A New Community

In the past, the Lord made a distinction by giving a special place to the ethnic people of Israel. To them only great revelation was given, and from them only the Messiah was to arise. That distinction had now been superseded. The Lord now gives light and revelation to all people, a people and a community that have faith in Christ, and a community that is composed of people, including Gentiles, of all backgrounds and ethnicities. All this meaning that ethnic Jews are no longer the sole recipients of promises and spiritual hopes.

Main Headings:

1: This was the big issue of the day
2: What we belong to
3: Some implications