Gentile(s)

How and when did God use the Jewish people in a special way? Sometimes there seems to be a distinction made and other times not. Can you explain? What is the blindness he is referring to? Is the blindness the same as the "veil" over the eyes of the Jews? [Romans 11:16ff, Romans 11:25, Romans 11:7, Matthew 13:13-15, 2 Corinthians 3:18].

Is there any application to teach to "the Jew first" or us today?" [Romans 1:16, Romans 2:9-10, Acts 13:46].

Could you explain "blindness in part until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in" from Romans 11:25? [Romans 11:25, Matthew 28:20, Genesis 49:10-12, Romans 9:6, Romans 9:27].

Are there Gentiles covered under the New Covenant? [Exodus 12:47-48, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Romans 11:11-36].

If these verses don't mean that Gentiles could not have even been included in the plan of salvation, unless the Jew rejected Christ, then what does it mean? [Romans 11:11, Romans 11:19, Deuteronomy 32:21, Romans 11:17].

Did the early church not know that the plan of salvation was also for Gentiles? Why did Peter tell them they needed to repent and be baptized? [Acts 2:38-39, Acts 10].

Scripture seems to indicate that Jesus' ministry was only for the Jews (Israel), but later we know it was also for Gentiles. Did the plan change, or was that the plan all along? [Matthew 15:26-28, Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10, Luke 4:27, 2 Kings 5:14, John 10:16].

How is Zechariah 8 to be understood regarding the evangelism of the Jewish people in end times? [Zechariah 8:23, Zechariah 8:20, Jeremiah 31:34, 1 John 2:27, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 12:22-23, Acts 17:24-28, 2 Corinthians 3:14].

How do Dispensationalists respond to the verse about there no longer being Jews and Gentiles in Christ? [Galatians 3:28-29, Galatians 3:7-9, John 8:37-39, Matthew 3:7-10, Romans 9:7-8, Galatians 4:28, Romans 2].

Are you familiar with the Noahide laws? Are they found in the Bible?

Why was Jesus so tribalistic? Why didn't He select from all the people in the region, and not just the Jews? [Revelation 7:9-12, Matthew 28:19-20].

Regarding Jews and Gentiles, is there a correlation between these two verses? [Genesis 48:19, Romans 11:25].

Are we to assume that to "preach to all the nations" means to preach to the Gentiles? Did Peter not understand this at the time of his vision? [Acts 10:9-16].

What is the difference between "pagan" and "heathen?"

When did (or will) the "times of the Gentiles" prophecy be fulfilled? Is this until Jesus returns? [Luke 21:24].

What is the "mystery" in Ephesians 1? Is it the same mystery of Christ dwelling in us? [Ephesians 1:9-10, Ephesians 3:4]

When Jesus was on earth, did His disciples keep the Law? Did the disciples continue to debate over which laws to keep? [Matthew 5:18, Galatians 5:4, 1 Corinthians 9:21].

Isn't the Jewish people special because we are to be grafted into the Jewish tree? [Romans 2:5-10, Romans 11:28, John 4:22].

Was there anything else debated of importance at the Jerusalem Council, other than salvation by faith rather than by the Law? Do you think they would have worked through all the concerns of the new covenant? [Acts 15:1-29].

Could you talk about what seems like a contradiction about The Law in Romans 2? [Romans 2:13-14, Romans 2:17, James 1:21-25, Jeremiah 31:32, Romans 8:4, Michah 6:8, Galatians 6:2, James 2:8].

Could you clarify the contractions about dietary restrictions, specifically of Paul not really having a problem with those that eat meat sacrificed to idols in contrast to the letter in Revelation 2? Is there concern over the dietary laws (such as Kosher laws)? [Revelation 2:20, I Corinthians 8, 1 Corinthians 10, Acts 15, Galatians 2:11, Romans 14:14.

Caller disagrees with Steve's description of Dispensationalism.

When will the "fullness of the Gentiles' take place and how will the remnant of the Jews be saved? [Zechariah 13:8, 1 Peter 1:7].

Would you comment on the use of the word "fullness" and its implications? [Romans 11:12, Romans 11:25, Romans 11:7, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 11:26].

Is Jesus talking to Gentiles in the 3rd book of John when he is talking about not taking anything from the Gentiles? [3 John 1:7, Ephesians 2:15].

Could you clarify who is Israel? Are we to behave like a Jew or Gentile? [Ephesians 2:11-18, 1 Corinthians 10:32, Acts 15].

How could the following verses apply to the gentiles if they were never under "The Law?" [Galatians 3:24, 1 Timothy 1:8, Romans 2:17, Romans 4:1, Romans 11:18.

Could you explain, the passage about the "other sheep" of another flock in John 10? [John 10:16, Ephesians 2:14].

If Paul was sent to the Gentiles and the others to the Jews, wouldn't that require two different paths? [Acts 2:16-39, Acts 3:12-26, Acts 10:34-43, Acts 13:15-41, Acts 14:14-17, Acts 17:22-31, 2 Peter 3:15-16].

Who are the "nations" mentioned in Revelation 21 (in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth)? [Revelation 21:24-27, Hebrews 12:23, Hebrews 6:5 ].

Is Paul talking to Jews in Galatians 4, but then to the Galatian Gentiles in 5, regarding the grafting in of the Gentiles and them becoming under the law? [Galatians 4:4, Galatians 5:2].

Were unbelievers ever under the law?

I thought that "The Law" was given only to the Jews, not to the Gentiles? [Romans 7:1-4, Galatians 3:19ff. Galatians 4:1-5].

Can Romans 2 be used support the idea that people don't need Jesus to go to heaven? [Romans 2:14-15, Jeremiah 31:33, Romans 8:4].

Could you share your thoughts on the verse about God having "other" sheep that was given to prove the Calvinist position of predestination? [John 10:16, Matthew 13:4, John 1:9, John 3:19-21, Acts 17:23-31].

Is it the faithful remnant of Israel and the believing gentiles that make up the church? Recommended topical lecture; "What are We to Make of Israel?" [Romans 9:6, Romans 8:27, Romans 9-11, Isaiah 10:22, Ezekiel 18:20].

How do you interpret the passages in Romans 11, that says that the promises to Israel still stand? [Romans 11:5, Acts 13:46].

Could you talk about the "times or fullness of the Gentiles" and the "hardness in part" in Luke and Romans and how they relate to each other and how it relates to "70 A.D." or the "Second Coming"? [Luke 21:24, Romans 11:25].

Who were the Gergesenes? A mixture of Jews & Gentiles? [Matthew 8:28]

What was the main concern of the "Jerusalem Council" and were there other issues to be resolved? [Acts 15, Genesis 17, Exodus 12].

Can you clarify the timeline when Romans 11 says "until" the "fullness" of the Gentiles come in? [Romans 11:25].

What about the says, "until the times of the gentiles be fulfilled"? Isn't that a sign? [Luke 21:24]

Caller thinks Gentile means, "gentle person".

What is the word equivalent to the dislike of Gentiles like the word "anti-sementic" is to ethnic Israel?

When is the Wedding Feast? Is it before the coming of the Lord? [Luke 12:35-37, Matthew 22:1-14]

In addition to referencing gentiles, can you give other meanings of the word "dog" when used symbolically in scripture? [Philippians 3:2, Revelation 22:15, Deuteronomy 23:18, Matthew 15:22-28, Matthew 7:6]

How come God chose the Jews over the Gentiles? Are gentiles second best to God. [Romans 1:16, Romans 2:9-10]

What did Paul mean by "To the Jew first, and then also to the Greek"? [Romans 1:16].

Are not Jews just as lost as any Gentiles?

Could the "fullness of the Gentiles" simply be referring to the inclusion of the Gentiles in the benefits of salvation, thus fulflling prophecy? [Romans 11:25-26, Luke 21:24, Jeremiah 11:16, Romans 11:7, Amos 9].