Christian Study

If one sins against God’s Law, then to God we must go for forgiveness.

Psalms 51:1b-4 “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.”

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Men do not always get along and one must ask forgiveness or forgive a brother. Many read only Matthew 6:14-15, Luke 6:37 and Ephesians 4:32 ignoring further teaching. Forgiveness is for a brother who is repentant. A brother is only a fellow Christian by scriptural definition.

Matthew 18:21-22 “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”

Then Christ tells the parable about the man who was forgiven, but did not forgive his fellow servant.

Matthew 18:35 “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”

Luke 17:3-4 “Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.”

It is hard to overcome the teaching of Psychology in the churches, but forgiveness is never extended to an unrepentant sinner. God did not give us the power to forgive unrepentant sinners.

Matthew 18:17 “And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.”

Christ is our example.

Luke 23:39-43 “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee today, thou shalt be with me in paradise.”

Did Christ forgive the unrepentant sinner?

The idea of extending forgiveness to everyone and anyone is not found in scripture. Forgiveness is never extended to an enemy of God. Rightly divide the Word of God.

Isaiah 48:12  “Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”

Isa 45:4 “For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.”

When they apply to people God defined the terms called and elect to be Israelites. Only true Israelites are called and elect. This listing of scripture should also show that those whom God predestined and foreknew are also only Israel. Even the term adoption is only for Israel, Romans 9:4.

Romans 8:28-30 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

Paul shows that those called are the same as those whom God foreknew and predestinated.

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.”

Modern churches have violated scripture by making other people as God’s called. Paul does not redefine God’s use of the word called, but shows that there are Israelites among the Judeans and also among the nations (Gentiles).

Romans 11:1-2a “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.”

1 Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”

There are many verses that mention the elect. All of them relate to God’s definition. The elect are only Israelites.

So what makes more sense considering who is really the Israel of scripture?

People who say they are Jews, but spit when they hear the name of Jesus Christ.

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People who, if they have had any religion at all for the past almost 2000 years, have been Christians and have fulfilled every prophecy intended for Israel.

Hebrews 11:18 “Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called”. (Saxons)

Numbers 6:27 “And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” (Christians)

Isaac’s sons or the general term for the people has been Saxons. True Israel is found among the Anglo Saxon, Celtic, Germanic, Scandinavian and kindred peoples. God did not fail. He is still dealing with the same people today as he did in the desert with Moses. He still rewards us for good behavior and punishes us for bad behavior as specified in Deuteronomy 28.

While we may be fairly good at keeping some of the ten commandments we have allowed fake Christianity to teach us to love and help those who hate our God. This is treason against God. We also have commerce with them. Scripture teaches this is sin. Taking the Gospel to the world does not mean that we must help them before they repent. Go back into your scripture and learn the real definitions for brother and neighbor. Those terms have specific definitions. Not everyone is your brother or neighbor.

Let me suggest that Ephesians 2 has a different meaning than is usually taught in churches. Lets start with two words.

Gentiles in verse 11
Ethnos is a Koine Greek word that means nation/race. It is where we get the English word ethnicity. It is sometimes translated as heathen. In many places it was “translated” with the Latin word Gentile. The Latin word Gentile means nation/kin. Over many years the meaning of the word was changed to mean non-Jew. However if you want to understand scripture in the manner desired by the author, then when you read Gentile, think nation. Let the context determine who that nation is in the text. In some instances the context demands that the nation is those of the ten tribes who were afar off. Always let the scripture define its own terms for proper understanding.

Aliens found in verse 12.
Apallotrioo is a Greek verb that means to to estrange away. It is a verb that should have been translated as alienated.

There are more clues with the words children, uncircumcision, circumcision, nigh or near and afar off and reconcile. The middle wall of partion is also important. Let scripture define those terms. Christ Himself defined the word children.

When Rehoboam became King of Israel the nation of Israel split into two separate nations, the house of Judah and the house of Israel. Ephesians 2 is about the reunification of the house of Judah, who were those near, with the house of Israel who by this time were those afar off in Europe and Greece. (History and archeology including Asyrian tablets show that the ten tribes escaped from Asyria and moved mostly into Europe as Josephus, Ptolemy and others document.) This reunification was under one head, Christ. So the enmity between them was ended when Christ broke down the middle wall of partition.

God did not cast away those whom He foreknew. To do so would have made God a promise breaker and liar. The book of Hosea does not leave the Northern tribes lost forever, but gives hope to those who were temporarily called “not my people”. The word reconcile is also a clue. One can not reconcile two groups who were never together in the past. Much like the idea of redemption. Only Israel can be redeemed. Scripture makes that very plain.

So it was the house of Israel, the ten northern tribes, who became estranged, Ezekiel 14:5 and lost the right to be called Israel. This is why scripture calls them nations (Gentiles). They became “alienated from the from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world”. That is except for the promises in Hosea.

Hosea 1:10-11 “Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”

By the way, there are at least two other Gentile references that by context must be the house of Israel and not some non-Israelites. They are Romans 2:14-15 and Romans 9:24-26. I leave it to you to check those out.

Spiritualizing scripture to make it fit other people destroys the intended meaning.

Amos 9:9 “For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.”

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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”.

There are many clues in the following verses, not the least of which is “peculiar people”.

1 Peter 2:9-10 “But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”

As they admit in a growing number of writings, the modern day Jews are not Israelites.

One preacher said that if you only ever fed milk to a baby it would be weak and sickly. That is the state of most Christians today. Yet they get very defensive if you try to show them some meat. Now and then I listen to sermons from normal every day churches. It is all milk and a lot of filler that includes nice stories intended to make people feel good about themselves. There is no meat. Meat can be controversial and people do not want to be uncomfortable. The word translated smooth things also means flattery. It goes right along with preachers teaching so that people can feel good about themselves.

“Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”, Isaiah 30:10

Hosea 3:1-2 “Then said Yahweh unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of Yahweh toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley”.

Even some of the chapter headings have it wrong. One on line bible says, “Hosea Redeems his Wife”. It has been taught that Hosea went and found Gomer and bought her back. That is not what the scripture teaches. God told Hosea to go and buy yet another whore and have children by her to make a point. My software KJV says, “Hosea’s Second Symbolic Marriage” This is correct.

Gomer represented the House of Israel. The second woman, Gomer’s friend, represented the House of Judah.

Let the scripture speak for itself. Don’t believe the world.

1 Peter 2:10 “Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”

Paul uses similar wording in Romans. Likely you have been taught that this verse is about some non-Israelite people who have been adopted into the faith of Jesus Christ. This shows that you have not been taught Scripture. You have missed the importance of the phrase “not a people” and have failed to learn who are those people. Scripture teaches a different story than you have been taught. Read Romans 9 and see that the adoption belongs only to Israel. Follow the link back to Hosea to learn who those “not a people” are in history.

1 John 2:22-23 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”

Titus 2:13 “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ”.

Isaiah 43:11 “I, I am Yahweh; and beside me there is no savior.”

John 10:30 “I and my Father are one.”

So you see those who reject Christ are rejecting Yahweh God the Father also.

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

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The Parable of The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11. The son who stayed “near” is the House of Judah. The son who went “far off” is the House of Israel. Christ told us a bit more detail about the treasure he came to seek.

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

Paul explains who those Gentiles or nations are in Romans 9:24-26 sending one back to Hosea for context.

Romans 9:24-26 “Even us, whom he hath called, not of Judah 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.”

Hosea 1 is the story of the final warning to the House of Israel concerning the upcoming Assyrian captivity for their sin. It was not without hope however.

Hosea 1:9-11 “Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head (Christ), and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”

The prophecy is shown fulfilled in Ephesians 2:11-19. Those near are of the circumcision, the House of Judah. Those far off are the uncircumcision and alienated from the commonwealth of Israel without Christ and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, the House of Israel. Remember though the future promise in Hosea that the House of Israel would become Sons of God or Christians. This has all been fulfilled.

Ephesians 2:11-19 “Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

The treasure is still hidden. Most of the special treasure or “peculiar people” do not know who they truly are today.

“…wherefore there are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the Ten Tribes are beyond the Euphrates till now (Europe), and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers.” Flavius Josephus, historian, 95 AD.

“They were peopled by descendants of the Hebrew Race.” Ptolemy on the Western Isles of Britain and Ireland.

There is no such thing as Judeo-Christianity. The two are total opposites and teach opposing doctrines. The Jews hate Christ. Christians love Christ. That is just the beginning. Since the modern day Jews acknowledge that their religion is Phariseeism, Christians ignore Christ’s warnings.

Matthew 16:6 “Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”

Luke 12:1b “Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”

This begs the question why would churches and Christian colleges then invite in those who hate Christ to teach them when Christ said to beware of them and their teachings? To do so is a violation of 2 John 7-11. Specifically verse ten.

2 John 1:10 “If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed”.

Read the next verse on your own.

One time I visited a church where the Sunday school teacher began quoting the Talmud. The Talmud is the book of Judaism today. It teaches that the old testament is for idiots, that Christ is boiling in excrement in the deepest pit of a hell, that even the best of Christians should die, that it is ok to steal, cheat and deceive any non-Jew and debates that it is ok to rape girls based on their age. The Talmud was declared pornography by a court a long time ago. It is not a source of information except to know how evil it is and how evil those are who follow it. The preacher was using the Talmud as if it were a reliable source for information for Christians. I raised my hand and basically told him and the class what you just read here about the Talmud.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”