Jesus foretells of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Gentiles; many believe that this event has already happened. Some claim that the Jews in Israel aren’t the real Jews because of this verse. Others claim that this took place during the reign of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Greece in 168 BC. That begs the question, when did the Gentiles overtake Israel? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find answers to these questions and more in her video, Israel Trampled Underfoot of the Gentiles.
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Luke 21:20-24 Matthew 24:15-27 Daniel 7:19-22 Daniel 11:36-39 Revelation 17:9-14 Matthew 24:29-31 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Israel Trampled Underfoot of the Gentiles
20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. 23 Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Luke 21:20-24
Jesus is telling of the future, not the past, therefore it can’t be the reign of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Greece Jesus is referring to because it happened before Jesus’ time. It can’t be referring to those living in Israel right now because this hasn’t happened yet. Israel isn’t trampled underfoot of the Gentiles until The Man of Lawlessness begins his reign ussering in The Great Tribulation.
As Gentiles, it’s easy to feel like God never really wanted us. That His only desire was to save the Jews but is that true? Did God have a plan for the salvation of the Gentiles like He had for the Salvation of the Jews? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to the question, Did God Plan To Save The Gentiles?
1 Corinthians 12 Leviticus 23:15-22 Matthew 16:5-12 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 1 Peter 4:3 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 Matthew 10:5-7 Matthew 15:21-24 Matthew 28:16-20 Acts 9:15 Judges 7:12-14 John 12:20-26 Deuteronomy 32:8 Exodus 9:31-32 Romans 1:16 Leviticus 23:22 Romans 2:10-11 Ruth 1:15-18 Ruth 1:22 Ruth 2:22-23 Ruth 4:9-10 Galatians 3:28-29
Salvation for the Gentiles
Salvation for the Gentiles Prophesied
17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
Genesis 22:17-18
20 I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord. 21 “And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, 22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel, 23 and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Hosea 2:20-23
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
Hosea 1:10
From the very beginning God had a plan to save the Gentiles. He desires to save all of His creation no matter who they are, no matter what they’ve done, and no matter where they were born. God’s desire was, is, and always will be to save His most precious creation, us.
No Longer Gentiles
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 10:14-16
7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Galatians 3:7-9
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Galatians 3:27-9
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Colossians 3:9-11
When Jesus died and rose again, He made a way for Gentiles to be grafted into the sheepfold along with the Jews. God’s desire isn’t to keep us separated as Gentiles and Jews, but to combine us as one people in His name. One flock, one body of Christ.
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7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from Him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
As a gentile, it’s easy to feel as if Jesus didn’t really come to earth to save us. It’s easy to feel as if it was just a side effect of saving His own people. Almost as if He really only came for the Jews, we were just thrown in by default when He did on the cross and rose again on the third day. But is that the Truth? Did Jesus really only come for the Jews, or were the Gentiles always a part of His plans? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to the question, “Whom Did Jesus Come To Save?”
Matthew 15:24 Matthew 10:5-6 Jeremiah 4:1-2 Genesis 12:1-3 Romans 15:8-13 Galatians 3:7-9; 23-29 Romans 3:29-30 Revelation 5:9-10
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16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:16-17
25 As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” 26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
Romans 9:25-26
16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 10:16
Jesus didn’t come just for the Jews or just for ‘the righteous’. Jesus came for everyone. Why? Because God loves all of His creation. He doesn’t favor one more than the other, He shows no partiality. Jesus came for everyone, that means He came to save you.
