1. @SticksMix I loved your thread today and I thank you and bless you IJN for it. The entire Word of God is good for the edification of all believers. However, may I challenge you to seek the Lord on this one matter?

2. The lost sheep of Israel vs the Body of Christ, revealed to the apostle Paul by Jesus Christ as the Mystery of Christ that He hid within himself from the foundation of the world. This all Christians should learn and hold dear and share.

3. No angels, no apostles, no founding fathers or prophets of Israel knew of it. Christ kept it secret. After Israel rejected Him as their Messiah, after his death, He revealed it to Paul. It's known as the Mystery Gospel of Jesus Christ.

4. It's also known as the Gospel of Grace. The study is profound and beautiful and life changing. We are admonished to rightly divide the word of God. The Lord is my Shepherd, forever and ever... YET -

5. He never refers to His believers (non Hebrew) as sheep. We are members of His body. Many members. Start in Acts 6&7 with Stephen. So critical throughout entire NT. This is when Israel tried to kill the Holy Spirit within Stephen.

6. And it was Paul/Saul at time of Stephen's murder, who allowed it from his position -Acts 8:1-, and it was his feet that Stephen's blood ran under. This is why Jesus struck him down on road to Damascus.

7. We are the Body of Christ. We are joint heirs with the promises God gave to Israel. But we are never called the sheep of Israel. Listen to Jesus/Holy Spirit speak thru Stephen before his death. Acts 6 and 7.

8. I wept and grieved Stephen & this revelation for 2 years. Still hard to speak of it now. But it was so GREAT to the Lord, that he revealed the Mystery of Himself, the gospel of Grace to me directly. All in the NT the entire time.

9. I share this not to contend, but to build up your faith with hopes that discerning what Jesus did for us, the Gentiles, was love upon love. We are the Body of Christ. Israel to this day, it's ppl, are the sheep of Israel.

10. I pray that this study will bless your hearts and spirits as it did mine and the many I studied and shared this with since 2016. It was the Lord himself, who "corrected" me to discern the Gospel of Grace, the Mystery of Jesus Christ.

11. I love you all... I love your hearts, your faith, your hopes and passion. I was never taught this in church or at university when I rcvd my degree in Christian Theology. Jesus had to teach me. I will be forever thankful, His grace wondrous.

12. I am the least of all saints, but this revelation will change your life & deepen your faith beyond words. W/O fanfare, Jesus was giving instruction to Israel - Kingdom Gospel while alive, & Gospel of Grace (after death) via Paul & others. Beautiful!