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I have before me a number of envelopes addressed to these different companies of people and l should like to open these envelopes and read what is written inside, but before doing so, I intend to read the
address on the envelope and ask you the question "Is this letter for YOU?”. As l ask that, l am asking YOU - YOU
who are a Gentile, living in what is known as the dispensation of Grace -- HERE, and NOW, to face up to what is written, and ask yourself "Did God REALLY intend that for ME? Am I
the subject of it'? Do I fit the description, without spiritualizing or making it meaningless? Do I conform to the rules and obey the precepts contained in it?”
The first letter I am going to read is addressed to: Mr. Jew, Tribe of “(one of twelve)”, House of Israel, Covenant Square, Jerusalem.
Herewith is the status of your position:
You were born a Jew, of the Nation of Israel.
You have been chosen above all the nations that are upon the earth (Deut.14:2).
“I have made a covenant with thee” (Exod.34:27), an unconditional covenant” (Gen. 15).
“I have given you a land for your inheritance from the river of Egypt unto the great river Euphrates” (Gen. l5: 18).
You are My Son, My firstborn (Exod.4:22) By Adoption.
My Vineyard (Isa. 5, Jer. 2).
My Sheep (Matt. 10:6, Ezek. 34).
My People (Deut. 29).
My Wife (Jer. 3:14).
My Glory (Isa. 46: 13).
You are “under Law” (Exod. 20, 21, 22, 23).
The Law given to you was written with the finger of God, the writing was the writing of God (Exod. 31:18, 32:16). The
Lord has given you the Sabbath (Exod. 31:13-18 ). “It is a sign between Me and you, Wherefore the Children of Israel
shall observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant”. A “sign” is a symbol, a thing by which
something else is represented. This "symbol" was the truth of the peculiar relationship which existed between God and Israel. (Just as a wedding ring is a symbol between husband and wife ).
Ye shall keep ALL My Sabbaths - (Seventh day, seven days. seven weeks, seven months, seven years) note the “sevens” in Israel's history).
Ye shall keep ALL My Offerings (Lev. 7:37, 38).
Ye shall keep ALL My Commandments (Deut. 30:8).
Ye shall keep ALL My Statutes (Deut. 6:24).
Ye shall keep the Feasts of the Lord (Lev. 23:4). (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Harvest, Tabernacles).
Ye shall give tithes to Me (Deut. 14: 22-29 ).
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose (Deut. 12).
You need My Priests to make an Atonement for you. (Lev. 16 and 17).
Every man-child shall be circumcised (Gen. 17).
Ye shall not do after the manner of the Nations (Lev. 20:23).
There are beasts which ye shall not eat (Lev. 11:47).
Garments which ye shall not wear (Deut. 22:11).
Seed which ye shall not sow (Deut. 22:9, Lev. 19:19).
Ye shall not do after the abominations of the Nations:
SPIRITISM forbidden -- IDOLATRY forbidden.
“Ye shall have no other gods but Me”.
You are “not reckoned among the Nations” (Num.23:9).
You write differently.
You speak differently.
Your look are different.
When God blesses you, He does so DIRECTLY; when He punishes you, He does so through other Nations, whereas, when He punishes them, He does so directly, and when He blesses them, He does so THROUGH YOU
. “l will bless thee ... and thou shalt be a blessing ... in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12).
“What advantage then hath the Jew? Much every way, chiefly because that unto them were committed (they were entrusted with) the Living Utterances of God” (Rom. 3:1 ,2).
Blessed with National privileges
(The Fig Tree, Jer. 24; Matt. 21).
Blessed with Religious privileges
(The Olive Tree, Rom. 11).
Blessed with Spiritual and Temporal blessings
(The Vine, Psa. 80:8, Isa. 5:27).
AND YET ...
They are the sheep that are lost (Matt. 1 0:6), that went astray (Isa.53:6). The fig tree that yielded no fruit (Matt.21:19).
The vine that brought forth wild grapes (Isa. 5:2). The son that went into a far country (Luke 15). The wife that is an adulteress (Jer. 3:8, 14).
A sinful Nation. A seed of evil-doers.
The date or time of this letter is the time when, as recorded in Genesis 12, God said to Abraham:
“I will make of thee a great Nation ... and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed”.
This promise was given to Isaac, and later to Jacob. who was called Israel (Gen.32:28), and who became the father of the great Israelitish Nation.
Are you, as a Gentile, included in this letter?
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