(November 21, 2015 at 11:53 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Jesus said that he had been sent only to the Jews. The golden cube called New Jerusalem doesn't have a gate for the gentiles to enter. So why do you think Jesus is going to do anything for you?
Jesus did come to the Jews, but his mission was to save all people. This mission was handed on the his disciples to carry out to the rest of the world.
1 John 2:2 (ESV)
2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Jesus said He was the Good Shepherd, and He predicted that His flock would be greatly expanded: “I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” (John 10:16).
Romans 1:16English Standard Version (ESV)
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
As for the image of the gate in the new Jerusalem, all believers are part of the new Israel:
Romans 9:6-8English Standard Version (ESV)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
