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>> “Has it ever occurred to you that the writers of the New Testament wrote in Greek to ensure a wide dissemination of the teachings of Christ...” <<

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Solid evidence of your total lack of understanding of even the NT!

The NT was done in Hebrew because it was directed at the only people Yeshua was sent to: The Hebrew speaking lost sheep of the House of Israel.

Why does that not sink in? There was no reason for any other language at the time that it was written. Had it been written in Greek by some fool, it would have had to be translated to Hebrew before the people to whom it was written could read it.

Matthew 10:

[1] 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.
[2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
[3] Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
[4] Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
[5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, 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.

Matthew 15:

[24] But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Why is this so hard to grasp? - It's Bible 101 !!

Why is this so hard to grasp? - It's Bible 101 !!

Continuing with Bible 202:

Luke 24:

46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things. 49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

Matthew 28:

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

I call it Bible 202 because the above commands from Jesus Christ come after His death and resurrection.

I realize your not going to believe or understand this but if you missed the real meaning of who the Gentiles are you have missed the entire message of scripture.

To claim that no one other than those of the lost tribes of Israel will be saved is utterly preposterous. Paul was sent to the Gentiles who were NOT of the lost tribes of Israel.

You deny the gospel to say that salvation is not offered to all.

I don't know where you learned your Bible 101, but you have no leg to stand on in insisting the New Testament books were originally written in Hebrew. Perhaps you missed the parts where Paul was sent to the Gentiles - the NOT-Hebrew-speaking, NOT-Jewish peoples of the world. You seem to lack ANY understanding of this very basic fact. You have NO "solid" evidence that any books that make up the NT of the Bible were first written in Hebrew - none, nada, zip. Why doesn't that sink in???

And, probably more important than that, why can't you admit that God is capable of illuminating His truths to ANYONE no matter what language they speak? Does a Swahili speaker lose out because he never heard the gospel in Hebrew? Take a breather, ES, you are hyperventilating!