Can the Words, “Fathers”, “Abraham”, “Isaac”, “Jacob” and “Israel” in the New Testament Be Spiritualized?

The popular view is that the names, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Israel now have spiritual meanings in their application, since the promises made to these "fathers" are supposed to now apply to those of every race who “accept Jesus” or are “born again” in the popular but wrong word usage. These of every race are supposed to constitute “The Church” as a new identity. This view would turn the apostle Paul into a universalist, but Paul uses these words in a literal sense which shows that the apostle Paul is totally exclusive in regard to the covenants made in the Old Testament, and their fulfillment in the New Testament. Paul is NOT wrong; it is the churches that are wrong! The churches have created an illusion primarily by:

(a) Spiritualizing literal passages by saying that the "church" is "spiritual Israel".

(b) Quoting passages out of context,

(c) Comparing Paul's references to the Old Testament from the Masoretic Text rather than from the Septuagint Text that was in use at the time of the Messiah.

(d) Creating wrong meanings for words (e.g. "Gentiles").

This in turn has created another problem. There are those who have accepted these church errors, and use this as a basis for saying that the apostle Paul must be a false apostle. On this basis they claim the words of Paul cannot be reconciled with those of the Messiah or the Prophets. If we take the time to read through the verses below, we have no option but to agree that the apostle Paul was not a universalist.

It is not until we make a list of all the 150 New Testament verses containing the words, “Fathers”, “Abraham” ,”Isaac”, “Jacob” and “Israel” that we can see these are all used in the historical application. We have to ask why they all are not commonly accepted in the way the New Testament uses them. There are only nineteen verses that could even remotely be construed of having spiritual meaning only or of extending the application beyond Israel. How could any of the nineteen over-ride the 131 other verses? Yet that is what the churches try to do. The answer to each of these nineteen verses is answered in the author’s book, The Exclusiveness of Israel.

It is recommended that the reader reads right through this entire list below and mark those few verses that could have "spiritual" meanings, because there is a multitude of points that deny the popular universal evangelistic way in which some of these nineteen verses are interpreted and applied. For instance, when we read how that, “the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children”, where "children" means offspring, ask yourself how could this include any but offspring of Israel, as those children. There is a huge weight of evidence through the Bible AGAINST the popular acceptance of the churches, and not only that, but against those that are sometimes called "Paul haters".

The whole 150 verses show that Israel, as a people is still very exclusive in the sight of YEHOVAH God. There is no place for mixture or of a “spiritual” Israel” and a “natural” Israel co-existing. Our unchanging God could not have changed from the time He said:

Exodus 3:15: "And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."

We can see that this continues through the New Testament, e.g. --

Matthew 22:32: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

So, let us look through all the New Testament verses containing the words, “Fathers”, “Abraham”, “Isaac” ,“Jacob” and “Israel” to see if anything really is changed in the New Testament. Then make your own judgment! A brief comment on the present identity of Israel is made at the end of this article. The critical words are highlighted in bold print so that they cannot be missed. Think through the implications of what the words in bold print mean as you read.

Luke 1:17: "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the LORD." (Refer Malachi 4:1).

Luke 1:55: "As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever."

Luke 1:72: "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;"

Luke 6:26: "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets."

John 6:31: "Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

John 6:49: "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead."

John 7:22: "Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man."

Acts 3:13: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go."

Acts 3:22: "For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you."

Acts 3:25: "Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers."

Acts 5:30: "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree."

Acts 7:11: "Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance."

Acts 7:15: "So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,"

Acts 7:19: "The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live."

Acts 7:32: "Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold."

Acts 7:38: "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"

Acts 7:44: "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David."

Acts 7:44: "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen."

Acts 7:51: "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:"

Acts 13:17: "The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it."

Acts 15:10: "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"

Acts 22:1-3: "Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day."

Acts 22:14: "And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth."

Acts 24:14: "But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:"

Acts 26:6: "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:"

Acts 28:17: "And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans."

Acts 28:25: "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,"

Romans 9:5: "Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."

Romans 11:28: "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes."

Romans 15:8: "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:"

1 Corinthians 10:1: "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"

Galatians 1:14: "And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers."

Hebrews 1:1: "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,"

Hebrews 3:9: "When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years."

Hebrews 8:9: "Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the LORD."

1 Peter 1:18: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;"

2 Peter 3:4: "And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

Matthew 22:32: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Luke 1:55: "As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever."

Luke 1:73: "The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,"

Luke 3:34: "Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,"

Luke 13:28: "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."

Luke 20:37: "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the LORD the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Acts 3:13: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go."

Acts 7:8: "And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 13:26: "Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent." (The "whosoever among you feareth God" does not insist they are not Israelites).

Romans 4:1-3: "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." (This does not insist others who believe YEHOVAH God become Israelites]

Romans 4:9: "Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness." (The circumcised are the House of Judah and the uncircumcised are the House of Israel).

Romans 4:12-13: "And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."

Romans 4:16: "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all [i.e. all of Israel]." ("Us all" means all us Israelites).

Romans 9:7: "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called."

Romans 11:1: "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin."

2 Corinthians 11:22: "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I."

Galatians 3:6-9: "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen [the same word as in translated as people and which is also used of Israel]. through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." ("Be blessed" is reflective, i.e. they would bless themselves).

Galatians 3:14: "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles [=people or nations of Israel -- the manufactured meaning is invalid] through Jesus Christ; that we [Israelites] might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

Galatians 3:16: "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." (Here “Christ” is a verbal adjective and thus it is Abraham’s seed that is anointed = "christ”)

Galatians 3:18: "For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise."

Galatians 4:22: "For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman."

Hebrews 2:16: "For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham."

Hebrews 6:13: "For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself,"

Hebrews 7:1-6: "For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises."

Hebrews 11:8: "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."

Hebrews 11:17: "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"

James 2:21-23: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."

1 Peter 3:6: "Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement."

Matthew 1:2: "Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Matthew 22:32: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Mark 12:26: "And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

Luke 3:34: "Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,"

Luke 13:28: "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."

Luke 20:37: "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the LORD the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."

Acts 3:13: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go."

Acts 7:8: "And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs."

Acts 7:32: "Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold."

Romans 9:7: "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called."

Romans 9:10: "And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

Galatians 4:28: "Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise."

Hebrews 11:9: "By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:"

Hebrews 11:17: "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"

James 2:21: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?"

Matthew 1:2: "Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;"

Matthew 1:15-16: "And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ."

Matthew 8:11: "And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 22:32: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Mark 12:26: "And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

Luke 1:33: "And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

Luke 3:34: "Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,"

Luke 13:28: "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."

Luke 20:37: "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the LORD the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."

John 4:5: "Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph."

John 4:12: "Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?"

Acts 3:13: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go."

Acts 7:8: "And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs."

Acts 7:12-15: "But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers."

Acts 7:32: "Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold."

Acts 7:46: "Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob."

Romans 9:13: "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

Romans 11:26: "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:"

Hebrews 11:9: "By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:"

Hebrews 11:20-21: "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff."

Matthew 2:6: "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel."

Matthew 2:20: "Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel."

Matthew 8:10: "When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."

Matthew 9:33: "And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel."

Matthew 10:6: "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 10:23: "But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come."

Matthew 15:24: "But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 15:31: "Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel."

Matthew 19:28: "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Matthew 27:9: "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value."

Matthew 27:42: "He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him."

Mark 12:29: "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD our God is one Lord:"

Mark 15:32: "Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him."

Luke 1:16: "And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the LORD their God."

Luke 1:54: "He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;"

Luke 1:68: "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people,"

Luke 1:80: "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel."

Luke 2:25: "And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him."

Luke 2:32: "A light to lighten the Gentiles [= ethnos which is also used of Israel], and the glory of thy people [= laos] Israel."

Luke 2:34: "And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;"

Luke 4:25: "But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;"

Luke 4:27: "And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. [This tell where he was from but not his race]."

Luke 7:9: "When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." (This centurion can easily be identified as being of Israelite extraction).

Luke 22:30: "That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done."

John 1:31: "And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water."

John 1:49: "Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel."

John 3:10: "Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?"

John 12:13: "Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the LORD."

Acts 1:6: "When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?"

Acts 2:22: "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:"

Acts 2:36: "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."

Acts 3:12: "And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?"

Acts 4:8: "Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,"

Acts 4:10: "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole."

Acts 4:27: "For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,"

Acts 5:21: "And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought."

Acts 5:31: "Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."

Acts 5:35: "And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men."

Acts 7:23: "And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel."

Acts 7:37: "This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the LORD your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear."

Acts 7:42: "Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?"

Acts 9:15: "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles [= people], and kings, and the children of Israel:"

Acts 10:36: "The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)"

Acts 13:16: "Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it."

Acts 13:33: "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David."

Acts 21:28: "Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place."

Acts 28:20: "For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

Romans 9:6: "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:"

Romans 9:27: "Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:"

Romans 9:31: "But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness."

Romans 10:1: "Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved."

Romans 10:19: "But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you."

Romans 10:21: "But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people."

Romans 11:2: "God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,"

Romans 11:7: "What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded"

Romans 11:25-26: "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:"

1 Corinthians 10:18: "Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?"

2 Corinthians 3:7: "But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:"

2 Corinthians 3:13: "And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:"

Galatians 6:16: "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."

Ephesians 2:12: "That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:"

Philippians 3:5: "Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;"

Hebrews 8:8-10: "For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in My covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the LORD. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people."

Hebrews 11:22: "By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones."

Revelation 2:14: "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."

Revelation 7:4: "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel."

Revelation 21:12: "And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:"

Four quotes from Jewish sources may personally help those who have been led to believe that the word "Jews" always relates to Israelites, and who might be wondering where they fit in.

1). From Alfred M. Lilienthal's book What Price Israel:

"Here's a paradox: an anthropological fact, many Christians have more Hebrew-Israelite blood in their veins than their Jewish neighbours".

2). The Jewish author Yair Davidy in his book The Tribes -- Israelite Origins of Western peoples (Foreword by Rabbi A. Field) tells in much detail that the Saxon folks are Israel.

3). Jewish author Harry Golden wrote in 1967,

"Isaiah the prophet wrote that the remnant of Yahweh's people would be found in the Islands of the sea ".

4). Jewish Encyclopedia Vol. 2, p. 250: "The Sacae or Sythians [Saxons], are the lost ten tribes of Israel."

Caucasia was where the ten-tribed House of Israel had been in captivity. This is where the word “Caucasian” we use today as a racial description originated. The migrations towards the British Islands are well documented.

The Islands mentioned by Harry Golden can be shown as being be North and West of Palestine, i.e. the United Kingdom. The reader will probably be Caucasian, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, or Nordic, who can be shown to be Israelites, apart from the white Japhethic and Edomic content -- (Genesis 9:27 and 16:12), and the obvious foreigners, who have moved in amongst them. In the Divine foreknowledge, true Israelite posterity possess the inherent "spirit" characteristics with which YEHOVAH God purposed should be used to bring peace to the world and the casting down of demonic strongholds over the other races, under the righteous rule of YEHOVAH God Himself.

On the first page it was noted: “The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

We can add:

Isaiah 46:3-7: "For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:…Even every one that is called by My name: for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him."

Romans 9:18: "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault?"

This Biblical discrimination or election and calling on the basis of race, as shown in the last verse, are what the churches fight. This is why the denominations still “find fault” and fight to adhere to their interpretation of the nineteen out of 150 verses containing any of the words Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Israel. When they pray and call upon the “Name of the LORD”, in their minds they think of YEHOVAH God being the Baal (Lord) of all races as the false prophets did on Mt. Carmel. But Elijah called upon the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the fire consumed the offering.

Denominations put a manufactured meaning upon the word “Gentiles” and hang onto “all the world” as meaning “all the inhabited earth” rather than to the limitation of “all the kosmos of Israel. The word "world" is not oikomene’! THE CHURCH IS CALLED OUT OF ISRAEL; that is, the huios = “sons” of Israel are called out of the teknon = "children" of Israel. The many of Israel are called, but few are chosen.

Hosea 2:16-17 (Speaking of Israel): "And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name."

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