Murph
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Post by Murph on Feb 19, 2024 8:03:26 GMT -6
The lost sheepThe question of whether Jesus is for the Jewish people has come up again of late. It is, of course, a very crucial one. The call from Orthodox Jew Jonathan Feldstein for evangelists to come and preach Jesus to the Palestinians in Gaza is a wonderful sign of increasing acceptance among Jewish people of the most famous Jew who ever lived. But is he their Messiah? When Jesus first sent out his twelve apostles, he said: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.” (Matthew 10:5f) Then, in the region of Tyre and Sidon where a Canaanite woman begged mercy for her demon-possessed daughter, the disciples urged their master to send her away. And Jesus said: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24) But he subsequently commended the Canaanite woman’s great faith, and her daughter was instantly healed. www.israeltoday.co.il/read/the-lost-sheep/
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