(July 11, 2014 at 4:31 pm)Jenny A Wrote: [ide]
(July 11, 2014 at 2:49 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The whole New Testament can be summed up with these verses:[/hide]
1. Matthew 10:5 (ERV) <snip>
2. Matthew 15: 24 (ERV)<snip>
3. Matthew 19:28 (ERV) <snip>
4. Matthew 13:10-13 (ERV) <snip>
5. Revelation 21:10-12 (ERV)<snip>
Simply stated: Jesus doesn't give a damn about Gentiles. He said so.
You seem to have picked the one Gospel of the four most blatantly addressed to Jews only and left out the Epistles.
Besides, even in Mathew, the risen Jesus says:Quote:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”Mathew NIV 28:18-20
@SteveII: Even an atheist can quote scripture. Doesn't make the scripture true though.
Surprise! Jesus doesn't have any dialog in the Epistles. They are mostly rambling monologues by Paul.
When Jesus told the disciple to go to all nations he was telling them to seek out the Jews living among the local yokels. The Jews were scattered from Spain to India and all around the Mediterranean Sea into Africa. The intent was to preach to them and not to the Gentiles. He told his Apostles that they would be judging the twelve tribes of Israel and not the local yokels living in India, Italy, Spain and Ethiopia.