Scriptural case: If Jesus only came for the “lost” members of Israel, where are the “found” members of Israel resting?
Matthew 15:24-27 (King James Version)
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
(Paul in the New Testament includes the Gentiles)
Romans 1:16 (King James Version) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Deuteronomy 4:2 (King James Version)
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Peter was a true disciple of Jesus Christ and spent time with him. Paul had a brief encounter in Acts with a voice that claimed to be Jesus. Peter is found teaching Gentiles to uphold the law and Paul publicly calls him out that if he can’t follow the laws, why teach the Gentiles to obey them? It’s too hard? Is Paul suggesting putting the laws down and starting a new religion that will appeal to people? Rather than keep trying even if you fail so your soul can grow and be perfected? Remembering that Lord’s hand is stretched out still?
Galatians 2:14 (King James Version) “But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews.
Tanakh/Hebrew Scripture:
Isaiah 8:20 (King James Version) “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
New Testament Scripture:
1 John 1:7 (King James Version) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Tanakh/Hebrew Scripture:
Exodus 20:3-6 (King James Version) 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Psalm 49:7–9 (King James Version) 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, And it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, And not see corruption.
Ezekiel 18:20-23 (King James Version) 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Isaiah 43:10 (King James Version)
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isaiah 44:6 (King James Version)
6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 43:7 (King James Version)
7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 42:6 (King James Version)
6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
(Global warming issue and changing the sabbath day)
Isaiah 24:4 (King James Version) The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Jeremiah 10:18 (King James Version) For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent anymore, and to set up my curtains.
Based upon the scriptures above would it make sense for Jesus Christ to come for the “lost,” and then be required to convince the “found,” of new doctrine? The found members of Israel were upholding the laws and testimonies found in the Hebrew scriptures. They worship the God of Israel, the Creator of heaven and earth, and they oppose idolatry.
Isaiah 8:20 King James Version “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”