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               Israel through him that will bless the non-Israelite nations of the world. This

               promise was passed on through Abraham’s son Isaac, and then to his son
               Jacob, as was the material part of the promises (Genesis 26:1-5; 35:9-12).


               2. To which of Jacob’s 12 sons was the spiritual promise passed? Genesis
               49:10; John 4:22.


               COMMENT: The "scepter" was the promise of a kingly line springing from
               Judah and culminating in the Messiah and eternal life through him.

               3. Does Luke 3:23, 34 prove that the Messiah was a direct descendant -- a
               "seed" -- of Abraham? Did he clearly spring from the tribe of Judah? Verse
               33. Also notice Hebrews 7:14.


               COMMENT:  Luke  records  the Messiah’s  genealogy through  his  mother
               Mary. Joseph, mentioned in Luke 3:23, was actually the son-in-law of Heli,
               the father of Mary. And so Luke shows that the Messiah was directly de-

               scended from Abraham (verse 34).

               We need to also understand that the Messiah was not a Jew since the term
               “Jew” is a recent name and refers to the Khazar Jews of today who are de-
               scended from non-Israelite Turkic peoples who converted to Judaism.


               One of  the reasons  the Messiah  was  commissioned  by  YEHOVAH God
               nearly 2,000  years ago was  to  preach  the Gospel of the  Kingdom of
               YEHOVAH God to a remnant of Israelites who were then living in Palestine.
               He commanded them: "Repent ye, and believe the gospel" (Mark 1:14-15).
               But notice that  YEHOVAH  God did not  completely  remove the spiritual
               blindness which still covered these descendants of Israel at that time.


               4. Why did the Messiah speak to the  multitudes in parables? Mark 4:10-
               11. Was it to make his teaching clearer? Verse 12. Wasn’t this a fulfillment
               of a prophecy found in Isaiah? Isaiah 28:11-13.


               COMMENT: YEHOVAH God did not intend to grant spiritual understanding
               and repentance to the descendants of Israel as a whole when the Messiah
               was first commissioned. Israel’s chance for salvation is still ahead, as we
               will shortly see.

               5. No one can come to YEHOVAH God through the Messiah and be truly
               converted unless YEHOVAH God calls him (John 6:44). After three years
               of preaching, how many did the Father call to be disciples of the Messiah?




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