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"The worlds ISRAELITE and JEW are not interchangeable."

(Lots of people seem to have trouble understanding that. Maybe they never really thought about it before.)

Nonsense!
Let's put it to the BIBLE test:
Jehoshaphat, king of JUDAH IIChron.20:35
Jehoshaphat King of ISRAEL II Chron 21:1&2

Ahaz reigned in JERUSALEM as KING II Chron 28:1
Ahaz King of ISRAEL II Chron 28:19

Nicodemus, a ruler of the JEWS...John 3:1
Jesus called him a master in ISRAEL John 3:10

Paul an ISRAELITE of the tribe of BENJAMIN (a Jewish tribe.) Romans 11:1, II Cor 11:22

Paul and Peter JEWS. Acts 21:39-22:3, Gal 2:15.

Jesus Christ a ISRAELITE who sprang from JUDAH. Romans 9:4&5 ( for that matter, read the whole chapter) Hebrews 7:14.
A large migration from the Northern kingdom to the south occured IIChron 11:3-5,13-16, 15:8,9.
ALL Judah and Israel were at the Passover feast II Chron 35:16-18.
On the return from Babylon at the dedication of the rebuilt temple a sin offering was offered for ALL ISRAEL Ezra 6:17, 7:28, 8:25.
Peter: Ye men of JUDAH..Acts 2:14.
..all the house of ISRAEL..Acts2:36.
And who can ignore Ezek 37:15-28.
JESUS..I am not sent but unto the LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Matthew 15:24.
So,why was he born in JUDEA instead of Europe where the so called lost tribes are supposed to be?
Jesus..."Go not in the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Matthew 10:5-7...Obviously, they did NOT go to Europe!

And so much more...Just read the INSTRUCTIONS!

>...I am not sent but unto the LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.

If I may:

What is a Gentile?

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the meaning of the word GENTILE and it's proper use.

GENTILE is a generic word. Like the words FOREIGNER and STRANGER it has no specific meaning until the user gives it a specific context. A Foreigner to one person is a Countryman to another. A Stranger to one person is a Friend to another. A Gentile to one group of people is a Relative of another group.

GENTILE simply means "not one of us", or "not one of our group". Mormons call non-Mormons "Gentiles", and Jews call non-Jews "Gentiles". But outside a specific context the word Gentile does not stand on it's own. When used as slang, "Gentiles" are (1) Any who are "uninitiated", as in amateurs or neophites, (2) Those who are naive, like potential victims, or clients, (3) Anyone not of our group, like competing sports teams or competing companies.

For Example: The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel are a unique sub-set of Gentiles who are Israelites, but are not Jews. Viewed from a Jewish perspective, being non-Jews they are Gentiles. But viewed from an Israelite perspective they are not Gentiles but fellow Israelites.

Matthew 10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the Lost Sheep of The House of Israel."

We need to remember the Title House of Israel was assigned to the Northern Kingdom when the Davidic Kingdom split. The Northern Kingdom was never Jewish, therefore Jesus command to go FIRST to the Lost Sheep of The House of Israel was NOT a command to go first to lost Jews.

Jesus was both an Israelite and a Jew. He said "do not go to Israelite Gentiles." (That is, "do not go to non-Israelites.") A common misinterpretation has Him referring to Jewish Gentiles, saying "do not go to non-Jews." That is not correct.

The (post Davidic) House of Israel soon became The Lost Tribes of Israel who won their freedom from the Assyrians ~610 BC. These 5 MILLION Israelites spread quickly to the West and North as they exploded into history as The CELTS, later known as Europeans and Americans. It was to these non-Jewish Israelites in Galatia, Ephesus, Corinth, etc. that Jesus first sent his 12 apostles.

These Northern Kingdom Israelites were not Jews, but were Gentiles in the Jewish sense. However they were not Gentiles in the Israelite sense because as offspring of Jacob/Israel they WERE Israelites. This huge Celtic Kingdom of Israelites was simply called the The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.

These ISRAELITE CELTIC GENTILES made up the bulk of the early Christians and their offspring are the backbone of Christianity today. All the promises their ancestors received as Israelites are still good, for Gods inheritance has no statute of limitations.