[DouglasKC]

In that case, there is no misunderstanding. God made a New Covenant with the House of Israel and of Judah, and of the "other sheep." Jesus made that very simple when He said to the Canaanite woman that "salvation is from the Jews".

I've never said or implied otherwise.

[kosta50]

I've never said or implied otherwise

Then we are in agreement. Salvation did come from the Jews -- all thirteen of them. But that's where it stopped. The rest was done by the "other sheep." The "sheep" who took the New Covenant and spread the name of God of Abraham throught the world.

The people of the Old Testament have not accepted the New Testament (not yet anyway, although hope exists) but are defiant as they were with the First One.

So, the "other sheep," who are the backbone and carriers of the New Covenant, have no reason to dwell, seek, imitate, copy, or do anything the followers of the obsolete Covenant do, lest they make the New Covenant obsolete as well.