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THE IDENTITY OF ISRAEL
(Part 2 of 3)
WHO IS A GENTILE?
The
discussion of Ephraim and Judah brings some very
important questions. Again, do you have to be descended from
Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob to be saved? No. But what does this mean when
most
people sitting in Christian churches all over the world are
taught that
they are just "Gentiles"? What is a Gentile? Why if
you're saved is
it inappropriate to be called "Gentile"?
There are
two words in Scripture commonly translated as
"Gentile," goy - wg (STRONG'S #1471 KJV LEXICON) and
ethnos - e[qnoß
(STRONG'S #1484 KJV LEXICON):
1471..wg
goy, go'ee; appar. From the same root as 1465 (in
the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also
(fig.) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts: - Gentile,
heathen, nation, people.10
1484.
e[qnoß, ethnos, eth'nos; prob. from 1486; a race (as
the same habit), i.e. a tribe; spec. a foreign (non-Jewish) on
(usually by impl. pagan): - Gentile, heathen, nation, people.11
In
the most common sense today, both words are typically
viewed as meaning to represent non-Jews, which is certainly the
case
to a certain extent, although it should very well be noted that
the
term "Gentile" can also mean pagan. The American
Heritage Dictionary
of the English Language gives us an appropriate definition:
Gentile (jen'til) n. 1. Anyone who is not of the Jewish faith or
of a
non-Jewish nation. 2. A Christian as distinguished from a Jew. 3.
A
pagan or heathen. 4. Among Mormons, a person who is not a Mormon.
-
adj. Of or relating to a Gentile. [Middle English gentil,
gentyle,
from Late Latin gentiles, pagans, heathens, from gentilis, pagan,
from Latin, of the same clan, from gens, clan, GENS.]12
If you are saved are you a Gentile? Are you pagan? No.
You might not be Jewish, but you are certainly not pagan. In
fact, as Paul
tells us, the true believer has indeed become part of Israel
(Eph.
2:11-12 NAS). Consider this commentary from Batya Wootten, author
of
Who is Israel?, concerning the term "Gentile":
"Yahveha promised Jacob: "A nation and a company of
nations shall come from you" (Genesis 35:11). Restated, a
goy
(nation), and a kahal [of] goyim (nations), would come from
Israel.
These words have two multiple meanings:
Goy is used to describe the "nation" of Israel:
"I will
make you a great goy." Yahveh said to Abraham (Genesis
12:2).
"Consider too, that this is a goy of thy people," Moses
pleaded with Yahveh (Exodus 33:13).
Also, when "Israel" crossed the Jordan, the entire
"goy" was circumcised (Joshua 3:17; 4:1; 5:8).
In Scripture, goy/goyim is used to define political,
ethnic and territorial groups (without ascribing moral
connotation);
to speak of a "governed body of people." However, after
the
Israelites received their covenant and entered into Canaan, among
the people of Israel, goy/goyim primarily came to mean the
non-covenant, non-believing, pagan, foreign nations surrounding
them.
It came to mean, the Gentiles."13
In a more literal sense, "Gentile(s)," means
"nations(s)"
[goyim/ethnos]. One particular Bible version that accurately
translates
goy/goyim/ethnos as nations is Young's Literal Translation as
demonstrated by the following verses:
Isaiah 60:1 (YLT) Arise, be bright, for come hath thy
light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. 2 For, lo,
the
darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples,
And on
thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. 3 And
come
have nations (goyim) to thy light, And kings to the brightness of
thy
rising. Isaiah 60:1-3 is a prophecy of the Messiah (Jesus
Christ).
Ephesians 2:11 (YLT) Wherefore, remember, that ye were
once the nations (ethnos) in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision
by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands, 12 that
ye
were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from
the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the
promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;
The Northern Kingdom or Ephraim lost its physical
identity because of idolatry against the Lord. However, as
Wootten
mentions above, "Yahveh promised Jacob: `A nation and a
company of nations shall come from you' (Genesis 35:11)."14
Does this
mean that the ethnos addressed in the New Testament had physical
Israelites in them? Recall that such identities would have been
lost
because of rebellion towards YHVH, but also that God seeks to
redeem
all peoples through His Son, Yeshua/Jesus. Nevertheless, we must
conclude, just like Paul, that if you are saved you are no longer
gentile (adj.) or pagan - you are part of Israel.
Ephesians 2:11 (CJB)
Therefore, remember your former state:
you Gentiles by birth - called the Uncircumcised by those
who,
merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the
Circumcised - 12 at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged
from
the national life of Isra'el. You were foreigners to the
covenants
embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and
without God..19 So then, you are no longer foreigners and
strangers.
On the contrary, you are fellow citizens with God's people and
members of God's family. (emphasis ours)
Paul simply
calls the non-Jewish believers that they are
"Gentiles (ethnos) by birth," but in reality "are
no longer foreigners and
strangers," but "fellow citizens with God's people and
members of
God's family."
If this is the case,
than who is a "Christian"? Put simply,
the terms Christian and Messianic are synonomous. One is derived
from the Greek word Christos - Cristovß (STRONG'S #5547 KJV
LEXICON)
or "Christ" and the other is from the Hebrew word
Mashiach -
xyXm (STRONG'S #4899 KJV LEXICON) or "Messiah."
Both Christ and
Messiah mean "Anointed/Chosen One" and are indicative
of
Yeshua/Iesous/Jesus ([wvy/Ihsouß/Jesus). Nevertheless, all true
believers are Christians and all true believers are Messianics.15
But what of the term
"Gentile Christian"? More precisely,
this is "Pagan Christian," a total inaccuracy and
contradiction. One
cannot be both pagan and a follower of the Christ. Wootten
commentates:
"Through all the
theories in question runs a common thread:
non-Jewish Believers are, "Gentile Christians."
However, Ephesians
2:11-12 says they are "former" Gentiles. Specifically,
verse 2:19
states, "You are no longer strangers and aliens, but are
fellow
citizens with the saints, and are of God's household [of
Israel]."
Webster's
Dictionary defines a Gentile as a heathen. In
Greek, Gentile is ethnos, which can mean foreign (non-Jewish),
pagan, heathen. And, the Hebrew word goy/goyim primarily came to
mean
foreign, heathen, Gentile.
Those who believe in
the God of Israel and in His Messiah are
not foreign to Him. If they are true to Him, they are no more
heathens. Thus, the contradictory title, "Gentile
Christian," is an
oxymoron, an unbiblical paradox.
While the doors to the
commonwealth of Israel were always open
to whosoever would "sojourn," or "live in
harmony," with them -
Israel could not join the Gentiles."16
Non-Jewish believers are not
Gentile (pagan); they are simply
non-Jewish. Using the term non-Jew as opposed to Gentile is more
accurate as Gentile can and does mean pagan.
So who is a Gentile? Primarily, in
the Biblical sense it means
nations (peoples) or pagan nations. Surely, all people who are
saved and know the Messiah of Israel, Jesus Christ, are not
pagan. If
you are saved is it appropriate to be called Gentile? We do not
believe it is.
THE CHURCH VS ISRAEL
If the body of believers has been made
part of Israel, than what
does that leave the entity known as the "Church." Are
the "Church"
and Israel two separate bodies as has been taught for centuries?
The word "church" is not in
the New Testament Scriptures. The
Greek word is ekklesia - ejkklhsiva (STRONG'S #1577 KJV LEXICON),
which can be a direct reference to Israel.17 Its Hebrew
equivalent is
kahal - lhq (STRONG'S #6951 KJV LEXICON), which is almost
always used in direct reference to Israel. Eddie Chumney, author
of
Restoring the Two Houses of Israel, commentates further:
The Greek Word for Church is Ekklesia
In the King James translation of
the Bible, the English word
"church" is only found in the New Testament (Brit
Hadashah). For
this reason, the word "church" is most often associated
with the
house of Israel (Christianity). The English word
"church" is Strong's
word 1577 in the Strong's Greek dictionary. It is the Greek word,
"ekklesia." In the Strong's Greek dictionary,
"ekklesia" is defined
as "a calling out, a popular meeting, a religious
congregation, a Jewish
synagogue or Christian community of members on earth or
saints in
heaven or both."
The Hebrew Word for Church is Kahal
In the Thayer's
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
numerically coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, it will
give a
more complete and detailed definition of the Greek Word,
"ekklesia."
The Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament will
define
the Greek word, "ekklesia" to mean "an
assembly" and will explain
that the corresponding equivalent word in the Septuagint
(Jewish Scriptures translated into the Greek language/the Old
Testament [TeNaKh]) as being the Hebrew word, "kahal."
The Hebrew
word "kahal" is the Strong's word 6951 in Strong's
Hebrew dictionary
and is defined to mean, "an assembly, congregation, company,
multitude.""18
This is very
intriguing. This could very well prove that the
"church" (more accurately the ekklesia) and Israel are
not two separate
entities. In fact, some even preach a heresy that Israel
(which they
consider to be the Jews) and "the church" are not only
two separate
bodies, but they are under two separate covenants. In other
words,
Jews must "earn" salvation through legalistic
observance of the
Torah, and non-Jews ([pagan] Gentiles) come to salvation by
simply "accepting Jesus." The written word of God is
clearly against this:
Romans 1:16 (KJV) For
I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 10:12 (KJV) For
there is no difference between the Jew
and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that
call
upon him.
Galatians 3:28 (KJV) There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye
are
all one in Christ Jesus.
Equally so, today's
Messianic Jewish movement has (overall)
created a rift between those of standard evangelical Christian
settings and those in Messianic congregations. There is a
certain superior mentality among many Messianic Jews that
"we're
God's chosen people, and the rest of you are just Gentiles
(which we discussed previous means "pagan")." This
is totally
non-Biblical, although the Messianic Jewish movement and many
evangelicals have a comfortable arrangement with this. This way
the
so-called Jewish believers can keep the "burden" of
having to
keep the law to evangelize fellow Jews, and the
"Gentiles" can go on
thinking that they are not part of Israel, meaning that it is not
necessary to identify as God's people as specified in the
Torah.19
There is only ONE body of believers. Israel and the
"Church"
are not two separate entities.
Ephesians 2:19
(YLT) Then, therefore, ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and
of
the household of God, 20 being built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner
-stone, 21 in whom all the building fitly framed together doth
increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord, 22 in whom also ye are
builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
But where does
this leave Christian believers who have been
taught that they are not part of Israel? Who is "the
Church"?
The ekklesia is
the ENTIRE Body of Christ/Messiah, made up
of believers who have been born again (spiritually regenerated)
regardless of their physical ancestry.
However, we
would like to go back to another intriguing
phenomenon which as of late has been highly contested amongst
some of
the world's major Messianic Jewish organizations. What happened
to
the Northern Kingdom of Israel [Ephraim] that was dispersed and
assimilated? Some suggest that a significant number of them
indeed
became future Christianity.
The Northern
Kingdom Becomes Future Christianity
Once
again, in Hosea (Hoshea) 1, the G-d of Israel
proclaimed that the Northern Kingdom (house of Israel) would not
be
His people (Lo-Ammi - Hosea 1:9) and He would have no mercy
(Lo-ruhamah - Hosea 1:6) upon them. But, if they would repent,
(teshuvah) (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 3:5, 12-13) they would be called
again His people (Hosea [Hoshea] 1:10). The Apostle
(Shaliach) Peter
(Kefa) makes a direct link with those from among the nations who
have
accepted Yeshua/Jesus as the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) with
the prophecy that the G-d of Israel made to the Northern Kingdom
(house of Israel) in Hosea (Hoshea) 1. In I Peter (Kefa) 2:5-6,
9-10
it is written:
"Ye also,
as lively stones, are built up on a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to
God by Jesus Christ [Yeshua HaMashiach]. Wherefore also it is
contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner
stone,
elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be
confounded [Isaiah 28:16].But you are a chosen generation
[Deuteronomy 7:6], a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people [Exodus 19:5-6].which in time past were not
a people [Lo-Ammi - Hosea 1:9] but are now the people of God
[Hosea
1:10]: which had not obtained mercy [Lo-ruhamah - Hosea 1:6], but
now
have obtained mercy [through the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus who is of the seed of David (Revelation 5:5)]."
The
Apostle (Shaliach) Paul (Rav Sha'ul) also wrote about
how the G-d of Israel would pour out His mercy upon the Northern
Kingdom (house of Israel) through the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus. In Romans 9:23-26 it is written:
"And
that he might make known the riches of his glory on
the vessels of mercy [those who accept the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus], which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us,
whom
he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles
[those
from the house of Israel and from the nations who previously
assimilated into Gentile culture]. As he saith also in Hosea, I
will
call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved,
which
was not beloved [Hosea 2:23]. 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
1:10].""20
So where does
this leave us? Is the "Church" separate from
Israel? No. In fact, it is entirely possible that Christianity
has been
primarily represented by physical Israelites who were assimilated
into the nations some 2700 years ago. Consider these words of
Jesus
Christ:
Matthew 15:21 (KJV)
Then Jesus went thence, and departed
into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of
Canaan
came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have
mercy
on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed
with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his
disciples
came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she
crieth after
us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost
sheep of the house of Israel. (emphasis ours)
The passage above records
Jesus going to Tyre and Sidon and
conversing with the Canaanite woman. She asks Him for help as her
daughter is possessed by a demonic spirit. Yeshua, a Jew,
responds to
her "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel,"
implying that perhaps He only came to save those of the physical
line
of Jacob. However, please notice how the woman responds:
Matthew 15:25 (KJV) Then
came she and worshipped him, saying,
Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to
take
the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said,
Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
masters'
table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great
is
thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
was
made whole from that very hour. (emphasis ours)
Eventually, the Canaanite
woman is shown to have such great
faith that Jesus grants her request. Yeshua does not respond,
"Lady,
your're not an Israelite. Forget it!" He says "O woman,
great is thy
faith." Does this mean that only people of the physical line
of
Israel can be saved? No. But it did mean that the gospel may have
gone to these people first.
Consequently, it is no surprise
that the good news of salvation
was brought first to the Mediterranean basin and spread
throughout
Europe (some of the lost sheep of the house of Israel/Ephraim?).
Europeans and their colonial counterparts are primarily
responsible
for spreading the gospel to other parts of Planet Earth (which
may
also have dispersed Israelites among them). Did the dispersed
Northern Kingdom [Ephraim] become future Christianity? It is
quite
intriguing. But are the "church" and Israel separate?
No. They cannot
be especially if a significant portion of the born again ekklesia
has its
lineage tracing all the way to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The Church/Ekklesia = Israel/Kahal
Now that we have established that
the "church" and Israel are
not two separate entities, where does this leave us? Is the
ekklesia
Israel? It appears as this is the case. Batya Wootten
commentates:
Genesis 24:60 (NAS) And they
blessed Rebekah and said to her,
"May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And
may your
descendants possess The gate of those who hate them."
".the blessing given Isaac's wife,
Rebekah, was "Be the mother
of thousands of millions," or, "myriads" (Genesis
24:60). Together,
they passed their multitudinous blessing to their son, Jacob:
"May
God.make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a
congregation of peoples" (Genesis 28:3).
From Jacob there would come
forth a congregation - a kahal, an
assembly, company, congregation, multitude - an ekklesia. In the
Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew kahal was translated ekklesia (the
New
Covenant word (mis)translated church). And in the New Covenant,
ancient Israel is called, "The ekklesia that was in the
wilderness"
(Acts 7:38). For just as our God is "One," so in the
end he will have
but one "called out" people."21
Please take important note
of the phrase translated "church in
the wilderness" in Acts 7:38 in the King James Version; in
reality a
direct reference to Israel:
Acts 7:38 (KJV) This is he,
that was in the church in the
wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount
Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to
give
unto us: (emphasis ours)
Again, we emphasize that anyone
prior to Christ could have
become part of Israel, which from approximately 700 B.C.E. was
represented only by Judah. When the Apostle Paul writes in
Ephesians
2:11-12 KJV that non-Jewish believers are part of [the
Commonwealth of] Israel, he is obviously telling us that those
who
are born again are not separated from Israel. However, not all
of Israel has been "saved," per se.
It is commonly held within
evangelical Christianity that
"Israel" is the Jewish people. This is true to a
certain extent,
although as we have discussed previous, the Northern Kingdom of
Ephraim has been spread throughout the nations, and it should be
noted that the Book of Revelation tells us that some Jews are of
"the
synagogue of Satan":
Revelation 2:9 (KJV) I know thy
works, and tribulation, and
poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them
which
say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
What does this verse mean? How do
we reconcile it to when the
Apostle Paul tells us "all Israel will be saved" (Rom.
11:26 NAS)?
Not all of Judah will be
saved, as there will still be Jews
who refuse to receive Yeshua as Messiah, and will unfortunately
spend
eternity in hell. Equally so, if Israel is the ekklesia, could it
have something to do with predestination (Rom. 11:5 KJV), or the
idea that God knows who will be saved and who will not be? (This
article is not intended to discuss this doctrine.) This is quite
intriguing. In this case, "Israel" clearly implies not
just the Jews
nor just people of ancient Israelite descent. Wootten commentates
further:
"In Romans 11,
the Holy Spirit, speaking through Paul,
explains the manner in which the Father has determined that
"salvation" should come to "all Israel,"
meaning, all who will accept
salvation. And, "Yeshua" means
"Salvation,"."22
We believe that
ultimately the ekklesia is Israel, composed
of the born again assembly of people - be they physical
descendants
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or otherwise.
The Biblical Israel is the olive
tree of the G-d of Israel. The
physical natural born descendants of Abraham (Avraham), Isaac
(Yitzhak), and Jacob (Ya'acov) will remain a remnant of people
and a
part of the redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel as long as
there is
a sun, moon, and stars. Biblical Israel consists of the natural
root
of Abraham (Avraham), Isaac (Yitzhak), and Jacob (Ya'acov) and
the
assimilated Northern Kingdom (house of Israel) and all people
from
among the nations who are grafted into the natural olive
tree by
repenting (teshuvah) their sins and accepting Yeshua/Jesus as
the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach). Those from the Southern Kingdom
(house
of Judah) who accept Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah (Mashiach) are
natural
branches grafted into their own olive tree. So, Biblical
Israel
consists of the physical descendants of Abraham (Avraham), Isaac
(Yitzhak), and Jacob (Ya'acov) and a mixed multitude from among
the
nations who are grafted into the natural olive tree.
Therefore, the
Biblical terms "church" and "Israel"
are synonymous terms."23
ASSIMILATED INTO THE NATIONS
What
ever happened to the Northern Kingdom? As we recall,
they lost their physical identity because they committed idolatry
against YHVH and were taken by Assyria to be spread throughout
the
nations. The Book of James opens with a very intriguing
statement:
James 1:1
(NAS) James, a bond-servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad,
greetings.
The part that
few understand is James' greeting "to the
twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad." As any Biblical
student
should understand, Judah retained its national identity, although
there were Judahites living in both Eretz Yisrael (the Land
of
Israel) and in the Disapora. There were Jewish synagogues in what
today comprises the State of Israel, as well as Jewish
communities
in Asia Minor (Turkey), Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc.
But
what happened to Ephraim? It is feasible to conclude that the
ten Lost Tribes (Ephraimites) may have been assimilated into the
nations where the gospel was first spread, as well as other
locations.
However, we know from Acts and other New Testament writings that
the
good news was received readily amongst non-Jews living in the
Roman
world. Could it be partly because a significant number of the
Greeks
and Romans who came to faith were physical descendants of Jacob?
Consider this quote from the Apocryphal Book of Maccabees:
1
Maccabees 12:6 (NJB) 5 The following is the copy of the
letter Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: 6 `Jonathan the high
priest, the
senate of the nation, the priests and the rest of the Jewish
people to the Spartans their brothers, greetings. 7 `In the past,
a
letter was sent to Onias, the high priest, from Areios, one of
your kings,
stating that you are indeed our brothers, as the copy subjoined
attests.. 19 The following is the copy of the letter sent to
Onias:
20 `Areios king of the Spartans, to Onias the high priest,
greetings.
21 `It has been discovered in records regarding the Spartans and
Jews
that they are brothers, and of the race of Abraham. 22 Now that
this
has come to our knowledge, we shall be obliged if you will send
us
news of your welfare. 23 Our own message to you is this: your
flocks
and your possessions are ours, and ours are yours, and we
are
instructing our envoys to give you a message to this effect.'
(emphasis ours)
This historical
record tells us that the Jews were seeking
an alliance with the Spartans to help drive out the forces of
Antiochus
Epiphanes who had defiled the Temple and were occupying Eretz
Yisrael
(during this time the legends surrounding the Jewish holiday of
Hanukah were formed). The high priest Jonathan writes the
Spartans
confirming "you are indeed our brothers," and then he
attached a
letter that the Spartans had sent them which states "It has
been
discovered in records regarding the Spartans and Jews that
they are brothers, and of the race of Abraham." Apparently,
documentation existed that the ancient Spartans were confirmed by
Judah as biological descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If
so,
what other peoples on Planet Earth could have ancient Hebrew
ancestry?
The various theories
concerning the Lost Tribes of Israel are
quite perplexing. No one save God Himself knows where they are,
so it
is feasible to conclude that perhaps billions of people on this
planet have ancestry tracing back to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
(Not that one needs such a lineage to be saved.)
Ultimately, the Body of
Christ/Messiah is composed of those
who are born again, regardless of ancestry. But what if many
Christian believers are indeed physical Israelites? How does this
change one's perspective concerning the Scriptures? The
biological sperma (seed) of Abraham was was promised by God to be
spread worldwide. Could it be that there are few people on Planet
Earth that can claim to be a true "Gentile," without
any ancient Hebrew blood?
Consider the possibilities.
(End Part 2 of 3)
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