not how the Bible uses the word light (Acts 16:29) and that is not how we use the word today (“turn on the light”, “get new lights for the car”, etc all refer to things with a solid surface).

The “200 +” verses that “prove” the Earth is flat

 A flat Earther sent me this image on Facebook…

You may have to blow up the image to read it, but it is 200 Bible references that allegedly prove the Earth is flat. 

Here is my response: “ so out of those 200 verses, which one says the Earth is flat? I’ll wait.”

Flat Earther Response: “FLAT?, You need a word flat to make you believe? Do you believe in RAPTURE? is it written? You read KJB, is the world bible inside KJB?”

My Response: “The problem is not the use of the word flat, the problem is you posted a list of verses about…

1.) The earth not being moved. This is obviously an English idiom per Ps. 10:6, 15:5, 16:8, 21:7, 30:6, 46:5, 55:22, 62:6, 66:9, 112:6, 121:3 which reference people not being moved. Aren’t we told to be “steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord”? Does this mean that they stood in one spot and never moved the rest of their life? Or does it mean they accomplished their purpose? 

Does Psalm 99:1 say “let the earth be moved”? 

2.) The earth having a “face”, but people have a “face” (Lev. 19:32) and our face is not flat but rather has curves. Our head is somewhat round. Where from the Bible do you get “face” = “flat”? 

3.) The earth having “four corners”. But chances are you do not believe that the earth has four actual corners just as most flat Earthers do not. You probably think it is a disc shape, circular. The “four corners” of the Earth is clearly an English idiom for the whole earth, all directions (north, south, east, and west). Leviticus 19:27 says that our head has “corners”, and yet our head is round. 

4.) Verses about the sun rising and setting, but this has nothing to do with the shape of the Earth. If anything it has to do with Heliocentricity vs Geocentricity. The statements about the sun “rising”, “going down”, etc are every day terms that everyone uses because from the perspective of the Earth it looks like the sun is going down and rising. However, most flat Earthers do not believe the sun goes up and down. They think that the sun and moon move around in circles above the Earth like spotlights with no actual rising and setting. So the round earth believers are more biblical. 

I could go on and on, but until you provide some actual verses that say the earth is a flat disc as the modern flat earth movement alleges, there is really nothing to talk about.”

The flat Earther then proceeded to send me about 13 memes ranging from stuff about NASA, to verses using the word firmament, to salvation by grace through faith. Still no verses about the Earth being flat. I will do a follow up post if he sends me one. 

Flat Earthers and the Richard Nixon meme

Flat Earthers love to spew lies and misinformation in the form of memes. It is unknown whether this is done with deceitful intent or whether they just do not know that what they are circulating is false. But one such meme circulating the internet is this: 

The implication here is that the photo on the wall, titled Earthrise, was taken supposedly on Apollo 11 in July of 1969. Therefore the moon landing must have been a hoax. Because how could Richard Nixon have a picture taken of the Earth from the moon prior to anyone going to the moon? 

The Flat Earthers also take contention with Richard Nixon being able to communicate with the Apollo 11 astronauts in space, though they give no scientific reasoning for why they take contention with this. The Flat Earthers are counting on their viewers not knowing how this works and hoping that they do not bother to look it up.

Here are the documented, scientific facts of the matter (no conspiracy theories or “Luciferian Big Bang propaganda” as the Flat Earthers accuse us of): 

1.) No one ever said that the Earthrise photograph was taken on the Apollo mission. It has always been documented to have been taken on the Apollo 8 mission that orbited the moon in December of 1968, 8 months before the Apollo 11 mission. So Flat Earthers are using a straw man argument, because no one has ever said that Earthrise was taken on Apollo 11. 

2.) As for the phone call, it was quite simple and was not even considered “high tech” for 1969. The telephone was patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and one was installed at the White House in 1877 under the order of Rutherford Hayes. The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895. President Nixon was able to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts by calling by telephone to Mission Control in Houston, Texas and they transmitted his audio over the radio to the Apollo 11 astronaut’s craft. The astronauts in turn radioed their audio back to Mission Control which was transmitting it over the telephone back to President Nixon. According to the AT&T Archives, "Simply, the call went from the Oval Office in Washington D.C. to Houston, where it was routed into space via Mission Control, through the capsule communicator, or CapCom, astronaut Bruce McCandless II.” Flat Earthers act like this is just the most wild conspiracy theory they have ever heard, but if you understand how radio transmission and telephones work then this is no conspiracy at all. And in all honesty, the Flat Earthers are the ones who promote wild conspiracies, promoting things much more unbelievable than telephone/radio transmission. 

So once again the Flat Earth conspiracy theory falls flat. 

The audience of the book of Hebrews

 A great article about the Book of Hebrews. 

By Justin Johnson (Grace Ambassadors) 

Determining the audience is an important task for dispensational Bible study. The book of Hebrews hosts so large a controversy over the author that the audience is often overlooked. Just as important as the author in determining application is the audience.

Jesus called this believing audience his “little flock” (Luke 12:32). This little flock was the Jewish church at Pentecost, and after the scattering became the audience of the book of Hebrews.

It is commonly thought that Hebrews is written to people in the mystery church, the new creature, the Body of Christ, but that would be wrong. It is time to set the record straight.

As we go through Hebrews verse by verse on Tuesday nights, we are collecting clues to define the audience. What we find is overwhelming evidence Hebrews is written to the believing remnant of Israel, the Hebrew church of the Twelve apostles.

Here are some clues:

1.2 – “in these last days” – This puts the audience in the dispensational context of the prophetic last days spoken about in Acts 2:17.

1:2 – “spoken unto us by his Son” – Jesus came to Israel as a minister of the circumcision promises, and not to Gentiles with the mystery (Matt 15:24; John 1:10-11).

1:4 – “better than the angels” – That the author is comparing angels to Christ indicates a Hebrew audience in a dispensation where angels had a role (John 1:51; John 5:4; John 20:12). Paul instructs the church to avoid angels with a message today (Gal 1:8).

1:14 – “shall be heirs of salvation” – The future promise of salvation describes Israel to whom alone God made a promise and covenant of salvation.

2:3 – “how shall we escape” – Certain punishment would come if they let slip the things they have heard about Christ. The church today is at peace with God, and Christ remains faithful even if we do not (2 Tim 2:13).

2:3 – “which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord” – The Lord’s earthly ministry was to Israel in accordance with the message of salvation proclaimed by the prophets through the law, covenants, and kingdom.

2:3 – “unto us by them that heard him” – This speaks to those who heard the Lord in his earthly ministry. This excludes anyone in the church the Body of Christ which did not begin at Pentecost.

2:4 – “with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles” – See previous comment referring to the Pentecostal believers, not the church today.

2:5 – “world to come, whereof we speak” – The content of the book concerns the prophesied world to come to earth which was promised to Israel not angels.

2:9 – “but we see Jesus” – Peter testifies to seeing Jesus crowned with glory and honour also in 2 Pet 1:16-18 referring to the transfiguration in Matthew 17.

2:10 – “many sons” – Reminds us of Christ declaring that he would give his life a ‘ransom for many”, in reference to the little flock. Whereas in 1 Tim 2:6, according to the mystery, he gave his life a “ransom for all.”

2:11 – “both he that sanctieth and they who are sanctied” – The only sanctified people that existed when Christ was in the flesh was the nation Israel

2:11-12 – “call them brethren” – Those who do the will of God according to his earthly prophetic ministry he called brethren (Matt 12:50; John 20:17; Ps 22:22).

2:13 – “the children which God hath given me” – This is a reference to Isaiah speaking about those who were for signs to Israel, and remotely to John 17:6 referring to the disciples during his earthly ministry.

2:16 – “seed of Abraham” – Which would have had import to those concerned with the seedline.

2:17 – “to be made like unto his brethren” – Who were of the seed of Abraham (Heb 2:16).

3:1 – “High Priest of our profession” – Israel had priests. A high priest implies lower priests. There is no priest in the Body of Christ according to the mystery.

3:6 – “as a son over his own house” – Moses built a house; but the house belonged to Jesus as the son. This connects Jesus’ ministry in Hebrews to that of Israel.

3:6 – “whose house are we” – The author and audience are included in the house that Peter describes in 1 Pet 2:5, which is Israel (1 Pet 2:9).

3:7 – “if we hold fast the confidence… unto the end” – There are many conditional statements in Hebrews that speak about this sort of endurance required of Israel, because their covenant had not yet been fulfilled (Heb 3:11; 3:12; 3:13; 3:14; 3:19). Members of the church today are presently complete in Christ, and are not waiting for grace or salvation to come in the end, since they have it now.

3:8 – “as in the provocation, in the day of temptation” – The audience is the same people that went through the provocation and temptation in the wilderness. The audience is covenant Israel being tried in a wilderness before they enter the promised kingdom.

3:12 – “in departing from the living God” – The audience can choose to depart from God.

3:14 – “partakers… if we hold the beginning of our confidence” – Their partaking of Christ is conditioned on their holding fast.

4:1 – “a promise being left us” – The audience are not strangers from the covenants of promise (Eph 2:12).

4:1 – “should seem to come short of it” – The audience can after having the promise, come short of receiving it. Today, members of the church do not receive any promise until they are first sealed and saved (Eph 1:13).

4:2 – “unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them” – The gospel this audience had heard was the same as what was told to Israel in the wilderness. Namely, the good news of the promised land being nigh: the gospel of the kingdom.

4:11 – “let us labour … to enter into that rest” – The audience of Hebrews is required to labour to the end, or lose their place in the promised kingdom rest.

And this after only four chapters of verse by verse study!

The History of Hebrews

Jesus commissioned the twelve apostles to begin their kingdom ministry in Jerusalem (Luke 24:47). From there they would minister to Judaea, then Samaria, and finally the Gentiles (Acts 1:8). Their message of the King and the kingdom never got past Jerusalem. The rulers of Israel rejected Christ and his followers by murdering Spirit-filled Stephen (Acts 7:59).

Consequently, the believing remnant in Jerusalem was scattered (Acts 8:1), and it became evident that the kingdom they were proclaiming had not yet come. Since Jerusalem rejected and separated them from their holy city, temple, and priests, the Spirit filled remnant of Israel needed encouragement that their promises were still sure.

The book of Hebrews provides that encouragement by explaining the better things by faith for the remnant. Jesus was Christ according to prophecy and was the assurance of their promises being fulfilled if they endured unto the end.

Our relationship to the doctrinal content in Hebrews as members of the mystery Body of Christ is that of spectator not participant. This is a right division that will cure many confusions that are caused by the covenant content of the book.

Atheism, a religion of naturalism

If this does not convince you that the Big Bang origin of the universe is a religion (a godless religion), I do not know what will. The Big Bang is supposed to be a scientific theory based on naturalism, but that statement above is the most unscientific and unnatural thing I have ever heard. Yet if you believe the literal account of creation as written in Genesis you are considered a fool and a harm to science and the future of humanity. 

“That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:5 

 

Challenge to Flat Earthers

I would like to hear from any of the Christian flat earth people on the following matters. 

1.) Give a brief testimony of how you came to believe that the Earth is flat. 

2.) If the Bible so plainly teaches that the Earth is flat (the flat earth movement YouTube videos, memes, Facebook posts, etc. say that the Bible clearly teaches this and that it is very obvious) when did you read the Bible for the first time realizing that it said this? Was it the first time you read it? Second time? Or was it in the past ten years after watching some YouTube videos on it first? 

3.) Since the Christian flat earthers claim to be so Biblical in their understanding of the shape of the Earth, I am sure you will respond to question #2 with that you learned it from the Bible and not from YouTube. With that being said, what was the first verse you read that says the Earth is flat? This should be easy since most Christian flat earthers claim there are hundreds of verses explaining that the Earth is flat. 

4.) By my count the word “flat” is only used 4 times in the Bible and none of those references are to the shape of the Earth. Obviously I understand that word “globe” is not in the Bible, but other terminology in the Bible references a round Earth. We see that in Jonah 2:5-6 “the deep” and the “earth and her bars” was “ROUND about” him. Per Jonah 2:1-4, he was in “hell”. Ezekiel 31:16-17, 32:18, and 32:24 shows that hell is in the “nether parts of the earth”, or the “heart of the earth” as Christ said (Matt. 12:40). So if someone like Jonah is in the “heart”of the Earth, with the Earth “ROUND about” them, that sounds like a round Earth. Or in modern terms, a “globe” Earth. 

5.) The Earth has great depth, so if the Earth were flat, would it not be a cylinder and not a 2 dimensional “circle”? 

6.) Heliocentricity and Geocentricity have nothing to do with the shape of the Earth. Why do flat earthers list verses on the sun rising or setting as proof that the Earth is flat? If anything, it would prove Geocentricity. 

7.) Flat earthers use verses about the sun rising up and going down to teach Geocentricity, but most Flat Earth models show the sun and moon above the Earth under the “dome” moving around in circles above the earth shining like a spotlight. So neither the flat earth people nor the globe earth people take the verses literally. But from the perspective of people on the Earth, the sun does rise and set. The meteorologists telling us the weather use the same terminology and they obviously believe in the globe Earth. However, according to the Flat Earth models, the does not rise or set. It moves around in a circle under the supposed dome of the Earth like a spotlight. 

8.) Flat Earthers say that the “firmament” must be a hard, form object because you can get the word “firm” out of the first 4 letters. Globe Earthers believe that the firmament refers to the heavens. Which is more Biblical? Well God said that the birds fly in the open firmament of heaven (Gen. 1:20) and said “let the firmament be called heaven” (Gen. 1:8), so I would say that the flat Earth loses again. Genesis 19:1 equates the heavens with the firmament. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” 

9.) Why do flat earthers deny the existence of planets and falling stars (meteorites)? The Bible mentions such things (2 Kings. 23:5, Rev. 6:13). 

10.) We can see the moon, sun, and some planets without the aid of a telescope and see that they are round (globes). We can see the stars and see that they are round. With a telescope, we can see a lot more rounds things. So is it unbiblical and unscientific that we are also on a round object? 

11.) Genesis 15:5 days that the stars cannot be numbered, but if the flat earth model were correct and the stars are stuck in an ice-like dome not too far from Earth, it would be possible to count them. How is this problem reconciled by the flat earth model? 

12.) Flat Earthers say that the globe Earth is Satanic. What does the shape of the Earth have to do with Satan? 

13.) Flat Earthers connect the globe Earth to evolution, but the globe Earth became part of mainstream science 2,000 years ago with Pythagoras, Eratosthenes, Aristotle, etc. But evolution did not become part of mainstream secular science until the late 1800s. How are the two things related? 

Those are some Biblical and historical problems with the Flat Earth conspiracy theory. Here are some videos on the scientific problems with it from Answers in Genesis 

Does the Bible Teach the Earth is Flat? (Dr. Danny Faulkner) 

https://www.youtube.com/live/289cGJ7hOkM?feature=share

Debunking the Flat Earth (Dr. Danny Faulkner)

https://youtu.be/3nwKZiawYsY

Which translation should you trust?

 On October 6, 1536 William Tyndale was burnt at the stake for translating the Bible into English. He knew this would likely happen before he began translating, but he did it anyway. It is estimated that anywhere between 75% - 90% of the words in the King James Bible come from Tyndale’s work. In fact, there are readings in the KJB that differ from the Textus Receptus in favor of Tyndale’s work. 

The modern translations (perversions) of the Bible are made by publishing houses that have gathered all types of translators in order to make money by selling “bibles”. Money is the main reason that there are hundreds of modern translations of the Bible in print. Even the author of The King James Only Controversy, James R. White, admitted this in his interview with Steven L. Anderson. These modern versions are required to make a certain quota of changes from the other translations in order to obtain their copyright to make money. 

Had you rather have a Bible that comes from a line of translations produced by Christians who were martyred for translating it into English, or had you rather have a Bible that was produced by publishing houses interested in making millions of dollars from the creation of a new translation? Which Bible do you think God was behind the creation of? Which translator cared the most about the word of God? 

Biblical English

From page 59 of G. A. Riplinger’s booklet “The Hidden History of the English Scriptures” 

Flaws of Acts 28 Dispensationalism

SCRIPTURE PROVING THE MYSTERY WAS REVEALED BEFORE ACTS 28

1.) The church the Body of Christ began during the Acts period. Paul’s Acts epistles refer to the believers as being part of the spiritual Body of Christ. It is not a mere analogy using a human body to describe the local church. 

• The body of Christ is mentioned several times during the epistles of Paul written in Acts (Rom. 7:4, 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 10:17, 12:12). 
• The believers were made part of the Body of Christ by a spiritual baptism performed by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:15-17, 12:13, 12:18; Rom. 6:3-4, Gal. 3:26-28). 

2.) The dispensation of grace was revealed during Acts. The dispensation of grace is defined as how God revealed the mystery to Paul. The mystery being defined as “That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:” (see Eph. 3:1-9). 

• Paul refers to this grace given to him in Romans 15:15-16, “Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.” Compare this with Ephesians 3:1-9 “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to youward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:” 
• During Acts Paul refers not only to the dispensing of grace given to him to the Gentiles, but also to the mystery specifically. (Rom. 11:25, 16:25; 1 Cor. 2:7, 4:1). 

3.) Paul taught that the age they were living in during the book of Acts was a mystery. Not only was the beginning of the age a mystery, he taught that the ending of it was a mystery as well, it had not been revealed before. It was given to him by the word of the Lord. 

• The beginning of the age was a mystery, the temporary setting aside of Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in (Rom. 11:25-27). This mystery does not appear in the prophets and has no connection with the kingdom of God coming to the earth. 
• The age would end with a mystery rapture revealed to Paul by the word of the Lord (1 Cor. 15:51-58, 1 Thes. 4:13-18). This rapture is distinct from the Second Coming when Christ gathers believers of the gospel of the kingdom. This rapture is before Daniel’s 70th week (1 Thes, 1:10, 5:9; 2 Thes. 2:1-2). This rapture was taught by Paul as being imminent (Rom. 13:11-12, 16:20; 1 Cor. 7:29). The only requirement to take part in this rapture was to be a believer (1 Thes. 4:13), you did not have to endure to the end or do the works of the gospel of the kingdom. Paul taught that even if you are found “sleeping” at this rapture, you will still be saved (1 Thes. 5:10). Contrast that with the Second Coming where you must “watch” and not be found “sleeping” (Matt. 24:42-51;  Mark 13:35-37). 

4.) Paul taught during the book of Acts that they were not under the Law but under grace (Rom. 6:14, Gal. chapters 2-3). This is contrary to the gospel of the kingdom and the new covenant made with Israel, which requires law observance. The Law (with some changes) will continue to be observed in the Tribulation and Millennium under God's New Covenant with Israel, but it is not to be observed under Grace (Matt. 5:17-20, 19:17, 23:1-3, 24:20, Luke 24:53, Acts 2:46, 3:1, 6:42, 10:10-17, 15:5, 21:18-20, 22:12, James 1:25, 2:8-12, 4:11, Heb. 7:12). This is according to Old Testament prophecy about Israel in the Tribulation and Millennium under God's New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34, 32:37-42, Ezek. 36:24-28, Micah 4:2, Isa. 2:3, 66:23, Zech. 14:16-19). Therefore Paul’s Acts ministry cannot be one of prophecy with the Kingdom age in view. 

• Acts 28 Dispensationalists respond to this by saying that Paul water baptized (Acts 16, 18), he circumcised Timothy (Acts 16), and took a Jewish vow (Acts 18:18). Rodney Beaulieu mentioned Acts 15:28-29 “For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.” He used this to say that it was necessary for the Gentiles to keep the law, at least in part, to be right with God during Acts. I do not think it is a misrepresentation to say that this is typical of pretty much all Acts 28 Dispensationalists and that it is in fact one of their points. But it is a very argument. The word of God does not leave it up to the imagination to explain why Paul participated in some Jewish practices. Was it for salvation? Was it for sanctification before God? Was it doing God a service? Paul says why. “For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.” (1 Cor. 9:19-23). In the previous chapter, Paul says in regards to the things offered to idols, “But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.” (1 Cor. 8:8-9). And also Romans chapter 14 explains that the believers were not under dietary laws before God not any holy days (see the entire chapter). Observance of those things is said to be in order not to offend the weak brethren, in that case the Jews. God wanted Jews to get saved, He used Paul’s Acts ministry “to provoke them to jealousy” and Paul said he was trying to “provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them”  (Rom. 11:11, 14). Acts 28 Dispensationalists seem to ignore for the most part these reasons Paul gave for participating in some Jewish practices.

ANWERS TO COMMON ARGUMENTS FOR ACTS 28 DISPENSATIONALISM 

1.) Quotations of the Old Testament in the Acts epistles of Paul. Acts 28 Dispensationalists point out that Paul quotes the Old Testament dozens of times in his Acts epistles, especially Romans. They say that this means Paul was preaching OT prophecy about the Millennial Kingdom and New Covenant with Israel. However, they ignore the fact that a lot of these quotations have no bearing on the Kingdom age vs the dispensation of grace. A lot of these quotes are things that apply no matter what dispensation you are in. For instance, a handful of these OT quotes are from Romans 3:10-18, which are quotes from the OT showing that all of us are sinners. This is true in every dispensation and in no way proves that the mystery had not been revealed. Other quotes are also just multi dispensational truths, such as 1 Corinthians 14:34 “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.” This truth was said in the law, it was still true in Acts, and it is even mentioned in post Acts epistles of Paul. 1 Timothy 2:11 says “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.” That was written by Paul after Acts 28. Another example of multi dispensational truth is having faith, believing the word of God. A large portion of the “dozens” and “scores” of OT quotes in Paul’s Acts epistles are in Romans 4 and Galatians 3-4 on believing God, using Abraham as an example. In fact, sometimes Paul quotes scripture out of context and puts a new application on it all together, adapting a truth to fit the present dispensation. He did this by inspiration of God, it was not a private interpretation (2 Pet. 1:20-21). For example, in Romans 10 Paul is teaching that Christ is the end of the law to everyone that believeth and that there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, but he quotes from Deuteronomy 30 (which is about the Jews doing the works of the Law) and inserts believing on Christ instead of doing the works of the Law (Ron. 10:1-14). I have not seen any OT quote in Paul’s Acts epistles that would negate the fact that he had been given the revelation of the mystery. As I already pointed out, even the post Acts epistles quote and elude to the OT. Ephesians 6:1-3 states “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” By Acts 28 Dispensationalist logic, I could conclude that the mystery had not been revealed because Paul #1 quotes the OT, #2 instructs them to keep a commandment of the Law, and #3 mentions an earthly blessing. Or, I could use common sense and see that Paul is giving a truth that is true in every dispensation. 

2.) Galatians 4 and Acts 28. The Acts 28 Dispensationalists claim that since Paul said that Jerusalem is “the mother of us all” and the “children of promise” in Galatians 4:21-31 then the Galatians could not have been part of the body of Christ where there is neither Jew nor Gentile. However, Paul just said in the previous chapter that they had been baptized into Christ where there is neither Jew nor Gentile (Gal. 3:27-28). Acts 28 Dispensationalists ignore the part where Paul says that he is making an “ALLEGORY” in Galatians 4:24. The passage uses simile, “Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.” (vs 28-29). 

3.) Paul taught no other things than that which Moses and the prophets did say would come. Acts 26:22 “Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:“ The Acts 28 Dispensationalists rarely finish the sentence.  Beware any time you see someone trying to make a point using one verse that is not even a complete sentence. Verse 23 goes on to say, “That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.” Acts 28 Dispensationalists quote verse 22 as if it is an all inclusive statement that everything Paul ever preached in the book of Acts was in the Law and the prophets (and therefore no dispensation of the grace of the God in Acts). But that is obviously not true as we have already seen that Paul preached things during the book of Acts that are not in the Old Testament but were mysteries. The rest of the sentence qualifies what Paul was preaching that was in the Old Testament, “That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.” Those things ARE found in the Law and the Prophets. But not all the contents of Paul’s Acts ministry were. 

4.) Paul said in Acts 28:20 he was bound for “the hope of Israel”. Acts 28 Dispensationalists say that the hope of Israel is the Millennial Kingdom age. Therefore, he had not been preaching the hope of the Body of Christ which is not the Millennial Kingdom on the Earth (Eph. 1:4, 2:6; Phil. 3:20-21). Paul said “For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.” (Acts 28:20) But the hope of Israel is the Jesus Christ and His word, not the Millennial Kingdom (Ps. 130:5-8, 131:3, 146:5). The Lord is specifically called “the hope of Israel” ( Jer. 14:8, 17:13, 50:7; Joel 3:16). Paul was saying in Acts 28 that he is bound in chains for serving the same God as Israel. If you read Acts 22 when Paul became “bound”, it was not for preaching the Millennial Kingdom. 

5.) The Gentiles were being “graft in” (Romans 11). Acts 28 Dispensationalists put a private interpretation on Romans 11 and say that the Gentiles were being graffed into Israel’s kingdom program, but that is not what the passage says. In fact, if you read the whole chapter there is no way you could get that interpretation. According to prophecy, the Gentiles would join Israel’s kingdom program through the RISE of Israel (Isa. 60:3). But in Romans 11, the grafting in of the Gentiles is a result of Israel’s FALL and DIMINISHING. So this grafting in cannot be into the kingdom program. The passage says what the Gentile nations were being grafted into, “the root and fatness of the olive tree”. Apparently, the root and fatness is the “goodness” of God. “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” (vs. 22). It says nothing about the kingdom program being what the Gentiles were graffed into, it says that the Gentile nations had the “goodness” of God “toward” them. Since Israel fell, the gospel of the grace of God went to all the world, all nations, and every creature (Colossians 1:6, 1:23, Rom. 16:26). That is certainly the goodness of God. To say that the goodness of God is the kingdom program is foreign to the context and would make no sense, since later in the chapter Paul says that the kingdom program was being postponed due to the mystery of the temporary blindness and fall of Israel (Rom. 11:25-27). When Israel fell, they lost some of the goodness of God toward them, because instead of God speaking to them, God turned to the Gentiles (Acts 13:45, 18:6, 28:28). 

6.) The Gentiles were partakers of the Jews “spiritual things” (Rom. 15:27). Acts 28 Dispensationalists use Romans 15:27 to say that Paul’s Gentile converts in Acts were not in the Body of Christ but were rather in the Kingdom program for Israel. However, the argument defeats itself upon close examination. The Gentiles were not partakers of the earthly promises that Israel was given, but rather partakers of their SPIRITUAL things. Romans 15:27 “It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.” What were Israel’s “spiritual” things? Well the spiritual thing Israel had is Christ Himself, 1 Corinthians 10:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” Paul also mentions the “spiritual gifts” several times in Acts, which were signs for Israel (1 Cor. 1:22-23). The Gentiles will get a “spiritual” body at the rapture (1 Cor. 15:44, Phil. 3:20-21) similar to the spiritual body of the resurrected kingdom saints (Ps. 17:15, Ezek. 37:13-14). Another spiritual thing of the Jews that the Gentiles are partaking in is the word of God itself, which was committed to the Jews (Rom. 3:2; Ps. 147:19-20). The word of God is a spiritual thing (Heb. 4:12, John 6:63). 

7.) Ministers of the New Testament. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 3:6 “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” The Acts 28 Dispensationalists say that if Paul was a minister of the New Testament, then he cannot have been preaching the revelation of the mystery. There is nothing incompatible about Paul being a minister of the New Testament and also preaching the revelation of the mystery. Just as Gentiles could be saved in the Old Testament by becoming proselytes and their burnt offerings would be accepted (Isa. 56:6-7) Gentiles after the cross could be saved under the blood of the New Testament. There is not a third option for the dispensation of grace, we are stilled saved by the same blood of the New Testament. Also, there is a difference between a covenant and a testament. One of the main ones being that a testament requires the death of the testator (Heb. 9:16-17). We can be saved by the blood of the New Testament without God making a covenant with the Gentiles. See this teaching from Pastor David O’Steen on that https://youtu.be/B46UaXVduys. But more importantly, Paul is referring to “Old Testament” and “New Testament” in the since of scriptures, something you can read. 2 Corinthians 3:14-16 “reading of the Old Testament….when Moses is read”. The Bible clearly says that the new covenant will be made with the house of Israel, not with the Gentile believers in Acts that were neither Jew nor Gentile but one in Christ (Gal. 3:26-28). 

Miscellaneous problems with Acts 28 Dispensationalists in general, that do not necessarily have anything to do with when the mystery was revealed…

1.) A great number of them are against the King James Bible. Clyde Pilkington says it is corrupt and wrote a booklet called “1611-2011 400 Years of Bondage” against the KJB. E. W. Bullinger said in his Companion Bible that Romans 16:25-27 (about the mystery) was a doxology postscript that Paul added after he wrote Ephesians. He said that this “suggestion” “removes all difficulties” with the verse mentioning the mystery. However, the suggestion makes no sense and is entirely unprovable (1 Thes. 5:21). The verses present no “difficulty” when you just believe the Bible as it is written. This is a clear example of man trying to tamper with the word of God in order for it to conform to his theology. I admit that there is a small number of Acts 28 Dispensationalists that believe the KJB, but the exception proves the rule. They are rare.  

2.) Many of them reject the Trinity (Pilkington, Knoch, etc.) 

3.) Many of them promote odd doctrines to further practices like polygamy (Pilkington, Kelson). I understand that this practice changes with different cultures, but there is no doubt that God’s plan is one man and one woman (Gen. 1-3; 1 Tim. 3:2, 3:12; Titus 1:6). 

4.) Many of them believe in universal salvation of all people, devils, fallen angels, and satan. They spend much time promoting this, especially Rodney Beaulieu. Such teaching is contrary to the plain reading of scripture where it mentions hell and the lake of fire as “everlasting”, “for ever and ever”, and “where their worm dieth not”. Universal salvation is a philosophy of man that stems from not believing the KJB. Almost all universal salvation proponents do not believe the KJB is the word of God, they have to alter it to teach their false doctrine. 

5.) Some Acts 28 Dispensationalists do not believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. This makes them guilty of what they accuse Mid-Acts Dispensationalists of, which is combining prophecy and mystery, Israel and the Body of Christ. But that is exactly what happens with them when they abandon the pre-tribulation rapture. 

Dr. Phil Stringer: The Truth About the LXX Septuigant

 

The Gap Theory by Gene Kim

 

An interesting lesson taught by Gene Kim. 

How many “Christians” know what the gospel is?

Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe stated on his Facebook page yesterday morning, “Jesus certainly can redeem you while you are still alive. If you ask Jesus to forgive you of all your sins, past, present, and future, and commit to make him the Master of your life, that is, put him fully in charge of your life and commit to follow his commands, he will redeem you.” 

A large church in my area has on their how-to-be-saved page, “Salvation is received through turning away from our sin (repentance) and turning toward God by asking for and receiving his forgiveness through his only son, Jesus Christ.” 

These are both organizations that “on paper” would say they believe in salvation by faith alone without works, but in practice they tell people otherwise. In Dr. Hugh Ross’s statement, he says you must put Christ “FULLY in charge of your life”. That is an impossible task. Who has put Christ fully in charge of their life? Besides it being impossible, that is a WORK. 

The statement from the large local church not far from me requires you to “turn away from sin” to be saved. They, like many people, falsely equate repentance with turning from sin. Repentance is a change of mind, not “turning from sin”. The first time repentance shows up in the Bible, it is God repenting (Gen. 6:6). God certainly has no sin to turn from. And besides these people having the wrong definition of repentance, turning from sin is a work. 

Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

And IF salvation in the present age of grace (Rom. 6:14) did require works, such as turning from sin, which sins are we required to turn from? All of them? That is impossible. Just the really bad ones? Who decides which ones are the really bad ones? The statement makes no sense no matter how you interpret it. 

If you listen to what a lot of “Christians” say about salvation, to include most evangelicals and fundamentalists alike, they are not giving the gospel of the grace of God. They may attest on paper on a statement of faith that they believe in salvation without works, but that is not what they practice. They are preaching another gospel that is riddled with works such as “turning from sin”, “give your life to Christ”, “walk the aisle so someone can pray with you to receive Christ”, etc. Such works are no different than the false religions telling people that they must give money to the church, get baptized, go to the priest, etc. It is a false gospel anytime you add to it. 

The gospel that saves is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and raised again the third day! You can receive Christ by believing on Him, trusting His sacrifice as the payment for your sins. 

1Corinthians 15 

[1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
[2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
[3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
[4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Romans 3:

[20] Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
[21] But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
[22] Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
[23] For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
[24] Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
[25] Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
[26] To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
[27] Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
[28] Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Acts 16:

[30] And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

James Webb Telescope reveals new age for the universe

I am a bit of a science enthusiast. I follow a lot of astronomy and physics pages, articles, and books. I like the mental challenge of trying to wrap my head around some of the things we can observe. As the book of Psalms says “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (PS. 8:3-4). As we observe these things, it shows the greatness and power of God.

However,  modern “science” has a lot of naturalism that attempts to explain the universe without God. Naturalism is not science. Naturalism is a philosophy at best and possibly a religion. Followers of Naturalism have “worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator” (Rom. 1:25). Sadly, many Christians have sought to compromise with this philosophy of man and try to adapt the Big Bang Theory to fit into the Bible. In fact, there are many “old earth” ministries out there trying to convince Christians that the earth is billions of years old and that God either used evolution or created things progressively over millions and billions of years. One of the more popular old earth ministries is Reasons to Believe by Dr. Hugh Ross. I have read some of his books, and the science was quite fascinating. However, like the Naturalists, he has mixed true science with “science false so called” (1 Tim. 6:20). He has then mingled the false science into the Bible. The Bible teaches that the earth was created in 6 literal, 24 hour days, about 6,000 years ago. However, Dr. Ross and the old earth crowd have sided with the Naturalists, contending that the universe began with the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. This has been the main stream secular view since the 1970s. The old earthers have touted with great confidence for years that the Bible confirms the Big Bang and the 14 billion year age of the universe. However, their belief is not based on the word of God at all, but rather on the shifting sand of the narrow minded, secular, Naturalist research. 

As seen in this headline, the Naturalist theory of the origin of the universe is seeing some major changes now that the James Webb Telescope is out there. 

 According to the headline, the age of the universe just doubled. If we base our faith in theories of man and philosophies of man, our foundation will always be shifting because many never has all the answers. But the word of God is pure, and the Biblical account of creation and age of the earth is unchanging. Christians that have jumped on the Big Bang bandwagon will look foolish when the secular world abandons it in favor of an even “better” theory. I am glad the word of God is unchanging and will stand for ever! 

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

1 Corinthians 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 

Contradiction and attack on the deity of Christ in the modern versions

The King James Bible says that Christ made Himself equal with God, a clear statement on His deity. 

KJB John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

KJB Philippians 2:5-6 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 

The modern versions attack the deity of Christ by changing Philippians 2:7 to read, “being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped” (ESV, MEV, NET, NASB, NKJV, LSB, etc). 

This is not only an attack on the deity of Christ, but it also creates a contradiction in the modern versions. Because the modern versions still read that Christ DID made Himself equal with God in John 5:18 just as the KJB says. This is yet another proof of the perfection of the King James Bible! 

Another King James Bible Believer (Will Kinney)

 FROM WILL KINNEY’S FACEBOOK 

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So, if there is anything on my Another King James Bible believer site that you think would be of benefit or help to other King James Bible believers, feel free to copy and paste it into your own files for future use.

Here is my site.

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God bless,

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James White claims that no one is trying to change the Bible

The author of The King James Only Controversy, Dr. James White said in his debate with Dr. Thomas Ross on the topic of the Legacy Standard Bible (formerly known as the New American Standard), 

“No one is sitting around trying to change the Bible and trying to change the message.” Just the Jehovah’s Witnesses (at 2:13:53 ) 

James White says this quite often if you listen to his debates or have read his book. He does not believe there has been wide spread corruption of the word of God. He believes that textual differences are merely accidental errors of copyists. He does not believe that Satan has made an effort to tamper with the word of God. 

It is hard to imagine what his definition of “corruption” is. James White does not believe the following verses of scripture are the word of God; he believes they were added to the text at a later time. 

Mark 16:9-20 

John 7:53-8:11

Matt 18:11 

Matt 23:14 

Mark 7:16 

Mark 9:44 

Acts 8:37 

Mark 9:46 

Mark 11:26 

Acts 15:34 

Mark 15:28 

Luke 17:36 

Acts 24:7 

Luke 23:17 

John 5:4 

Acts 28:29 

See more modern version omissions here 

https://av1611.com/kjbp/charts/various.html

So James White thinks that these verses have been added to the text of scripture, probably mistakenly or with good intention, but he does not believe anyone has sat down and purposefully tried to corrupt the word of God. He bases this belief on his naturalistic view of the preservation (or lack thereof) of scripture. 

James White’s belief is contrary to both common sense and the word of God.  

Common sense: If James White’s “word of God” is missing all those verses, then his Bible is corrupt. If my Bible, the KJB, has added all those verses when they do not belong, then my Bible is corrupt. Things that are different are not the same. There has to be corruption in one or the other. In fact, there are obvious corruptions in modern versions that cannot be denied. For example, look at the New English Bible’s translation of Judges 1:14.

King James Bible Judges 1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 

New English Bible (1970 edition, later revised in 1989) Judges 1:14 "As she sat on the ass, she broke wind, and Caleb asked her, What did you mean by that?"

This is an obvious corruption, no other Bible has those words and the NEB itself has since changed its wording. If we were not dealing with the word of God, this corruption would be comical! It is so obvious that people are tampering with the word of God purposefully, but James White wants to hide this. 

Biblical references to the word of God being corrupted: 2. Corinthians 2:17 “we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God” and Jer. 23:36 “ ye have perverted the words of the living God”. What would be the point of God warning people not to add or take away from His word if this was not something that happens? (Deut. 4:2, Prov. 30:5-6, 2 Cor. 2:17, 4:2, 2 Thes. 2:2, Rev. 22:18-19) Satan has been attacking the word of God since the beginning of creation (Gen. 3:1 “Yea, hath God said…?”)

So with the word of God and common sense on our side, we can easily see that James White is very wrong on this issue. Further, James White must admit that there is no perfect Bible. For even though most modern versions omit those single verses listed above, they still include the larger passages from John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20, though they bracket them and put a foot note on them. The translators and editors of the modern versions do not believe that these passages are part of scripture, so why do they include them at all? They omitted the single stand alone verses, but not the long passages of scripture. James White says that they are simply being “honest” by including the “textual variants” (not corruptions) and footnotes so that the reader can decide for his or her self (making man the authority rather than the word of God) if the verses belong. This cannot be the case, because there are many verses and phrases that the modern versions do omit entirely instead of just putting them in brackets. I allege that the reason they are not omitting the long passages of scripture and only the single, stand alone verses is because people would notice a large portion of scripture missing from the text where as just one single verse is easy to overlook. Most Christians, even with no knowledge of the Bible version issue, would have a problem with large chunks of the Bible being taken out such as John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20. I say that rather than being honest, as James White purports, the translators of the modern versions are being dishonest. If they believe those passages are corrupt, they should take them out completely. 

If you listen to James White, there is no perfect Bible on earth anywhere. There is no “all authority” (Titus  2:15) whereby we can know what the truth is (John 17:17). Each individual must look to “scholars” of ancient languages and new discoveries of ancient manuscripts to discern where the word of God is and what the word of God says. James White will have your faith be in the wisdom of men, not the power of God (1 Cor. 2:5). You must put confidence in the flesh (Phil. 3:3) and science falsely so called (1 Tim. 6:20). 

Or, you can listen to what the Bible says about itself, that God has kept and preserved His word and have confidence in it. If you compare the versions, you can see that the word of God is found in the King James Bible. There is no other book like it and it has proven itself to be the word God time and again. It does not need man to defend it (Heb. 4:12). 

Dr. Peter Ruckman on the Flat Earth

 

Gentiles in the Millennial Reign of Christ

I am posting a brief study on the role of Gentiles in the millennial reign of Christ. Largely because I do not see a lot of emphasis on this subject in dispensation teaching and literature; which to someone without a dispensational understanding of scripture, can lead them to believe that we think that the Old Testament, Gospels, and "general" epistles are only concerning Israel. It also leads them to quote verses like Romans 15:9 and think that it totally refutes Mid-Acts Dispensationalism. 

Romans 15:8-9 "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name." 

Dispensationalists do not dispute that God has a plan and purpose for the Gentiles within the dispensing of the gospel of the kingdom and millennial reign of Christ. I think there has been a failure on our part to communicate that plan and purpose, due to our emphasis on God's purpose for Israel during those dispensations. With that being said, here are some thoughts and scriptures on God's purpose for the Gentiles in the Millennial reign. 

Gentiles have always been welcome in God's plan, even when God's dispensation for the age was that of Law. 

Isaiah 56:

[3] Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
[4] For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
[5] Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
[6] Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
[7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
[8] The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Though Gentiles in past ages were "strangers from the covenant of promise" and "without God" (Eph. 2:12), Gentiles could come to Israel and "join themselves to the LORD". Notice that Gentiles joined themself to the Lord by observing the law, not by grace through faith alone like in the present dispensation. "that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant...every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant...their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar". This is consistent with what God said about the Gentiles even before the Law was given. God told Abraham, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Gen. 12:3) God's plan included Gentiles, but they had to come to God through the nation of Israel. The nation of Israel is where the temple was for observing the law, but the nation of Israel is also the only one to whom God revealed His word to in that dispensation.

Psalm 147:19-20 "He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD."

Romans 3:1-2 "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God."

This was true in the past age when the Law was in effect. Gentiles came to God by observing the Law and they had to come through the nation of Israel. As in the past age, so to will it be in the Millennial reign of Christ. Gentiles will come to the capital of the kingdom (Jerusalem) to observe the Law and come to God through the nation of Israel. The believing Jews will be the nation of priests that rule with Christ over the other nations in the Millennium (1 Pet. 2:9, Exod. 19:5-6, Isa. 61:6). Not all citizens in the Kingdom of God on the Earth will be equal. There is a real structure and government that functions as such. 

Matthew 19:28-30 "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first."

See in Isaiah 2:1-4, Malachi 4:1-3, and Zechariah 8:20-23; 9:9-10; and 14:8-21 that God's plan for the Gentiles is that they will live in peace in the Millennial Kingdom, in subjection to the nation of Israel where Christ is ruling from. They will be required to observe the Law during the Millennium. They are not "under grace" (Rom. 6:14) and they are not part of the body of Christ where there is neither Jew nor Gentile (Eph. 2:14). In fact, Isaiah 14:1-3 states that Gentiles will be servants and handmaids to Israel during the kingdom age. Some people think that being a "servant" for 1,000 years sounds bad or that this sounds wrong, but that is God's plan and purpose for Gentile nations during that age. Besides, we are all supposed to be servants to God and each other (Gal. 5:13). Service to God is what we have been saved for! Salvation was not just a free ticket to heaven, though that part is quite nice!

Isaiah 2:

[1] the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
[2] And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
[3] And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
[4] And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

 Isaiah 14:

[1] For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
[2] And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
[3] And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

Micah 4:

[1] But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
[2] And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
[3] And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

Zechariah 8:

[20] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
[21] And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
[22] Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
[23] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

Zechariah 9:

[9] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
[10] And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from river even to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 14:

[8] And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
[9] And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
[10] All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
[11] And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
[12] And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
[14] And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
[15] And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
[16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[17] And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
[18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[19] This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[20] In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowl's before the altar.
[21] Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

As seen above, the Gentile nations will keep and observe the Law that will go out from Jerusalem where Christ will reign. And as we can see in Zechariah 14, Gentile nations that do not come to keep the feast will be punished by not receiving rain on their land. Some people have a misconception about the Millennial reign that there will be no more sin or death, but remember that God does not do away with sin and death until after the Millennial reign (Rev. 21:1-4). The Millennium will be a time of peace and prosperity on earth, but the eternal state will not begin until after the 1,000 year reign. Remember that Satan will be released and allowed to deceive some of the nations at the end of the Millennium (Rev. 20:6-10, Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39). During the Millennium Christ will reign with a "rod of iron" (Ps. 2-12). Remember that the believing remnant of Israel and those that are resurrected to enter into the Kingdom will have the Holy Spirit poured on them causing them to walk in God's statutes and law (Isa. 44:3; 59:21, Jer. 31:33; 32:40, Ezek. 36:26-27; 37:14; 39:29, Joel 2:28-29). This very well explains what John wrote concerning, "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin".

1 John 3:8-9 "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." 

The Jews who believed the gospel of the kingdom will receive their new body and God's Spirit, after which they will not be sinning (Ps. 17:15, Job 19:25-27, Isa. 26:19, Ezek. 37:1-14, 1 John 3:1-3). Israel will be born again and will not commit sin after their resurrection at the Second Coming (Isa. 44:1-4; 46:3; 66:8, Ps. 22:31). This is distinct from the resurrection of the church the Body of Christ. Our rapture will be to heaven, not to Jerusalem (Col. 3:1-3, Phil. 3:20-21, Titus 2:13, 1 Cor. 15:51-58, 1 Thes. 4:13-18). My point in mentioning Israel being born again and not committing sin during the Millennium is that the Gentiles that are in the kingdom age are not given these promises. Some Gentiles will be allowed to enter the kingdom based on the fact that they blessed the Jews, no doubt by faith (Matt. 25:32-46), a promise based on Genesis 12:3, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." But such Gentiles are not born again at the Second Coming and the new covenant is not made with them. In light of this, the fact that Christ rules with a rod of iron and punishes some nations during the Millennium makes a lot more sense than if all people were born again and living without sin. 

This is not to say that the Gentile nations will not know the Lord or have a relationship with him. Many verses refer to them knowing God during the Millennium. 

Ezekiel 36:

[36] Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
[37] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
[38] As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 37:

[21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
[23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
[24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
[25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
[26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Those are just two passages from Ezekiel on the Gentiles having a relationship with God, but there are many more elsewhere in scripture, especially in Psalms (Ps. 22:27-28, 46:10, 67:4, 72:1, 102:15-16). These passages describe their relationship as a joyful one of service to God. They are rejoicing because God "shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth" (Ps. 96:10). Gentiles have never had righteous rulers that judged in truth, this will be a big deal to them and something to rejoice in. The Gentile nations will fear the Lord and rejoice in His rule. As stated previously, God will loose Satan for a short time and allow him to deceive some of the nations at the end of the 1,000 years, and some will still rebel against God even though they lived in peace and blessing for 1,000 years. 

There is a Possibility that some Gentile nations may refuse to to serve Israel during the Millennium. I say that based on Isaiah 60:12, "the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted". Though this could be more of a hypothetical statement, emphasizing Christ's rule is with a rod of iron. Here is the passage:

Isaiah 60:

[1] Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
[2] For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
[3] And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
[4] Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
[5] Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
[6] The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
[7] All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
[8] Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
[9] Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
[10] And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
[11] Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
[12] For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
[13] The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
[14] The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
[15] Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
[16] Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
[17] For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
[18] Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
[19] The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
[20] Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
[21] Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
[22] A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

My best conclusion from scripture is that the majority of the nations that enter the kingdom initially will serve God gladly, there may be a small number that rebel and Christ will make an example out of them just as at the rebellion that will take place at the end of the Millennium.

To conclude our study into the Gentiles role in the kingdom age, we should also look at Isaiah 61.

Isaiah 61:

[1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
[2] To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
[3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
[4] And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
[5] And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
[6] But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
[7] For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
[8] For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
[9] And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
[10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
[11] For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.  

We see again that the Gentiles are serving Israel and are described as feeding their flocks and tending to their crops for them. And yet again, we see that the majority of the nations will gladly serve the Lord and rejoice in their position of service. "Righteousness and PRAISE" will spring forth before all nations (vs. 11). 

The Gentiles were well aware of what their position would be in the kingdom age as were the Jews. This is the relationship that Christ in His earthly ministry taught that they would have. 

1.) Christ taught that Israel would be the light that the Gentiles came to

Matthew 5:14-16 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Isaiah 60:1-3 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."

2.) Christ taught that the Gentiles would serve Israel 

Matthew 15:

[22] And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
[23] But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
[24] But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[25] Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
[26] But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
[27] And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
[28] Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

3.) Christ taught to follow the Law (see also Matthew 19:17)

Matthew 5:17-20, 34-35 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven...But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King."

Isaiah 2:[3] And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Christ did not come to teaching the doctrine of the dispensation of grace and He did not teach that Jew and Gentile would be one new man where there is no distinction. As established in previous posts, He came offering the Kingdom to Israel (Matt. 4:23, 9:35, 24:14; Mark 1:14). The kingdom was at hand (Matt. 3:2, 4:17, 10:7; Mark 1:15; Acts 1:6-8, 3:19-21). 

One question that comes up is how will there be Gentiles in the Millennial kingdom if Christ destroys the nations that were deceived by the Antichrist at the Second Coming. The answer is that the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the word and there will be Gentiles in the nations that will believe it, and help the Jews that are being persecuted by the Antichrist. 

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.  

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature  

Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Because the gospel of the kingdom will go to all nations, many Gentiles will believe it and that is how you will have Gentile nations helping the Jews during the 70th week of Daniel as we see in Matthew 25. 

Matthew 25:

[31] When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
[32] And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
[33] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
[34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
[35] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
[36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
[37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
[38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
[39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
[40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
[41] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
[42] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
[43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
[44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
[45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
[46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

The gospel of the kingdom was not just for the Jews. Though it was to be preached to Israel first (Matt. 10:5, Luke 24:47) for it was Israel that was being offered the kingdom (Acts 3:19-21), what good what it do if all of Israel believed the gospel of the kingdom but then all the nations died and went to hell? There would be no one for them to rule over in the kingdom age. The gospel of the kingdom was meant to go to the whole world (John 3:16-17, Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15). 

A key thing to remember in this study is that in the kingdom age the Gentiles are blessed through Israel's "rise" and "light" (Isaiah chapters 60 and 61), but in the present dispensation of grace we are blessed through their "fall" and "diminishing" (Romans chapter 11). 

The mystery of the present dispensation is not that Gentiles would be blessed, but that through Israel's fall Jew and Gentile could become part of the church the body of Christ where there is neither Jew nor Gentile. This is by believing the gospel of the grace of God (1 Cor. 15:1-4, Eph. 3:1-9) not by being a blessing to the Jews. Gentiles in the present age are not under the law (Rom. 6:14, Col. 2:10-23) but the Gentiles in the kingdom age are.

Hopefully this will be a help to some people who may not have ever seen these distinctions before.