Perhaps this is the most direct answer yet. Thank you. Now, having said this, where do you see this spoken of in the prophecies. Here is what I seeā¦
Isa 56:1-8
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
This last part, the strangers, is what it is that applies to the Gentiles.
The conditions I see:
- Join themselves to the LORD
- Serve him
- Love the name of the LORD
- Keep the sabbath from polluting it
- Take hold of HIS covenant (outlined in Jeremiah 31⦠and though He will write the Laws on the heart, He does not say that He is setting up anything to do away with them⦠they will still stand)
Then what? He will bring them into His holy mountain (not heaven)
Make joyful in His house of prayer
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted (so, obviously sacrifices have not been utterly cast out)
What I do not see:
- God coming in the flesh
- Faith in the sacrifice of a man
- A resurrection
- The tossing out of the the Laws
- A covenant as outlined by Paul
These are the conditions⦠they are clear. They need not be interpreted or revealed by man⦠God said so in Proverbs 2:1-7⦠follow those conditions and He will give you understanding and knowledge FROM HIS MOUTH!
Jeremiah 17: 5 Thus saith the LORD;
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.