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To get a clear understanding of the Jew- Gentile issue in the New Testament, you have to

understand Christ earthly ministry within the context of the Old Covenant. There is a reason the eternal second

person of the Trinity entered human history and took on flesh in Israel. There is a reason that he was

born a Jew. There is a reason that he was not born in Rome or China in the first century.

The purpose of the Old Covenant was to bring the promised seed. The purpose of the old covenant was to bring the promised seed,

the seed of the woman from Genesis 3 that would crush the serpent's head.

God continued that promise to Abraham, telling him, in your seed, all the families of the earth

will be blessed.

The promised seed would come through his line.

God promised that it would continue

through Isaac, then through Jacob. And in Jacob's sons, this nation was formed through which

the promised seed would arrive. This was their primary reason for existence. This is why God,

despite Israel's constant rebellion and unbelief, painstakingly preserved them.

They were called as a nation to be priest to all the other nations, serving as mediators

between the nations of the world and God. This was a ministry that they consistently failed to

achieve, but nevertheless, God was gracious,

and the fulfillment of ministering to the nations of the world was the seed coming through them.

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