PAUL TO THE GENTILES

We find that throughout the Bible all the prophets and promises were of concern to Israel only. Even the Gospels (after an inspection of the few contradictory passages in the Greek,) endorse this view. But Paul constantly preaches a universalism, which is totally unaligned with the rest of Scripture. His preaching is to the gentiles, who, he says, can receive all the promises of Abraham, even though they are not of Abraham's seed - which violates the words God used when He gave the unconditional promises that were only given to Abraham and his seed after him (or in their generations) for ever and promised by Jehovah Himself.

 DEFENCE

Here again we are pleased at least on one point not to cross swords with the Prosecution. We agree that all the promises that the Lord made were with Abraham and his seed only. These promises may not be obtained by any other people than Israel-for whom, and to whom they were intended. The Greek word for 'seed' is 'sperma'. Only Abraham's offspring, literal descendants resulting from his sperm, are to receive the inheritance of the Fathers. A 'gentile' can not become an heir to these promises by adoption or grafting. This idea of a universal application for 'gentiles' to 'inherit the promises' is a theological myth, a man-made precept pushed upon us by the established catholic (universal) churches.

This 'gentile inclusion theory' is not supported by Scripture anywhere. Neither does Paul preach it anywhere in his Epistles. It is the mistranslations in our Bibles that are at fault. For even though sincere men have compiled our translations, many passages are puzzling, stilted and even unfathomable - especially within the Pauline Epistles. This is because Paul was extremely educated as a lawyer - which our translators were not - and he used all the subtleties of the Greek grammar, which is often difficult to parallel in our English language.

Most of the confusion is primarily caused in Paul's Epistles by the mistranslation of two words ... 'gentiles' and 'Christ'. The latter word is dealt with in the next section, but the former word 'gentiles' is the Latin version of the Greek word 'ethnos', which simply means 'nations'. In some cases this does refer to heathen nations, but most of the time it obviously points to the Nations of Israel who were at that time slowly moving through Europe to the Isles of the sea.

Right from the very beginning of his work, Paul addresses himself directly and exclusively to Israel, and to nobody else. In Acts 13:26, Paul says ...

Paul used the past tense and it refers to Matthew 10 where the Apostles were sent only to Israelites. Hence this is a further confirmation of Paul only speaking to Israelites.

This address was made in the synagogue at Antioch and the term 'fearing God' is quoted from several passages of Scripture, which would be familiar to his audience. It refers to Israelites only for it was the special privilege of the saints (who are Israel only) to 'fear' God. The identity of 'the ones fearing God' is firmly established in verses 16 and 17, where Paul opens his address to - "Men, Israelites and the ones fearing God", then in verse 17 he states ...

Thus the 'Men', the 'Israelites' and the 'ones (already serving and fearing God)' are all included in the 'US'- the people of Israel whose fathers God chose. It does NOT refer to members of any other race but Israel.

Note: This is in strict accordance with the task for which Jesus selected Paul in Acts 9:15 -

Paul then quotes Isaiah 49:6 as his authority for turning to the Nations of Israel, saying ...

This verse is quoted again by 'Simeon' in Luke 2:32, where he says of the baby Jesus in his arms, that He would be

Thus Acts 13:16 to 13:47 is exclusively for Israel only and verse 48 states that when (members) of the Nations (who obviously were not the disputing Jews in this vast crowd) heard Paul, they were glad and glorified the word of God ...

And will the Prosecution please take very careful note, it was those who were already predestinated to eternal life (Israelites) who believed. They (Israel) were predestinated from the foundation of God's Order. They (Israel) were redeemed while still in unbelief, and it only required their voluntary acceptance and belief of God's word to complete that ordination to eternal life.

The Nations of Israel at that time were 'lo ammi' - 'not My People', cast off for disobedience. They had been captured by Assyria (and Babylon), but after release from that bondage, the great majority had not returned to the Israel lands. Paul announces here that all those Nations of Israel, sons of Abraham, who were dispersed even to the end (singular) of the Earth (Ultima-Thule, i.e. the Isles of the sea) could now receive the salvation predestined for them (in the promises to their fathers), as Luke here records. Not only did those ordained to eternal life believe Paul, but also that Jesus was the promised Messiah, Who would gather them - His brethren - through grace, back to their former position of Sons of the Father. These dispersed Israelites (the wild olive - i.e. "heathenised" Israel) could now be grafted into the official olive tree - i.e. official Israel - the 'olive tree' being the symbol of Israel only throughout Scripture. Only trees of a related species can be successfully grafted, hence the wild olives are still Israelites even though they are "heathenised".

All of Paul's Epistles show to whom he was writing. Here are a few such openings from each Epistle ...

 Romans: is addressed to "All God's beloved in Rome"(chapter 1:7) "who are called saints"- not called to be saints; the verb 'to be' is not in the Greek text. Only Israelites are called 'saints', meaning 'set apart, separated-to-God, or Holy People'. Chapter 15:4 states

and only Israel received instruction aforetime through Scripture.

 I Corinthians 10:1-2:

 II Corinthians 6:17:

Only Israel had these promises.

 Galatians 3:24:

"Wherefore the law has become our schoolmaster unto an Anointed (One), so that we may be justified by faith. "

The Law was only given to Israel, to be their schoolmaster.

 Galatians 4:4:

Only Israel was given, and therefore was under the Law.

 Ephesians 1:1:

  Ephesians 1:4-5:

"..(God) hath chosen us ... before the foundation of the Order (Greek 'kosmos') that we should be holy... Having predestined us unto a placing of sons through Jesus... "

"in Whom we also were chosen by inheritance being predestined, " (verse 11)

 Philippians 1:1:

"..to all the Holy Ones (or saints) ... the ones being in Philippi..."

 In Philippians 1:12 Paul's address is proven to be to Israelites by his term 'adelphoi' - 'brethren' meaning 'womb sharers', or 'brothers of the same womb' (Liddel & Scott Greek-English Lexicon). This term Paul uses throughout all his Epistles.

 Colossians 1:2:

 I Thessalonians 1:1:

 II Thessalonians 2:13:

 Hebrews 1:1:

It was the Israelites' forefathers who received instruction by the prophets.

The remaining Epistles - Philemon, Timothy I and II, and Titus - are all addressed to individuals and not to gatherings.