One important person of the Bible is a Hebrew named Abraham. Abraham was not a Jew nor an Israelite as most churches teach. Abraham lived long before Jacob Israel, or the son of Jacob, Judah. So he could not have descended from them. Heber which was his ancestor which gave him the Hebrew title.
His willingness to follow God in the best capacity he could, gave him and his kin a status of being God's servant race or bloodline here on earth. It's important to notice that they are servants which are leaders. In the dictionary the definition of the word "leader" is one that goes first. This principle is exactly what Yashua (Christ) did when he walked the earth.
The name Abraham has literally been used dozens of time in the Old Testament and also in the New Testament. Which means both him and his descendants are very important people. In Genesis 12:3 God clearly states that everyone will be blessed or cursed by how you treat his descendants. For those of you who claim that they are New Testament Christians and believe that this is no longer true, make sure you read Luke 19:9,10 and Romans 9:4,5.
For some unknown reason most churches have changed Israel into a spiritual Israel, which is totally unbiblical. The verses they use to try to prove their point are as following:
Isaiah 49:6 which uses the word "Gentile". They misinterpret the word Gentile to mean non-Israelite. "Gentile" is translated from one Hebrew word that is rendered into five different ways. For example the Hebrew word Goy/Goyim is translated Nations 373 times, Heathen 142 times, People 11 times, Another 1 time, and Non-Jew 0 times. God told Abraham that he will be a multitude of nations. This coupled with the fact that the entire Bible is about the race and lineage of one race of people. Millions of Israelites went into dispersion in 721 B.C. and made a multitude of Israelite nations in which most migrated to Europe.
Isaiah 56 makes use of the word "stranger" which means foreigner, of another tribe, heathen, one who is alien, or strange to Israel of the southern kingdom of Judah. This stranger is any Israelite from the Northern Kingdom of Israel who was considered outcast by Israelites of the house or kingdom of Judah. In fact verse 8 of this chapter, talks about the Israelites from the northern kingdom that would return to his law.
Matthew 28:19 states to go unto all the nations and baptize them. Once again carefully reading the scriptures, we realize they are talking about the multitude of nations that came from Abraham. If there is any doubt on who Yashua (Jesus) was referring to then reading Matthew 15:24 will clear up the fact that he came only for the lost sheep of Israel. Also Matthew 10:6 when the Messiah telling the Apostles to go only to the lost sheep of Israel makes it perfectly clear.
Mark 16:15 tells to go into the world and preach to every creature. The words ktisis and ktisma translates from Greek as creature. This word does have limitation and if one does not believe it and wants to take it literally, they would be preaching to dogs and cats. Obviously the word does have limitation, and means every creature after Adam's kind. This verse cannot by anyone's standard, justify all races of people being able to become spiritual Israel.
Acts 17:26 this verse, as all cannot be taken out of context. To say all races are of one blood line is absurb. It is simply stating that out of Adam, God made all the nations of Adam kind. This verse by St. Paul is simply paraphrasing Dueteronomy 32:8,9.
Revelation 5:9 this verse speaks very clearly of one kindred, the Israelite nations are diverse by tongues, customs, and historical developments. This does not refer to other groups of people that are not Israelites.
The point I hope all will take from this is that Israel is physical, speaking of the physical descendants of Abraham. Israel is not a rainbow coalition of all Non-Israelites to enter into a thirteenth gate of Gods kingdom. To add to this concept it is also important to mention that foreign missions as we know it today did not exist for Non-Israelites until recent centuries, which demonstrates the fact that preaching to everything that stands up on two legs is entirely a new concept, and was not practiced by the early church. There is one thing to keep in mind, and that is; God does not change, however the doctrines of men change all the time.
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