[Elsie]

... so far he is giving the command to his disciples, not to the whole world of people,...

So many folks often fail to see these things; and want to take most every thing told to THE CHOSEN PEOPLE and try to make it a requirement for ALL.

(Acts 15 illustrates it...)

[imardmd1]

A little off-topic, but --

So many folks often fail to see these things; . . .

Like 2 Chronicles 7:14?

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

(Cyrus Ingerson Schofield in his "Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth" shows clearly this does not apply to America.)