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The Gentiles are Now Included, Part 1 (TMF:2594)

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Peace to Live By: The Gentiles are Now Included, Part 1 (TMF:2594) - Daniel Litton
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       “To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:26, ESV). This is a big verse. A foundational summary would likely be helpful at this point. We know, in reading our Old Testaments, and going back toward the beginning of our world, that all the way back in the book of Genesis, God choose Abraham, and it was Abraham’s offspring that would become the Nation of Israel, a race of people who God choose specifically as his own from all the people groups of the world. During the times of the Old Testament then, God’s focus and dealings was with Israel as a people group. And, they would be dealt with collectively rather than individually, and by this it is meant that the focus was more or less on the group as a whole versus the individual as a whole. In the New Testament, with the appearance of Jesus on the scene, we see this focus shift.