THE REMNANTS: Jesus Multicultural
When Israel was scattered across the earth (Deut. 28:64; Psalm 106:27; Ezekiel 12:15...), the chosen and holy seed was perhaps in part given up, to become all things to all men so that in gathering he will not be alone but multitudes from all nations of the earth. Zechariah 10:9 says “ Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, they will still remember me in distant lands. They and their children will survive and return again to Israel .” Like Naomi, God in His infinite wisdom had already planned to engraft Ruth into the Jewish fold and nothing Naomi could have done to leave Ruth behind. As a matter of fact, three Hebrew men – Naomi’s husband and two sons died leaving Naomi as the sole remnant in a foreign land. But God would ensure that Naomi did not return to Israel alone, no, not without Ruth (see the book of Ruth), not without bringing another nationality, a Moabite into becoming one with the Jews. “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from followi...
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