You know of all the cities and countries spoken of in the Bible. Why is it the Bible doesn't speak of the other countries of the world back then and why didn't Jesus visit them? Or, were they already saved?
2007-01-05 16:49:27 · 13 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good question. The world as referred to in the bible refers to the middle east.
You only have...
1 - The people of God - Jews
2 - The enemies of God - Pagans (eg. Arabs & Persians)
3 - Gentiles.
2007-01-05 16:52:08 · answer #1 · answered by Marshal 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Hebrews were drawn out of the gentiles so that their lineage could point the way to Jesus Christ, so He had to be born in the Middle East.
The Bible also clearly tells us that Jerusalem is God's city, the only city in the world He lays claim to, that is why everything important happened in the Middle East.
Are you trying to say that the Bible isn't meant for the whole world? Read it again sometime. Also, Jesus was fully human and simply couldn't travel the distances of the whole world during His ministry. That's why He tells us at the end of the Gospels that we (meaning the church) will accomplish more than He did during His time here, meaning we will spread the Gospel message further than He did, with the power of the Holy Spirit of course.
2007-01-05 16:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is, on the surface, an interesting question. Let's see. Jesus paid for the salvation of all of mankind. For those who believe in Jesus, possibly God (ambiguous), and/or are fit (ambiguous) for the Kingdom of Heaven. This would be... like the whole world. But, because Jesus did not travel to all the world at this time, why would it be mentioned?
The Mormons, who appear to use a fantastical version of the King James Bible called the Book of Mormon (including interpretation errors!), propose that Jesus went to the new world as well.
You aren't Mormon are you? ;)
2007-01-05 16:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For most of the Bible, "the world" was the world as then known.
When Peter drew the net of 153 fish unto the beach, that represented the number of nations then believed to exist. Jesus mentions sheep of another fold - no one knows what means.
Other nations/people - only God can judge, that is not our job.
2007-01-05 17:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing really big going on in those other places yet. Civilization started in that part of the world and remained in that area for a long time. Columbus didn't discover America till 1492....way after the time of Jesus. Plus, Even if stuff was going on in far away places, how would they get there? How would they even know where they were going? Sailing would take a LONG time
2007-01-05 16:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible only speaks of the known world and the happenings there, e.g. the Middle East (Babylon, Persia), Rome, etc.
As for the people in the other places, they will be saved.
2007-01-05 16:51:30 · answer #6 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written only by people in the region of Bethlehem and present day Israel and the Middle East. They didn't know other countries existed yet.
2007-01-05 16:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those were the only places known to the writers of the Bible. At that point in human history, they had no way of knowing about, say, what is now South America.
2007-01-05 16:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The men who wrote the Bible hadn't visited those regions, so they are not included in the Bible.
2007-01-05 16:51:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only the countries that came in contact with Isreal(God's people) at that time are mentioned
2007-01-05 17:15:09 · answer #10 · answered by norm s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋