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Remember that we must answer the questions of Who, What, Where and WhenMatthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest."
Whose cities? The cities in the region of Galilee.XI 1 And it came to pass that when Yahshua had finished appointing His twelve students, He passed over from there for which to teach and to proclaim in their cities.
Other translations use the word "generation", but the proper interpretation is "race"; meaning that Yahshua was speaking to a particular people - RACE.“16 But to what shall I compare this race?
HE is speaking to those people of Galilee of that particular RACE. And since we know that Yahshua was sent ONLY for the Israelite, HE was obviously talking to them.“28 Come to Me, all those who are toiling and being burdened, and I shall give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is kind and My burden is light!”
Again, we know that the Israelites kept the Feast of the Tabernacles. And this was the time this feast was kept in Jerusalem. We see a mix crowd here, some who sought to kill HIM and said HE was possessed. But there were some who believed on HIM. We have a clear indication as to who those who believed on HIM were if we only back up a few verses.John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
So even they knew that this message was meant for the Israelites; thinking that Yahshua would go to the Israelites of dispersion!31 Then many from the crowd believed in Him and they said “When the Christ comes shall He do greater signs than those which this man has done?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent deputies that they may seize Him. 33 Then Yahshua said: “I am with you for a short time yet, then I go to He who has sent Me. 34 You shall seek Me, and shall not find Me, and where I am you are not able to come.” 35 Therefore the Judaeans said to themselves “Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? Is He about to go to the dispersion of the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net having been cast into the sea and it
gathers from out of every race, 48 which when it is full, bringing up upon the shore and sitting
they gather the good ones into vessels, but the rotten ones they cast out. 49 Thusly it shall be
at the consummation of the age, the messengers shall go out and they shall separate the
wicked from the midst of the righteous 50 and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth! - Matthew 13:47-50, CNT
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. - Isaiah 56:9-10
12 And Zacharias seeing it was troubled and fear fell upon him. 13 And the messenger spoke to him: “Fear not, Zacharias, since your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elisabet shall produce a son for you and you shall call his name Iohannes. 14 And he will be a joy to you and an exultation. And many shall rejoice upon his birth. 15 For he shall be great before Yahweh, and wine and beer he shall not drink, and he shall be filled of the Holy Spirit yet in the womb of his mother. 16 And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to Yahweh their God. 17 And he will go on before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the purpose of the just, to make ready a people prepared for Yahweh.” - Luke 1:12-17, CNT
30 And the messenger said to her “Do not fear, Mariam! For you have found favor before Yahweh. 31 Now behold, you shall conceive in the womb and you shall beget a Son, and you shall call His name Yahshua. 32 He shall be great and He shall be called ‘Son of the Highest’ and Yahweh God shall give to Him the throne of David His father, 33 and He shall rule over the house of Jakob for the ages, and of His kingdom there shall be no end!” - Luke 1:30-33, CNT
54 He has come to the aid of His servant Israel, to call mercy into remembrance, 55 just as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring for the age. - Luke 1:54, CNT
67 Then Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying: 68 “Blessed is Yahweh the God of Israel, that He has visited and brought about redemption for His people, 69 and has raised a horn of salvation for us in the house of David His servant, 70 just as He spoke through the mouths of His holy prophets from of old: 71 preservation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us! 72 To bring about mercy with our fathers and to call into remembrance His holy covenant, 73 the oath which He swore to Abraham our father, which is given to us: 74 being delivered fearlessly from the hands of our enemies to serve Him 75 in piety and in righteousness before Him for all of our days. 76 And now you, child, shall be called a prophet of the Highest: for you shall go on before the face of Yahweh to prepare His path. 77 For which to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the dismissal of their errors, 78 through the affectionate mercies of our God, by whom dawn visits us from the heights 79 to shine upon those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace.” 80 And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, and was in the wilderness until the day of his manifestation to Israel. - Luke 1:67-80, CNT
SwordBrethren wrote:If I were to shout at the shooting range, "all ye who are here, load a magazine with my ammo, on me" that would apply to all those who were there, not to somebody seven miles down the road in the hood who happens to hear about the generous thing I did an hour later when somebody twitters about it.
What modern missionaries are doing is taking the bread of the children and casting it to the dogs.
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