A Different GospelToday, the "gospel" largely being preached by mainstream Christianity is not the biblical Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the following text, I will build the argument that the Salvation being spoken of by the prophets was specific to a certain people – not all human beings. I will establish that the Gospel mandate was specific to them, and briefly examine how some popular translations of related Greek has caused confusion in the Body of Christ.
Who are the Gentiles?Do not violently strain a text by illegitimate spiritualizing. Never spiritualize for the sake of showing what an uncommonly good fellow you are: and in no case allow your audience to forget that the narratives which you spiritualize are facts, and not mere myths and parables. (Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892, Sermons Vol. 1)
In mainstream Christianity today, we condescendingly coo as the nice rabbi teaches us the "Hebraic view" on the TV. We do this because we believe that he is of a special people that holds to a faith which is the foundation of Christianity. We wring our hands when contemplating how responsible we - the Gentiles - are for persecuting his people.
Who Are the Jews?One of the huge mistakes found in mainstream Christianity today is their misidentification of the Covenant people. It's past time to dispel the myth that the genetic line of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are found in the non-semitic, Ashkenazi Jews today.
Ruth and RahabJudeo-Christian leaders teach:
"Moses' wife was an Ethiopian, a Moabite, Numbers 12:1, so there! " "Jesus Christ's ancestor was Ruth. She was a Moabite, so there! " "Acts 26 says we are all of one blood. The Pastor said so!"
The examples of Rahab and Ruth help us understand how God views the issue of marriage between those who are from different people groups but trust in the true God....In the genealogy in Matthew 1, it is traditionally understood that the same Rahab is listed here as being in the line leading to Christ. Thus Rahab, a descendant of Ham, must have married an Israelite (descended from Shem). Since this was clearly a union approved by God, it underlines the fact that the particular 'people group' she came from was irrelevant – what mattered was that she trusted in the true God of the Israelites. (www.onehumanrace.com)
The same arguments are always made in attempt to legitimatize interracial mixing; constant appeals to the same passages. In doing so, these "teachers" are telling us that Jesus was a mamzer, and that He cannot be on His Throne today! Let's prove it - beginning by looking closely at the claims that Ruth and Rahab were from another race.
