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12 Tribes of Israel, Paul and PAul • How many =mes does the
phrase “twelve tribes” appear in the Bible? – 10 (Zech 8:23) – 5 OT and 5 NT
• Gen 49:28, Exod 24:4;28:14;39:14;Ezek.47:13 -‐ Mt.19:28, Lu 22:30, Act.26:7, Jas.1:1, Rev.21:12
– The phrase does not appear in Paul’s prison books
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12 Tribes of Israel and Gen=les • Gen. 12:1 KJV Now the LORD
had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great na=on, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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12 Tribes – The Salt of the Earth
• The promises given to Abraham showed that the Gen=les were to receive a blessing through Israel
• Israel was to be a kingdom of priests, a holy na=on
• The 12 tribes were to be the salt of the Earth!
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Paul tells of this ministry of Jesus • Rom 15:8 KJV “Now I say that
Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gen=les might glorify God for his mercy; as it is wrihen, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gen=les, and sing unto thy name.”
• “12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gen=les; in him shall the Gen=les trust. “
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Jesus and the Twelve – Ministry Given • Mah. 10:1 KJV And when he had
called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
• Mah. 10:5 KJV These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gen3les, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
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Why were there 12 Apostles? • Mah 19:28 KJV “And Jesus
said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regenera=on when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
• Rev 21:12 KJV “And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names wrihen thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:”
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Where do the Gen=les find their hope?
• In the Acts period… – The Apostle Paul was told to
go to Jew first – And then to the Gen=les
• Books wrihen during Acts – Lehers to Jewish Chris=ans:
Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revela=on.
– Paul’s lehers to Jewish and Gen=le Chris=ans: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Gala=ans, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians.
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Paul (Ministry to Gen=les) • Rom. 1:1 Paul, a servant
of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
• Rom. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salva=on to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek…
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Jesus ministry to the Gen=les • Mah. 1:1 KJV The book of the
genera=on of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
• Mah 4:17 KJV From that 3me Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Mah 11:20 Then began he to upbraid the ci=es wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
• Mah 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gen3les. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, =ll he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gen3les trust.
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Jesus two ministries • Outer teaching
– Mah. 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
– Mah 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
– Mah 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Inner teaching – Mah 13:36 Then Jesus sent
the mul=tude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field
– Jesus explains the parables to only those to whom it was given
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DBR – Death, Burial, Resurrec=on • Jesus was teaching during the
gospels… – Mah. 16:21 From that 3me
forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
• Paul was teaching during Acts… – 1Cor. 15:1 Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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12 Disciples were not preaching DBR • Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve
disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. 4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a tes=mony against them. 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where
• Luke 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are wrihen by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gen=les, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spihed on: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
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PAul’s prison ministry • Col. 1:23-‐29 (New prison hope)
– 23 If ye con=nue in the faith grounded and sehled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflic=ons of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
• 25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensa=on of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from genera=ons, but now is made manifest to his saints:
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