Biblical Concept: Jewish Gentile Jealousy

Prologue: Times of the Gentiles

NAS Luke 21:24, and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

NAS Acts 15:11-18 11 "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are." 12 And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Brethren, listen to me. 14 "Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. 15 "And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, 16 'After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it, 17 In order that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,' 18 Says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.

NAS Romans 11:25b a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles has come in;

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NAS Acts 13:42-52 42 And as Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath. 43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God. 44 And the next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. 47 "For thus the Lord has commanded us, 'I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, That You should bring salvation to the end of the earth.'" 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. 50 But the Jews aroused the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. (Paul’s jealousy evangelism: “the Jews, becoming jealous.”) (“But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.”)

 

NAS Acts 17:1 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ." 4 And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a great multitude of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women. 5 But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and coming upon the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people. (Paul’s jealousy evangelism: “the Jews, becoming jealous.”) (“But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar;”)

 

NAS Romans 10:19-21 19But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? At the first Moses says, "I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation, By a nation without understanding will I anger you." 20 And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who sought Me not, I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me." 21 But as for Israel He says, "All the day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people." (Moses re Israel: “I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation.”)

 

NAS Romans 11:11-14 11I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. 12 Now if their transgression be riches for the world and their failure be riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! 13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. (Israel: Salvation, Gentiles, jealous.) (Jealous evangelism of Jews.) (“But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.”) (“if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them”)

 

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Romans 11:25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles has come in; (Paul re Israel: “a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles has come in”)

 

Observation: The “times of the Gentiles” is opposed by religious Judaism.  In my day, much of Judaism opposes Western civilization.  After all, the Semitic Jews have Divine global promises and Western Civilization stands in the way. It will bring charges of antisemitism just to note who leads Black rock / Larry Fink, and Oaktree Capital Management / Howard Marks and The Open Society/ George Soros and Face Book / Mark Zuckerberg. The trillions in controlled capital and controlled information are decidedly anti-Western Civilization.  In the meantime; Jews are happy to apply these to Gentile nations: Deuteronomy 23:20 "You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countryman you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess.” Isaiah 61:6 “But you will be called the priests of the LORD; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast.” As for me, they can have it.  I will be in the third Heaven with The Lord Jesus Christ, my favorite Jew.

 

Observation re dispersed Israel: NAS Jeremiah 29:18 'And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and a horror, and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, (Bad for a nation when the cursed attain power.)

 

Observation: The Lord Jesus Christ of the Triune God of the Bible, my God and my Savior, is not a Gentile like me.  My God and Savior chose to advent in the form of a Semite; from the genetic line of Abram: from Ebla, Mesopotamia, Ur of the Chaldees, the fertile crescent of Samaria, in the Middle Eastern area of the Persian Gulf.  Abraham, is also the father of the Arab peoples through Keturah the handmaid. Jesus is not Gentile. Not white. Not a problem. My favorite Jew. Currently, God has decided that we live in the times of the Gentiles: from the ascension of Jesus Christ until His return in the clouds.  Come Lord Jesus!

 

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