The next hint of the lineage is found at Genesis 49:10, . . .The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, neither the commanders staff from between his feet, until Shi´loh comes; and to him the obedience of the peoples will belong.
Another was Gods promise made to King David at 2 Samuel 7:12, When your days come to the full, and you must lie down with your forefathers, then I shall certainly raise up your seed after you, which will come out of your inward parts; and I shall indeed firmly establish his kingdom. After that promise to King David there were many prophecies that deal with the seed, now understood to be a king from the tribe of Judah and a descendant of King David:
(1 Chronicles 17:14) And I will cause him to stand in my house and in my kingship to time indefinite, and his throne will itself become one lasting to time indefinite.
(Psalm 45:6) God is your throne to time indefinite, even forever; The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness.
(Psalm 89:36) His seed itself will prove to be even to time indefinite, And his throne as the sun in front of me.
(Daniel 2:44) And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite;
Point of clarification: Even though the Mosaic Law seemed to be only for the Jews it was not! I have already mentioned the actions of Jehovah and Jesus that showed that the guidance, the provisions, and benefits, both in word and deed, flowed to any and everyone that submitted to it. The guidance of God that began at Genesis 3:15 and applied to ALL MEN was still available to all men. Nothing had changed that!
Now was Jesus sent only to the Jews? Let us see what the Prophets say about the one coming:
(Isaiah 2:2) And it must occur in the final part of the days [that] the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills; and to it all the nations must stream.
(Isaiah 11:10) And it must occur in that day that there will be the root of Jes´se that will be standing up as a signal for the peoples. To him even the nations will turn inquiringly, and his resting-place must become glorious.
(Isaiah 40:5) And the glory of Jehovah will certainly be revealed, and all flesh must see [it] together, for the very mouth of Jehovah has spoken [it].
(Isaiah 42:6) I myself, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness, and I proceeded to take hold of your hand. And I shall safeguard you and give you as a covenant of the people, as a light of the nations,
(Isaiah 49:6) And he proceeded to say: It has been more than a trivial matter for you to become my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back even the safeguarded ones of Israel; I also have given you for a light of the nations, that my salvation may come to be to the extremity of the earth.
(Isaiah 52:10) Jehovah has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth must see the salvation of our God.
There are literally hundreds of prophecies that apply to Jesus and a great many of them, probably most of them, indicate that He was being sent to more than just the Jews.
Let me repeat what I have said before: Again there are very many revelations and prophecies that further clarify how God was working out and fulfilling Genesis 3:15. One outstanding prophecy is found at Daniel 9:24-27. Daniels prophecy sets the timetable for the appearance of the Messiah, the primary Seed, and for his death not to mention the end of the Mosaic arrangement and the cutting off of the nation of Israel including the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Note Luke 3:15-16, Now as the people were in expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about John: May he perhaps be the Christ? The reason why they all were in expectation and were reasoning in their hearts about John and the Christ was that it was time for him to appear and they understood that fact because they knew the Scriptures. The main point you need to know is that the most favored nation status enjoyed by Israel was to continue only until the time set by God in that prophecy.
The fact that God was working things out for the benefit of all nations or peoples is evident even in the prophecies foretelling the Messiah such as: Isaiah 55:3-4, Look! As a witness to the national groups I have given him, as a leader and commander to the national groups. Daniel 7:14, And to him there were given rulership and dignity and kingdom, that the peoples, national groups and languages should all serve even him. His rulership is an indefinitely lasting rulership that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be brought to ruin. And John 3:16, For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
Again, what that means is that Jesus was sent primarily, but not exclusively, and for a short time only to Israel so as to fulfill promises made to Abraham, Judah, David and others and so as to fulfill certain prophecies. He was not sent forever and totally exclusively to the Jews only. Any claim to that effect flies in the face of what the Bible says and what Jesus and his Father actually did in practice! Note Matthew 15:21-28: Leaving there, Jesus now withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Si´don. 22 And, look! a Phoe·ni´cian woman from those regions came out and cried aloud, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is badly demonized. 23 But he did not say a word in answer to her. So his disciples came up and began to request him: Send her away; because she keeps crying out after us. 24 In answer he said: I was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 When the woman came she began doing obeisance to him, saying: Lord, help me! 26 In answer he said: It is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to little dogs. 27 She said: Yes, Lord; but really the little dogs do eat of the crumbs falling from the table of their masters. 28 Then Jesus said in reply to her: O woman, great is your faith; let it happen to you as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that hour on. There are other examples like this also. The point is: What did he actually do? Point made, enough said! But it did not end there.
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Another was Gods promise made to King David at 2 Samuel 7:12, When your days come to the full, and you must lie down with your forefathers, then I shall certainly raise up your seed after you, which will come out of your inward parts; and I shall indeed firmly establish his kingdom. After that promise to King David there were many prophecies that deal with the seed, now understood to be a king from the tribe of Judah and a descendant of King David:
(1 Chronicles 17:14) And I will cause him to stand in my house and in my kingship to time indefinite, and his throne will itself become one lasting to time indefinite.
(Psalm 45:6) God is your throne to time indefinite, even forever; The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness.
(Psalm 89:36) His seed itself will prove to be even to time indefinite, And his throne as the sun in front of me.
(Daniel 2:44) And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite;
Point of clarification: Even though the Mosaic Law seemed to be only for the Jews it was not! I have already mentioned the actions of Jehovah and Jesus that showed that the guidance, the provisions, and benefits, both in word and deed, flowed to any and everyone that submitted to it. The guidance of God that began at Genesis 3:15 and applied to ALL MEN was still available to all men. Nothing had changed that!
Now was Jesus sent only to the Jews? Let us see what the Prophets say about the one coming:
(Isaiah 2:2) And it must occur in the final part of the days [that] the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills; and to it all the nations must stream.
(Isaiah 11:10) And it must occur in that day that there will be the root of Jes´se that will be standing up as a signal for the peoples. To him even the nations will turn inquiringly, and his resting-place must become glorious.
(Isaiah 40:5) And the glory of Jehovah will certainly be revealed, and all flesh must see [it] together, for the very mouth of Jehovah has spoken [it].
(Isaiah 42:6) I myself, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness, and I proceeded to take hold of your hand. And I shall safeguard you and give you as a covenant of the people, as a light of the nations,
(Isaiah 49:6) And he proceeded to say: It has been more than a trivial matter for you to become my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back even the safeguarded ones of Israel; I also have given you for a light of the nations, that my salvation may come to be to the extremity of the earth.
(Isaiah 52:10) Jehovah has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth must see the salvation of our God.
There are literally hundreds of prophecies that apply to Jesus and a great many of them, probably most of them, indicate that He was being sent to more than just the Jews.
Let me repeat what I have said before: Again there are very many revelations and prophecies that further clarify how God was working out and fulfilling Genesis 3:15. One outstanding prophecy is found at Daniel 9:24-27. Daniels prophecy sets the timetable for the appearance of the Messiah, the primary Seed, and for his death not to mention the end of the Mosaic arrangement and the cutting off of the nation of Israel including the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Note Luke 3:15-16, Now as the people were in expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about John: May he perhaps be the Christ? The reason why they all were in expectation and were reasoning in their hearts about John and the Christ was that it was time for him to appear and they understood that fact because they knew the Scriptures. The main point you need to know is that the most favored nation status enjoyed by Israel was to continue only until the time set by God in that prophecy.
The fact that God was working things out for the benefit of all nations or peoples is evident even in the prophecies foretelling the Messiah such as: Isaiah 55:3-4, Look! As a witness to the national groups I have given him, as a leader and commander to the national groups. Daniel 7:14, And to him there were given rulership and dignity and kingdom, that the peoples, national groups and languages should all serve even him. His rulership is an indefinitely lasting rulership that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be brought to ruin. And John 3:16, For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
Again, what that means is that Jesus was sent primarily, but not exclusively, and for a short time only to Israel so as to fulfill promises made to Abraham, Judah, David and others and so as to fulfill certain prophecies. He was not sent forever and totally exclusively to the Jews only. Any claim to that effect flies in the face of what the Bible says and what Jesus and his Father actually did in practice! Note Matthew 15:21-28: Leaving there, Jesus now withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Si´don. 22 And, look! a Phoe·ni´cian woman from those regions came out and cried aloud, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is badly demonized. 23 But he did not say a word in answer to her. So his disciples came up and began to request him: Send her away; because she keeps crying out after us. 24 In answer he said: I was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 When the woman came she began doing obeisance to him, saying: Lord, help me! 26 In answer he said: It is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to little dogs. 27 She said: Yes, Lord; but really the little dogs do eat of the crumbs falling from the table of their masters. 28 Then Jesus said in reply to her: O woman, great is your faith; let it happen to you as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that hour on. There are other examples like this also. The point is: What did he actually do? Point made, enough said! But it did not end there.
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