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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/4/2008 10:04:36 AM
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DougHorton
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The only way a gentile could be saved was to have the working of the HS in their hearts…did it happen?
Well, technically, every one of the patriarchs up to Isaac was a Gentile. Before Jacob, there was no "Israel". Before Judah, there was no "Jew".
Moses reminded them of this:
Deuteronomy 26:5 - And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous...
Let's not forget Rahab and Ruth, whose stories are told specifically to remind the Jews of this truth. Not only were they believers, but the were ancestors of David and therefore Jesus.
The answer is so clear... Yes, yes, yes. Gentiles were saved before the cross. Even a casual reading of scripture reveals this.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/4/2008 10:12:53 AM
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Amen to that Doug...
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/7/2008 12:03:51 PM
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Rahab and Ruth both were joined physically and spiritually to the people of Israel.
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Does that mean that Gentiles had to join Israel or worship with Israel to receive salvation during the time from Moses to the Cross? While there is nothing (that I know of) that specifically states that, it certainly seems to be implied. THere was no biblical authorization for another sacrificial system. There was no other place than Jerusalem to gather together. When healed of leprosy, Naaman took back soil of Israel to have a piece of the promised land to worship on. Had this been inappropriate Elisha probably would have said so. So in a sense he was also joining with Israel, even though he was a general in the invading army.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/7/2008 6:17:06 PM
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The Israelites were saved by their faith, not by the sacrificial system, which was only a shadow of the coming Messiah's sacrifice.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/7/2008 7:20:20 PM
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Amen again Doug...
All humanity has been saved under the provisions of the new covenant by the blood of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Some how I don’t think very many people really understand this fact.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/7/2008 7:22:59 PM
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Let me clarify a point…all meaning…all of those who have been saved. Once again...not all the world.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 12:43:30 PM
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The Israelites were saved by their faith, not by the sacrificial system, which was only a shadow of the coming Messiah's sacrifice. But that faith was expressed thru the sacrificial system. What other biblical means of expressing faith in the God of the bible was available?
None.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 1:24:02 PM
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Nobody is saved through expressing faith, but by having faith.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 5:12:01 PM
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Nobody is saved through expressing faith, but by having faith.
That's not what James 2:14-26 asserts.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 5:19:38 PM
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Nobody is saved through expressing faith, but by having faith.
That's not what James 2:14-26 asserts.
Yes it is. Living faith is expressed through works, but it is the faith, not the works, which save.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 5:28:15 PM
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James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
Hmmm... Seems to me, faith and deeds act in conjunction as far as salvation.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/9/2008 6:12:59 PM
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That entire passage in James is about demonstrating your faith. Faith that is not demonstrated by works does not save. It simply is not living faith.
It is the faith which saves, not the works. The faith is then demonstrated by the works.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/10/2008 8:14:07 AM
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Faith with out works is dead. Period. If there is no expression, there is no faith.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/10/2008 10:39:01 AM
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Faith with out works is dead. Period. If there is no expression, there is no faith.
Amen
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/10/2008 10:57:36 AM
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You say faith brings works but doesn’t it go a little deeper than that?
Faith brings salvation and understanding. Christ then tells us to love God and one another. Isn’t it this love that brings compassion and a desire to continue the works of Christ that result in the works that we do?
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/10/2008 1:07:43 PM
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So you agree with me then. So lets get back to the OP's question.quote:
Were the Gentiles expected to join the Jews (God's People) during the time of the Jewish Law?
Were they expected to worship and make sacrifices for sin? What OTHER expression of faith was available to a gentile who believed than joining Israel?
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/10/2008 5:04:28 PM
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What OTHER expression of faith was available to a gentile who believed than joining Israel?
We know specifically that Naaman did not join Israel. Moses in-laws and their tribe, the Kennites, did not join Israel. Melchizedek predated Israel as did Job, probably. There may have been converts during the captivity which did not join Israel.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/11/2008 8:47:35 AM
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Naaman took Israeli soil to worship on, and still bowed down to idols.
We have no information that anyone of Moses' inlaws (other than Jethro) ever really followed the God of Israel.
The OP question was concerning the time of the Mosaic covenant up until the New Covenant, not about before Moses.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/11/2008 11:41:21 AM
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We have no information that anyone of Moses' inlaws (other than Jethro) ever really followed the God of Israel.
Do you mean that Jethro was considered a priest without worshipers?
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/11/2008 3:25:22 PM
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Probably not, but we are not told those details in the text of scripture. So we really do not know.
We do know that his adult daughters raised sheep, and that could have been his livelyhood.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/11/2008 4:39:41 PM
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No, we are not told details, but he was described as a priest. Abraham was not called a priest because he was alone. Jethro must have been priest for worshipers.
Still, even if he received his priesthood with nobody to teach him about Elohim, and nobody else to serve as priest for, he was a believer, he was a believer after the giving of the Law, and he did not join himself to Israel nor was there any requirement stated that he should join himself to Israel.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/12/2008 10:10:04 AM
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drfuss: I think something to consider here is when did the law go into effect. The law was given in the wilderness, but was intended for when they were in the land of Canaan. The earliest any of the law could go into effect was when all Israel was circumcised after crossing the Jordan. Much of the law could not really go into effect until they took possession of the land, i.e. when Joshua allowed the warriors from the two and a haft tribes to return home on the other side of Jordan.
Jethro was before all that, so I think he is not a good example in this case.
My question is after Israel was in the land and the law was in effect, how did Gentiles find or worship God?
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/14/2008 6:53:27 PM
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My question is after Israel was in the land and the law was in effect, how did Gentiles find or worship God?
The answer remains the same. Gentiles before, during and after the Law find God by faith and worship in spirit and truth. They may or may not join the patriarchs/Hebrews/Israel as they wish.
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RE: Gentiles Salvation During the Law? - 7/16/2008 10:46:20 AM
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My question is after Israel was in the land and the law was in effect, how did Gentiles find or worship God?
The answer remains the same. Gentiles before, during and after the Law find God by faith and worship in spirit and truth. They may or may not join the patriarchs/Hebrews/Israel as they wish.
drfuss: Doug, I had agreed with your position up until the study I just conducted on it. This thread was very helpful in my study. I now think that, during the law, the only way of salvation for the Gentiles was (in some way) to join Israel in worshipping God. I am not locked in on this belief, but this appears most likely to me now.
I realize that this is not now important to us Gentile Christians, other than to better understand the Bible. But it may be more important to Jewish Christians.
Over the next few posts, I hope to present some of the scriptures that lead me to change my belief on this issue.
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