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Who are the gentiles that the Bible speaks of?

  

Zondervan Compact Bible Dictionary: Gentiles "USUALLY, it means a non-Israelite people".

Prov 4:7 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Learning your history and precepts is beautiful, but the main thing is to get the understanding.

Ps 111:10 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

We see that the FEAR of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  If a considers himself wise yet has no fear of TMH he is a fool.

Now, lets see where the Bible first used the term 'Gentiles'.

Gen 10:1-5 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

1 Esdras 8:69: The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.

So we see from the above script in Esdras, for all the Israelite camps teaching that ONLY Japheth are the gentiles, they are spreading lies.  Lets continue:

Jer 46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

So here we see more Gentiles according to the Bible. 

So why does the Zondervan say 'USUALLY' the word Gentiles means non-Israelites?

Deut 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

So we were given a choice, follow God's commandments and receive the blessings OR turn away from them and receive curses. And we turned from the righteous path and this is one of the curses that we are still facing.

Deut 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

Meaning you will have NO economic power nor any military power to stop this.

Deut 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

Our nationalities would be changed.  We would be known as a byword among the nations.  We would be given OTHER names.  Names like African Americans, Hispanics, Indians, Hatians, Central and South Americans, etc.  This started under the Greek empire.  Let's see how this happened according to the Bible.

1 Macc 1:41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,

42 And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.

43 Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.

44 For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,

45 And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:

46 And pollute the sanctuary and holy people:

47 Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:

48 That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:

49 To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.

50 And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.

This was the plan.  To cut us off from God..  If you kept the law they would kill you.

The Greeks wanted us to pollute and profane God's High Holy days and change our ways and customs.  They didn't want us to circumcise our children. They wanted us to be like them and establish their ordinances over us and for us to embrace them.  Let's jump ahead and see the impact of that decision to turn away from God's commandments and our customs:

Eph 2:11 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;

See that! This was all a plan.  They conspired amongst themselves to do this. To cut us off from being a nation.

Ps 83:4 “They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”  

This is the war that the Maccabees went through.  They valiantly fought to keep the laws of TMH under the penalty of death.

2 Macc 6:6 Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.

This is where they began to cut us off from being a people.  There was a law that you couldn't profess yourself a jew. 

Again, This is why we are in the place we are today with no knowledge of our history and our true nationality. Again the curse: 

Deut 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

2 Macc 6:9 And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.

So who did the Israelites have to become.... the Gentiles. Gentiles in nature, in their minds they turned away from TMH.  They took on the customs of the Greeks.  This very point is how our people wrongly read the gospels. Without the knowledge of the history brought out in the Apocrypha, you will look at the scripts like all people could be taught and come into the promise.

John 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Now see that. We are the dispersed aka scattered. The scattered gentiles are Israelites being called gentiles.

Deut 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting

John 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Matt 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

So what did Christ mean when he said teach all nations?

Deut 4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

Matt 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Now you see who Christ was referring to.  Teach the Israelites scattered.

Ez 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

Christ will unite us.

Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

The jews were devout men out of every nation.  Jews was short for Judah, the southern kingdom.

Acts 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

So the gospel was preached ONLY to the jews. The gospel was being preached only to the southern kingdom, the jews, Judah, Benjamin, and Levi.

Acts 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

So why was this Ethiopian coming to Jerusalem to worship?

Deut 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

ALL which are males HAD to come to Jerusalem to worship.  So we see there was a law for the Israelites that ALL ISRAELITE MALES had to go to Jerusalem to worship. This Ethiopian was an Israelite of Judah.

28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

So Philip was teaching him Christ out of the book of Isiah. 

Is 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

So we see with more proof that this man was out of the Kingdom of Judah a Jew.

12: And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

So again that Ethiopian Eunuch was a Jew.

So what about the northern kingdom, we know the majority of them took a counsel and decided to come to this side of the world:

2 Esdras 13: 40 Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.

41 But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,

But not ALL of them left:

Matt: 4:14-16 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

Josh 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

So what were they calling those Israelites that were left behind... Gentiles!  But theyre Israelites.

16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Acts 13:45-46 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Again, Who were the gentiles?  Jews. 

Zech 12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

So THIS is why Paul said it had to go to Judah FIRST. The prophecy was that Judah would have the tents raised first then turn to the northern kingdom and other Jews.

1 Corr 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

How could you USED to be a gentile? The Greeks forced Israelites to follow Greek customs.  To conform to the manner of the Gentiles.  This is what we read in the book of the Maccabees.

Eph 2:11 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;

In times past when you were following heathen customs.  But You are Israelites.

John 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

Why didn't the jews speak to the Samarians?  Because the kingdom was split in two.

Ez 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

So who are the samarians?

 Is 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria...

They are Israelites of the northern kingdom!  So this woman is of the tribe of Ephraim.

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

21: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

Because in 70 AD the prophecy is that the Romans would come and destroy both kingdoms

Gal 2:11-16 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

Now we know who these Gentiles were. Peter separated himself from them. This is why Paul had to get in his face. This was a custom.  The northern kingdom did not deal with the southern kingdom.

13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

So the other jews followed Peters bad example.

14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

This is further proof that the laws were being taught and Paul got on Peter about the dumb custom of separation.

15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

This is referring to the law of sacrifice.  This cant bring both nations back together.  The faith of Christ will bring the nations together.

Rom 9:24-27: Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Even us, NOT OF JUDAH ONLY BUT ALSO OF THE GENTILES (OTHER TRIBES)

25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. (He is quoting 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.

This prophecy goes all the way up to today.  We are not called Judah anymore we are called American blacks, West Indian blacks etc.

11 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.

Back to Romans

Rom 9:26 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.

THIS IS THE HISTORY THAT THE CHURCHES WILL NOT TEACH!

Shalam!