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Gentile
Let�s go into a study of this word "gentile." Most of
today�s ministers are teaching that the world is divided into two groups of
people; the jews and the gentiles, and that the gentile is anyone that is not
a jew. They also spew out that we the Christians are the gentiles. This, of
course is totally wrong.
In the Old Testament the word gentile in the Strong�s
Concordance can be found under #1471. It comes from the word goy, which means
a foreign nation; hence a gentile, also figuratively, a troop of animals or
flight of locust translated: 1. Gentile 2. Heathen 3. Nation 4. People and 5.
Another. In the Old Testament the word goy in never translated to mean non-jew.
The word goy is used in the Old Testament 557 times as follows: Gentile 30
times- another 1 time- People 11 times-Nation 373 times and Heathen 142 times.
Now let�s take a few verses in the Bible and place the word
gentile in place of the translators choice for the word goy as all of these
ignorant, dumb dog preachers would have you to believe that it should be
either or non-jew.
Genesis 12:2
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I
will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 17:4-5
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 25:23
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy
bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 48:19
19 And his father refused, and said, I know
it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also
shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and
his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Now, let�s go back and read these same verses with the
translation; non-jew in all places where the word nation or nations are used.
It doesn�t make any sense, does it? You will notice that the five words used
to translate the Hebrew word goy into the English; such as nation, a people,
heathen, etc., are collective nouns and cannot be properly translated to mean
an individual person. So, once again your preachers are found to be liars.
There is no such individual person in the Old Testament as a gentile.
Now let�s take a look into the New Testament on this word gentile. There are
two words translated "gentile." They are #1484 Ethnos, which means a race of
people or tribe of people; specifically, a non Judean tribe by implication
"pagan." Also translated gentile, heathen, nation or people.
Strong�s # 1484
[ethnos /eth�nos/] n n. Probably from 1486; TDNT 2:364;
TDNTA 201; GK 1620; 164 occurrences; AV translates as "Gentiles" 93 times,
"nation" 64 times, "heathen" five times, and "people" twice.
1 a
multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together.
1a a
company, troop, swarm. 2
a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus.
2a the
human race. 3
a race, nation, people group. 4
in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles.
5
Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians.
And #1672 Hellen, a Hellen (Greek) or inhabitant of Hellas
(Greece.) Greek speaking people, especially non Judean.
Strong�s # 1672
[Hellen /hel�lane/] n m. From 1671; TDNT 2:504; TDNTA 227;
GK 1818; 27 occurrences; AV translates as "Greek" 20 times, and "Gentile"
seven times. 1 a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main
land or of the Greek islands or colonies. 2 in a wider sense the name embraces
all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the
Greeks their own; the primary reference is to a difference of religion and
worship.
Romans 1:7
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called
to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:13-14
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I
might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to
the wise, and to the unwise.
Acts 10:28
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is
an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of
another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common
or unclean.
Acts 13:23-26
23 Of this man�s seed hath God according to
his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to
all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his
course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold,
there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to
loose. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock
of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent.
Romans 4:16-17
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith
of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is
written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he
believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things
which be not as though they were.
Romans 9:4
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth
the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
the service of God, and the promises;
Romans 9:25-26
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my
people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place
where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be
called the children of the living God.
And just who are His people?
Hosea 1:10
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel
shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it
shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye
are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of the living God.
Hosea 2:23
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and
I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to
them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall
say, Thou art my God.
Known as Caucasians.
1Corinthians 12:1-2
1 Now concerning spiritual
gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye
were led.
2Corinthians 1:1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus
Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of
God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
These are the same people that he talked to in 1
Corinthians, just a year later.
Galatians 1:1-4
1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man,
but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of
Galatia: 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the
Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave
himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world,
according to the will of God and our Father:
Who did Yahshua die for: The very same ones that He is
coming back for in Matthew 25:33-34, His sheep which are of the House of
Israel. Remember, He said in Matthew 15:24, "I am not sent but into the lost
sheep of the house of Israel." He said to the jews in John 10:26, ye are not
of my sheep!
Ephesians 1:1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will
of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus:
Philippians 1:1
1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of
Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with
the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace be unto you, and
peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ:
Colossians 1:1-2
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will
of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints
and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
James 1:1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus
Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1Peter 1:1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the
strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia,
Revelation 1:4-5
4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and
which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Now do you have a better understanding of what and who the
gentiles are? They can be no other than the children of Israel.
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