Christian Study

The Bible is a legal document. It contains several contracts. The contracts were made by God with specific individuals or groups of people. Some contracts include conditions on actions taken or behavior by a party to the contract.

Let’s say that you are 60 years old and you just found out that an enormous inheritance was supposed to have been yours when you were 20. The inheritance had been stolen by some people that not only hate your family, but have been murdering some of them for years.

This is what has been going on in scripture. Those who are anti-Christ have falsely claimed the inheritance. To make you feel better about it they have taught us that we qualify for a spiritual inheritance after we die.

The inheritance is ours now. However in order to access it we must follow the terms of the contract made with our people by God. Follow God’s Law and we will be blessed in the here and now.

Scripture teaches that we as a people would forget that we are the heirs, that we are Israel.

Isaiah 42:19a “Who is blind, but my servant?”

Isaiah 1:3 “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”

Romans 11:25 “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations be come in.”

The false heirs, the fake Israelites hate Christ and Christians. With people thinking they are Israel an entire new teaching had to be created spiritualizing verses to try and make sense of scripture and creating a new people, a spiritual Israel. A great deal of scripture is ignored because of this.

God never changed or modified any contract in scripture to change the people with whom it was made. For someone to teach that the contracts made with Israel, promises made to Israel alone, are now for another people are participating in the robbery of the inheritance.

Daniel 2:44 “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”

Have you ever read the instructions for use of Strong’s Concordance? James Strong wrote instructions for the use of his Hebrew and Greek dictionaries. The first word in the definition is believed to be the most accurate. The final word is considered the most radical. Anything after the punctuation :- is not a part of the definition.

Strong did a good job considering that the Koine Greek was unknown for another ten years after he published this work. However it is much of the reason we see phrases such as: Of uncertain derivation, Probably akin to, From a presumed compound of, Of uncertain affinity and Probably from.

It is always good to look at the Greek word when looking at the definition. Further understanding can be had when one realizes that a particular Greek word is where we derive certain English words.

In a few situations the definition is vague or suspect. In these cases it can help to do a search of how all the instances a particular Hebrew or Greek word was used. One method is to open e-Sword with the KJV+ and search using the Strong’s number. Examples are H1471 or its Greek equivalent G1484. By obtaining a list of all the words translated from these Hebrew and Greek words you will see several variations. Some of these variations were motivated by existing church doctrine.

Always check the meaning of the root words if any. Check the parts of speech. Several times in the KJV you will find a verb translated as a noun or an adjective for example which can compromise the understanding. Other sources to check are Liddell and Scott as they have a good concordance. Thayer may have been into the occult and probably should be avoided.

Most people focus on the old land of Palestine and the country that is officially named Israeli today as the promised land of Israel. That is so old news.

During the time of King David, Nathan the prophet told of a new land where Israel would be regathered in the future.

2 Samuel 7:10 “Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime”.

Ephesians 2 mentions this regathering under Christ of those then near, House of Judah and those afar off, the House of Israel, then called nations [Gentiles] in scripture. Many believe this new land is America. It does fit the prophecies including being a great wilderness when found and a land of unwalled villages.

The Greek word pas (G3956) when applied to a group means “all of that part”, or “every one of that part”, or “whosoever of that part”. A lot of the verses that people use to teach a very inclusive gospel actually teach an exclusive Gospel.

Verses that include the Greek word pas include: Revelation 5:9, 7:9 and 1 Timothy 2:4. These verses were discussed recently as they had been taken out of context to teach universalism or an inclusive gospel. If you need to, reread the previous articles to see the context of the three verses mentioned. Then read these verses considering the partial meaning of the word every kindred, all nations and all men found in each verse. I am adding Acts 17:26 as it also uses the Greek word pas.

Revelation 5:9 “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation”.

Revelation 7:9 “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands”.

1 Timothy 2:4 “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”

Acts 17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation”.

All of these examples have the Greek word pas. In Acts 17:26 the “all nations” can be understood as “a part of all nations”.

The truth of scripture is an exclusive Gospel for God’s true Israel people. Yes we are to take the Gospel to the World, but we are not to give away the children’s blessings in doing so. By the way, I am still checking, but the word World, to whom we take the Gospel, is from the Greek kosmos which means a portion of or part of society. It is not the entire planet. The modern day Jews are not Israelites. Let the scripture speak for itself. Believe the scripture, question the world.

I remember a Bible student coming to our dorm and saying goodbye. Any guesses on the number of preaching school students who quit after learning enough Greek to know that what they have been taught all of their lives isn’t what the scripture teaches? Most of them realize that if they taught what the scripture really says they would be without a job. Some hang in there and try to preach it after a time. Mostly they lose their job or are told to stop teaching it.

“That this is a rebellious people… Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”. Isaiah 30:9-10

Most people have no idea that students in preaching schools get a little Bible, a little doctrine, a little training on refuting anything that is different from their particular doctrine and a whole lot of business management and speaking skills. It does make one wonder about the guys who went ahead and are preaching considering the guys who quit. Billy Graham stuck with what he was paid to do and before too long he was quoted many times as saying some very unscriptural teachings.

Treasure or Peculiar treasure is another scripture defined word that is ignored or not understood.

Matthew 13:44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.”

The word treasure or peculiar treasure is defined by scripture.

Psalms 135:4 “For Yahweh hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.”

Christ stated His purpose.

Matthew 15:24 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Did Christ fail? It is only because the world has the wrong people as Israel that churches teach Christ failed in His purpose. Believe the scripture, question the world.

1 Timothy 2:4 “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”

Continuing a discussion that some wanted to make scripture more inclusive by advocating a broad view of 1 Timothy 2:4 having all men on the planet included. However the text shows more detail.

1 Timothy 2:6 “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”

It should be noted that in discussing those same men the text says that Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all. Again we are dealing with the exclusive Law of the Kinsman Redeemer. Those men then had to be kin of the one doing the ransoming or redeeming. The act of redemption is exclusive to true Israel.

1 Timothy 2:7 “Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.”

The Latin word Gentiles was inserted into the text in verse 7 by the translators protecting church doctrine of the day. Paul actually used the word Nations. He did this instead using Israel letting us know that he was specifically talking about the Ten Northern tribes. Hosea details the impending divorce of the Ten Northern Tribes by God. These tribes lost the right to be called Israel and were renamed “not my people” in Hosea 1:9. These “not my people” are the subject of Romans 9:24-26.

Romans 9:24-26 “Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Judeans only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.”

With Christ these “not my people” or Nations again became known as Christians. This has all occurred as history shows.

Hosea 2:23 “And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.”

By the way “sow” is a key word. See the Matthew 13 parables.

It is important to remember that the people of Israel now make up many nations, a multitude of nations and a company of nations as promised to Abraham, Jacob and Ephraim. (The modern day Jews are not Israelites.)