5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near
2006-07-28 14:14:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-07-28 14:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by timjim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was because he needed to spread his message among those who had a strong Jewish background first, to pave the way for the eventual evangelization of the Gentiles.
When he sent the disciples, they were not bringing salvation. That did not come until Acts 2:38 in Jerusalem on Pentecost. Later the Gentiles were reached through the efforts of Paul and others.
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2006-07-28 14:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. Just before the Accession. Jesus spoke to a crowd of mixed people . And gave the task of keeping his words and teachings to the Gentiles(those not of the Jewish religion or nation)true and unchanged until the Nation of Israel reconsided Him as their true and only savior.
2006-07-28 14:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jews had been chosen by God - not because they were better than anyone else, but because God wanted them to be his ambassadors. They failed over and over again. This instance where Jesus told them to go to the Jews was to give them a last chance to recognize hime before the disciples were sent to the Gentiles.
2006-07-28 14:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by jewel_flower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it was all part of the grand plan... trying to find lost sheep first of a herd they knew, and then to extend that search to an entirely different herd... the Gentiles
2006-07-28 15:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's whichever writer on the Bible committee that wrote that particular piece of the novel felt like putting into this fiction.
Trying to find reason inside something rooted in an irrational premise (that deities sit around waiting for humans to communicate for them) to begin with is really chasing one's tail.
2006-07-28 14:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth was offered to the Jews first, then later to the Gentiles.
2006-07-28 14:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God chose the Jewish people to be his witnesses to the world through whom salvation would come, and even though many of them failed in that calling over the centuries, God is still faithful even when we are not.
2 Timothy 2:11 Faithful is this word: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
2006-07-28 14:21:51 · answer #8 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, after the cross the disciples were sent to all men ... before, the message was to the children of israel ... this was prophesied in the old testament and reaffirmed and fullfilled in the new testament.
2006-07-28 14:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Israel was the lost that needed to be instructed...
2006-07-28 14:18:29 · answer #10 · answered by ole_lady_93 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt say that. jesus actually went into samaria and preached to the worst people he could find.
God loves you. No matter what you do. He chooses who gets into heaven, not pat robertson.
2006-07-28 14:20:24 · answer #11 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋