Chief Ross

Was Chief Ross really a Cherokee Moses?

Thomas L. McKenney, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, described Chief John Ross as the father of the Cherokee Nation, a Moses who "led...his people in their exodus from the land of their nativity to a new country, and from the savage state to that of civilization.".  This was the sentiment of many of the Cherokee and the supporters of Chief Ross in Washington.

In order to see how accurate the comparison to Moses was, we have to start with understanding who Chief Ross was by examining what he did.

In 1790 AD, John Ross was born in Turkey Town, Alabama, to a one quarter Cherokee, three quarters Scottish, mother named Molly McDonald, and a Scottish father named Daniel Ross.  So, John Ross was only one eighth Cherokee and seven eighth Scottish.  Even his Cherokee name, "Guwisguwi" means "Mysterious Little White Bird".  He would seem to be more properly called, "the little Scotsman".

The little Scotsman was formally educated by Gideon Blackburn, another Scotsman, who was a minister of the Presbyterian Church, which was founded in Scotland.  Nonetheless, John Ross identified himself as a Cherokee.

After Ross finished his education at the military academy at South West Point in 1811 AD, he was appointed as the Indian agent to the Old Settler Cherokee in Arkansaw Territory.

However, Ross was called back to serve as adjutant of the Cherokee regiment to General Andrew Jackson in 1812 AD.  He fought along side General Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

Ross then returned home to start a tobacco plantation worked by his twenty slaves.  He then built a trading post and warehouse on the banks of the Tennessee River.  Then he started a ferry service he called, "Ross's Landing".  Later, the city that sprung up around his businesses was called Chattanooga.

In 1814 AD, the Principle Chief of the Cherokee, Pathkiller, made John Ross the clerk of the Cherokee nation to handle its business affairs.

Then in 1815 AD, the United States government set aside about a quarter of the modern state of Arkansas for Cherokee settlement.  The federal government then offered incentives to the Cherokee to relocate there voluntarily in a treaty.

So, in 1816 AD, John Ross was sent to Washington D. C. as part of a Cherokee delegation to negotiate with the US government.  Since, he was the only member fluent in English, he soon became the chief negotiator.

When the Cherokee Nation created a thirteen member national council in 1817 AD,  John Ross was elected as a member of the National Council.  (The Cherokee national council was made up almost entirely of wealthy, educated, English speaking men of minimal Cherokee ancestry like John Ross.)

That same year, many of the Cherokee in Tennessee and Old Settlers from Arkansaw Territory made a treaty with United States government to find a home land for the Cherokee in Arkansaw Territory and to relocate there with aid from the US government.  This treaty offered two-hundred thousand dollars for the Cherokee Nation to relocate to Arkansaw Territory.

Many of the Cherokee from Tennessee took the offer and joined with the Old Settler Cherokee already in Arkansas Territory to form the Cherokee Nation (West) in 1818 AD.

Because of his skills in dealing with the United States government, John Ross was elected as the President of the National Committee that same year.  His first act was to reject the ridiculous offer of two-hundred thousand dollars for the Cherokee Nation (East) to relocate to Arkansaw Territory.

In 1819 AD, John Ross was sent to lead a delegation to clarify the terms of the treaty that had been signed by the two splinter groups of Cherokee two years earlier.  In particular, he sought to limit the amount of ceded land and preserve the rights of the Cherokee Nation (East) in the rest of the land.

In 1822 AD, Secretary of War John Calhoun requested that the Cherokee Nation (East) release their lands in Georgia as President Thomas Jefferson had promised the state of Georgia in 1802 AD.  John Ross first polled the Cherokee people, and then responded that the Cherokee people unanimously rejected surrendering their land to the state of Georgia.

That same year, the Cherokee Supreme Court was founded.

In 1824 AD, Ross traveled to Washington to defend Cherokee claims to their land in Georgia.

Calhoun gave them an ultimatum:  Either the Cherokee Nation (East) surrender their land in Georgia and move west or the Cherokee Nation disband and its members become citizens of the United States in the state of Georgia.

Ross responded by petitioning Congress to hear the grievances of the Cherokee Nation (East).  His arguments of the subtle points about legal responsibilities caused Congress to side with the Cherokee Nation over the delegation sent by the state of Georgia.

In 1827 AD, Pathkiller, the last hereditary Principle Chief, died. Soon after, Ross was acting as the Principle Chief of the Cherokee.

Ross was then elected to the twenty-four member constitutional committee.  He led in the creation of a government modeled after the United States government consisting of an elected Principle Chief as head of the executive branch, a legislative branch called the General Council of the Cherokee Nation, which was composed of two houses - a council of principle chiefs and the National Committee, and the Cherokee Supreme Court as the head of the judiciary branch.

In 1828 AD, Ross became the first elected Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation (East).

That same year, President John Quincy Adams signed a treaty with the Cherokee Nation (West) to move from Arkansaw Territory to Indian Territory.

In 1829 AD, the state of Georgia passed a set of laws designed to make life for the Cherokee Nation (East) so uncomfortable, that they would have no choice but to leave.

That same year, the Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation (West), John Jolly, sent a letter to the Cherokee Nation (East) begging them to come to Indian Territory, which he described as a land of milk and honey.  Chief Ross forbid everyone in the Cherokee Nation (East) from moving to Indian Territory and joining the Cherokee Nation (West).

When the Indian Removal act was signed into law in 1830 AD by President Andrew Jackson, he sought to meet with the Cherokee Nation (East) to discuss a land swap, and how the Cherokee Nation (East) could most easily move to their new land in Indian Territory.  Chief Ross refused to meet with him and negotiate.

However, one third of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia moved to Indian Territory reluctantly, since it looked certain that Georgia was going to take their land without payment, if they waited.  They had no significant losses in their move.  They also became part of the Cherokee Nation (West).

Chief Ross instead sought help to take his case before the United States Supreme Court.  William Wirt, a former US General Attorney, took up the cause of the Cherokee Nation (East) on his behalf.

So, in 1831 AD, the US Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee Nation (East) in their claim that they were a self-governing nation in Cherokee Nation vs Georgia.

The next year, the US Supreme Court again sided with the Cherokee Nation (East) in their claim that the state of Georgia could not impose its laws on the Cherokee Nation in Worcester vs Georgia.

So in 1832 AD, Chief John Ross offered for the Cherokee land to be broken into allotments, with members of the Cherokee Nation (East) receiving the first allotments, the federal government receiving the rest of the land for five million dollars, and the members of Cherokee Nation becoming full citizens of the United States and the state of Georgia - with the same rights as all other citizens.  Both the United States and Georgia rejected the offer.

After this, the Cherokee Nation (East) was divided about what to do.

Most were persuaded by Chief Ross, that the United States government would not forced them to move to Indian Territory, if they would hold their ground.

However, many of the most educated among the Cherokee Nation (East) argued that the removal was inevitable, and the Cherokee Nation (East) should negotiate the best deal that it could get.

In 1833 AD, Chief Ross refused to meet with President Jackson to discuss his offer of three million dollars for their land east of the Mississippi and their removal to land west of the Mississippi.

Soon afterwards, a group of highly educated members of the Cherokee Nation (East) formed the Treaty Party.

That same year, the Cherokee Nation (West) formed a constitution and government patterned after the one formed by the Cherokee Nation (East).

Chief Ross asked in 1834 AD for fair payment for all of the Cherokee land in Georgia, and the Cherokee would conduct their own removal to Indian Territory under his supervision.  That was also rejected.

So, Chief Ross led the passage of a law that year, which stated that anyone who negotiated a deal for removal without consent of the General Council, was guilty of treason and could be put to death.  He also cancelled elections for the General Council to ensure that the National Party remained in power.

In 1835 AD, Chief Ross made another offer for the Cherokee Nation to move voluntarily to Indian Territory for a sum of twenty million dollars, provided that the General Council approved the deal.

Again, the United States and Georgia rejected the offer, because they believed that Chief Ross was just stalling for time.  (Which he was, because he hoped to get better terms from the next President of the US.)

Nevertheless, the Treaty Party negotiated a treaty for removal that year.  The New Echota treaty gave the Cherokee Nation (East) three years to move to Indian Territory and five million dollars for their land in Georgia.  The treaty was ratified by one vote in United States Senate.

Chief Ross was infuriated that he and the General Council, which he controlled, were bypassed in making this treaty.  So, he started working to bring the rest of the Cherokee Nation (East) in line with his wishes by making more laws against individual members abiding by the treaty.

Chief Ross and the national council urged the Cherokee Nation (East) to refuse to leave Georgia.  So, the Cherokee Nation (East) became determined to not be removed from the state of Georgia voluntarily on their own by the 1838 AD deadline.

However, many of the Cherokee Nation (East) began rethinking their position, realizing that removal was inevitable when Martin Van Buren, the Vice President of Andrew Jackson, was elected as President in 1836 AD.

So in 1837 AD, about two-thousand two hundred members of the Cherokee Nation (East) took the assistance offered by the United States government and voluntarily relocated to Indian Territory before the 1838 AD deadline.  Less than thirty of them died on the journey.

They also became part of the Cherokee Nation (west) when they arrived in Indian Territory.

The remainder of the Cherokee Nation (East), about sixteen thousand members, refused to leave Georgia. However, their efforts were in vain.

In the spring of 1838 AD, the United States army rounded up about two thousand, eight hundred members of the Cherokee Nation (East), and forced them to march to Indian Territory.  However, about one thousand two hundred escaped to the mountains, or were exempted from removal, because they owned private land outside of the Cherokee Nation (East).  About six hundred died on the forced march.

Soon, General Winfield Scott had the remaining twelve thousand members of the Cherokee Nation (East) put into eleven internment camps.  This allowed the Cherokee Nation (East) to both be controlled by his troops and protected from those European Americans who wanted to kill them.

The General Council realized that removal was inevitable.  So, they asked Scott for the removal to wait until cooler weather was set in.

However, Chief Ross was still holding out until he could ensure that his position was secure, and he was in charge of the removal.  Finally in September, Chief Ross finally conceded that removal was inevitable.

So, Chief Ross requested that the General Council be able to handle the removal, instead of the United States army, and the army pay the expenses.

Scott granted both requests, which outraged former President Andrew Jackson.  Scott then rewarded the contract for carrying out the removal to Chief Ross - with the approval of the General Council.

Ross divided the Cherokee Nation (East) into twelve wagon trains.  He put his brother Lewis in charge of obtaining the provisions needed for the journey.

The last wagon train left the last internment camp on November 6, 1838 AD, two months later than the General Council had requested.  By that time, three hundred and fifty three members of the Cherokee Nation (East) had died in the interment camps.

However, Chief Ross, and the rest of the Cherokee Nation (East) government officials, along with their families, did not travel in these wagon trains.

Instead, Chief Ross bought a river boat, the Victoria, with some of the removal payment.  These two hundred and nineteen members of the Cherokee Nation (East) used this river boat to travel to Indian Territory in comfort.  They supervised the removal from the Victoria.

This forced the wagon trains of the Cherokee Nation (East) to take a much longer route following the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, then the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, then the Mississippi River to the Arkansas River, and finally the Arkansas River to the edge of Indian Territory.  This route was twice as long as going directly overland to where the Arkansas River flowed into the Mississippi River and then following the Arkansas River to Indian Territory. 

So, those in the wagon trains walked as much as two thousand two hundred miles in the winter, due to the late departure caused by Chief Ross and his insistence on this longer northern route.

Chief Ross and the last wagon train arrived on March 25, 1839 AD in Indian Territory.  By that time there were about nine thousand six hundred Cherokees were left out of about eleven thousand eight hundred, who came in the wagon trains.  This was a loss of about two thousand four hundred Cherokees.

However, the wife of Chief Ross was the only recorded death on the Victoria.  In fact, there were fifteen more people at the end of the journey on the Victoria then at the beginning, mostly due to births.

So altogether, the Cherokee Nation (East) lost about three thousand, one hundred, and fifty members out of the sixteen thousand, who refused to go to Indian Territory on their own.  They also lost about another one thousand, two hundred members, who escaped to the mountains, instead of going to Indian Nation.  This makes about four thousand, three hundred and fifty members out of sixteen thousand counted in 1835 AD, that did not make it to Indian territory in 1839 AD, which is over a quarter of the Cherokee Nation (East).

This mismanaged reluctant removal supervised by Chief Ross is usually what the Cherokee mean when they say, "The Trail Of Tears".

(Half as many would have died, if they had left two months earlier.  Probably less than a quarter as many would have died, if they had also taken the more direct route to Arkansas.  They would have avoid traveling in winter altogether and arrived in Indian Territory in early November.  However, that would have required Chief Ross, the rest of the Cherokee (East) government, and their families to have went by wagon train to the Mississippi River, instead of traveling by riverboat all the way to Fort Smith, Arkansas.)

More over, Chief Ross, who was billing the United States army on a per person basis, showed about one thousand six hundred more people than the officers in charge counted at both the departure point and arrival point.  The sum of the records kept by the wagon train conductors agreed with the counts of the United States army.

President Van Buren refused to pay Chief Ross the extra half a million dollars for these fraudulent claims.  However, the next president of the United States, Tyler, gave the money to Chief Ross.

Not long afterwards in 1839 AD, members of the National Party killed three of the signers of the New Echota Treaty.  This attack on members of the Cherokee Nation (West), who included the Treaty Party, was repaid in 1842 AD.  This created the Cherokee Civil War, pitting the Cherokee Nation (East) against the Cherokee Nation (West).

In 1846 AD, the Cherokee Nation (West) asked President Polk to create two Cherokee Nations in Indian Territory, so there could be peace, but Chief Ross managed to get the bill to fail passage in Congress.

When the Cherokee Civil War was over in 1849 AD, the Cherokee had lost another fourth of their tribe along with destroying almost every thing that the Cherokee Nation (West) had done to help the tribe thrive in Indian Territory.

(Many of those that the Cherokee people lost due to the Cherokee Civil War did not actually die, but found life under the rule of Chief Ross to be unbearable.

Most of the Cherokee Nation (West) members left Indian Territory to go Mexico or California in 1849 AD, rather than remaining under the rule of Chief Ross. Some moved to form the town of Mount Clover in Mexico.

Other Cherokee Nation (West) members were so dissatisfied with Chief Ross that they formed the Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee in 1859 AD.)

When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 AD, the Cherokee Nation as deeply divided.

Most of the mixed blood Cherokee advocated for joining with the Confederacy to protect their slave holdings.  Most of the full blood Cherokee, including the Keetoowah Band, wanted to join the Union to end slavery.

Chief Ross gave very mixed signals, which only made matters worse.

First, he advocated neutrality, but he soon found this to be impossible.

Then he gave a speech that the Cherokee Nation should join the Confederacy when the US abandoned its forts in Indian Territory and Arkansas in 1862 AD.

After learning that the Confederacy was losing the war in 1863 AD, he advocated the Cherokee Nation join the Union.  He then left to meet with President Lincoln to negotiate the Cherokee Nation joining the Union.

Many of the pro-Confederacy tribe members with slaves fled to Texas to escape the General Council - that was suddenly pro-Union.

Then the pro-Confederacy faction took control of the Cherokee Nation in 1864 AD, while Chief Ross was absent.  Their leader, Stand Watie, burned down the house of Chief Ross, and killed his son-in-law, to avenge his fellow New Echota Treaty signers that had been killed twenty-five years earlier.

Most of the newly pro-Union General Council then had to flee to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for protection from the pro-Confederacy faction.

However, a period of lawlessness marked by revenge killings by both sides under the guise of war continued within the Cherokee Nation.

By the time the war ended in 1865 AD, the tribe had lost another fourth of its population.

After Chief Ross returned, he was summoned to appear in Fort Smith, Arkansas, by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Cooley.

Cooley informed Chief Ross that since most of the Cherokee Nation had sided with the Confederacy against the Union, that they had violated the terms of their former treaty to not take up arms against the United States.  So, they would have to negotiate a new treaty.

Then Chief Ross died in 1866 AD while negotiating with President Andrew Johnson in Washington for a more favorable treaty.  Before his death, he was able to persuade President Johnson to reject the punitive treaty that Cooley had advocated.

Now we can make a fair comparison between Chief Ross in his leading the Cherokee to Indian Territory with Moses leading the Hebrews to the Promised Land.

Moses was a full blood Hebrew (Exodus 2:1-2).  Chief Ross was only one eighth Cherokee.

Moses was given a name by a member of the oppressors of the Hebrews (Exodus 2:9-10).  Chief Ross was given a name by a member of the oppressors of the Cherokee.

Moses was adopted into the family of the oppressors of the Hebrews (Acts 7:21).  Chief Ross was born into the family of the oppressors of the Cherokee.

Moses was educated in the ways of the oppressors of the Hebrews and did exploits among them (Acts 7:22).  Chief Ross was educated in the ways of the oppressors of the Cherokee and did exploits among them.

Moses was rejected as ruler by his people when he tried to deliver them from oppression (Exodus 2:11-14).  Chief Ross was accepted as ruler by his people when he tried to deliver them from oppression.

Moses gave up the riches of the oppressors of his people to join in their suffering (Hebrews 11:24-26).  Chief Ross accepted the riches of the oppressors of his people to avoid joining in their suffering.

Moses had to flee to a foreign land away from his people (Exodus 2:15-22).  Chief Ross was able to remain in his native land with his people.

Moses was commissioned to move his people away from their oppressors and to a land of milk and honey (Exodus 3:8-10).  Chief Ross forbid his people from moving away from their oppressors and to a land of milk and honey.

Moses was commissioned to deliver people from slavery (Exodus 6:6-11).  Chief Ross held people in slavery.

Moses met with the ruler of the oppressors of the Hebrews to negotiate a favorable treaty (Exodus 10:3-9).  Chief Ross met with the ruler of the oppressors of the Cherokee to negotiate a favorable treaty.

The people of Moses were set free by their captors to go to their new land (Exodus 12:31-33).  The people of Chief Ross were led captive by their oppressors to their new land.

The oppressors of the people of Moses paid them to leave their land (Exodus 12:35-36).  The oppressors of the people of Chief Ross paid them to leave their land.

A mixed multitude of other people left the land of their oppressors with the Hebrews (Exodus 12:37-38).  A mixed multitude of other people left the land of their oppressors with the Cherokee.

The army of the oppressors of the people of Moses was completely destroyed, after the Hebrews left the land of their oppressors (Exodus 14:13-27).  The army of the oppressors of the people of Chief Ross continued without casualties, after the Cherokee left the land of their oppressors.

Moses endured the discomfort of the wilderness with his people as they journeyed to their new land (Exodus 15:22-27).  Chief Ross enjoyed the comfort of a riverboat while his people journeyed to their new land.

Moses gave the Hebrews the laws and covenant created by the Father of Truth (Exodus 24:3-8). Chief Ross gave the Cherokee the laws and covenant created by the Cherokee constitutional committee.

Moses was the meekest man on Earth (Numbers 12:3).  Chief Ross was not in any sense meek.

Moses was not able to enter with his people into their new land (Deuteronomy 34:1-5).  Chief Ross entered with his people into their new land.

So, while there are some similarities between Chief Ross leading the Cherokees to Indian Territory with Moses leading the Hebrews to the Promised Land, there are also significant differences.  It is safe to say that Chief Ross was not really a Cherokee Moses.

In fact, many among the Cherokee and the political leaders in Washington considered Ross to be a dictatorial, greedy, and an aristocratic leader who defrauded the Cherokee Nation.

After all, during the thirty years between when the Cherokee Nation refused to abide by the New Echota Treaty and the end of the American Civil War, the Cherokee Nation had lost more than five eighth of its population under the leadership of Chief Ross.

Also, due to the leadership of Chief Ross, the once united Cherokee Nation became a divided and scattered people.

The Cherokee Nation ended up split into three separate tribes inside the United States.  The few remaining members of the Cherokee Nation (West) left in Indian Territory became the Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee.  Those of the Cherokee Nation (East) that escaped relocation to Indian Territory, formed the Eastern Band of the Cherokee.  The Cherokee Nation (East) that was relocated to Indian Territory under Chief Ross, became known simply as the Cherokee Nation.

However, many members of the Cherokee Nation (West) were scattered to Mexico and California, and many members of the Cherokee Nation (East) were scattered to Texas and Kansas.  Many of the Cherokee Nation (West) also remained in Arkansas.  None of these scattered Cherokee people are recognized by either the United States government nor by the three federally recognized tribes as part of the Cherokee people.

Yet, it is not over for the Cherokee.  After all, they are a tribe in North America like no other.

Not only is it not over for the Cherokee, but it is not over for the First Nations of North America.  The hope of the Almodadi is found in the Prophet of Truth who really is like Moses.

Moses said that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) would raise up a Prophet of Truth who is like him from the descendants of Israel (Deuteronomy 18:15).  The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) is that Prophet of Truth who is like Moses (Acts 7:37).

Anyone who does not obey that Prophet of Truth who is like Moses, will have to answer to the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).  Everyone must obey this Prophet of Truth who is like Moses - or they will be destroyed (Acts 3:20-23).  The Father of Truth has given everyone assurance of this by raising the Man of Truth from the dead (Acts 17:31).

So, come into the House of Truth by doing your best to obey that Prophet of Truth who is like Moses, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!

The Messiah of Israel

Do Jews need the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) to be saved?

I visited a Messianic congregation a while back where I encountered one of strangest things that I have encountered in any congregation in a long time.  This takes some doing because it is not like I have not been around.

After I gave control my life to the Man of Truth in total surrender I frequently moved for about seven years.  During the course of my thirty years and counting journey I have visited hundreds of congregations of the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him).  I have been a member of about a dozen congregations.  Some for just a few months and two for eleven years.

Beyond that I have listened to countless sermons on the radio.  My son and I used to watch preachers on the television the way other people watched sports.  I have read many books as well in my efforts to become more like the Man of Truth.  I have spent innumerable hours on the internet researching things related to the Book of Truth (The Bible) and discussing spiritual matters with people from all kinds of backgrounds.  My desire to grow in the truth has been relentless.

This journey has had many interesting twists and turns.  You never know what you are going to encounter when you drop into an unknown congregation while you are traveling because you want to honor the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) with one day a week.  Someone might start passing rattlesnakes around or otherwise give you clues that you need to leave the service early.

Sticking around for a while in one place can also be eye opening.  I have known pastors who would lay down their lives for their flock and others who were plainly fleecing their flock.   I have seen religious professionals who pursued the truth that comes from the Father of Truth like their lives depended upon it and other religious professionals who defended their traditions against the facts laid out in the Book of Truth to the point of absurdity.   I have experienced the truly miraculous and witnessed the truly ridiculous.

The virtual experience has also been enlightening.  Some people who preach on television are sincere, some are racketeers and some just do strange things to get attention.  I have heard some wonderful sermons on the radio and others that made me question if the speaker really could be that lacking in education.  Some books have greatly increased my understanding while others only served to display the ignorance of their author.  While the internet has been a wonderful resource it also did not take long to encounter all kinds of goofiness online.

When it comes to the world of people who say they are followers of the Man of Truth I have seen the good, the bad and the just plain weird.

Still in this congregation during discussion time (midrash) this woman managed to tell me one of the strangest things I had ever heard.  She started telling me how Jewish people did not need to hear the Good News to be saved.  She insisted that everyone who was a Jew according to the flesh was automatically going to Heaven when they die.  When I asked others in the small group at our table about this I learned that it was pretty much the common consensus of this congregation.  I wondered where did they get such an idea.

So I investigated and learned that this doctrine was not confined to this sole Messianic congregation.  In fact, it is taught by a number of so-called mainstream denominations along with many evangelical ministers.  This doctrine is so common among religious professionals that it even has a name - dual covenant theology.

I went on to learn that dual covenant theology basically comes in one of two flavors.  There are those who teach that Jews are automatically saved under the covenant that the Father of Truth made with Abraham (Abram).  Then there are others who teach that Jews are automatically saved by keeping the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) that the Father of Truth gave to Moses (Moshe).  The bottom line in both cases is that there is no need to tell Jewish people about the Man of Truth because they do not need him to be saved.

I have learned in my journey that just because something seems strange to me does not mean that it is not true.  I have also learned that just because other things are familiar to me does not mean that they are true.  If you really want to know the truth about something you have to learn to listen to the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) while you examine the Book of Truth to see what it says about the subject.  After all the Book of Truth will tell you the truth about everything that matters if you will let the Spirit of Truth lead you to the truth while you are studying it.  The truth is in there.

So is this true?  Can Jews be saved without the Man of Truth? Or do Jews need to surrender to the Man of Truth to be saved?

The best place to start is with the idea that physical Jews do not need to be saved because they are the physical descendents of Abraham.  What does the Book of Truth say about that?

This idea is based on the promises that the Father of Truth made with Abraham concerning the Jewish people so examining those promises is the best place to begin.  The first promise that the Father of Truth made was that a great nation would come from Abraham if Abraham would leave his extended family and move to the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:1-3).  After he obeyed then the Father of Truth promised to give the land of Canaan to the descendants of Abraham (Genesis 12:6-8).  Then the Father of Truth promised to make his descendants so great in number so that they would fill the Promised Land (Genesis 13:14-17).  Then the Father of Truth promised that these descendants would be his physical descendants (Genesis 15:3-5).  The Father of Truth then promised Abraham that his physical descendants would not begin to possess the Promise land until the Amorites were beyond repentance (Genesis 15:13-16).  The Father of Truth then promised that his physical descendants would then return to the Promise Land and eventually possess the Promised Land that stretched from the east bank of the Nile river to the west bank of the Euphrates river (Genesis 15:18-21).  Then the Father of Truth promised that these descendants would possess the Promised Land forever (Genesis 17:7-9).  The Father of Truth then said that every man who would have a right to an inheritance in the Promised Land under this covenant had to be marked by circumcision (Genesis 17:10-14).  The Father of Truth then said that these descendants would come from Isaac (Yitzakh), the son of Sarah (Sarai) (Genesis 21:12).  The Father of Truth then confirmed that the descendants of Isaac would possess the dwelling places of their enemies (Genesis 22:16-18).  Then the Father of Truth confirmed these promises to Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 26:3-5).  Then the Father of Truth promised to make the descendants of Isaac great in number (Genesis 26:24).  Then the Father of Truth told Rebekah (Rivkah), the wife of Isaac, that He would bring the promises that He made to Abraham and Isaac to pass through the younger son named Jacob (Ya'acob aka Israel) (Genesis 25:23-26).  Then the Father of Truth confirmed to Jacob that his descendants were the ones who would possess and fill the Promised Land (Genesis 28:13-15).  Then the Father of Truth promised Jacob that his descendants would form a nation with kings named Israel that would possess the Promised Land (Genesis 35:10-12).

So the covenants that the Father of Truth made with Abraham concerning his physical descendants were all about possessing the Promised Land.  This was further defined in more covenants through Isaac and Jacob to be a nation made up of the Jews named Israel.  There is absolutely nothing in these covenants about each and every Jew being promised to be saved from Hell because they are the physical descendants of Abraham.

In fact the Father of Truth could have wiped out all of the Jewish people but Moses and started over with him to fulfill the promises that He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exodus 32:9-10).  The only reason that He did not do so was because He was concerned about what the Gentiles would think (Numbers 14:12-20).  The only reason the Father of Truth made these promises concerning the Jewish people was to save the Gentiles because it has always been about the Gentiles.

While the descendants of Abraham will inherit the Promised Land not even that is promised to any particular Jew regardless of what they do.  It is only those Jews who obey the Father of Truth who will inherit the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 29:10-13).  It is only those Jews who love Him who will inherit the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 30:19-20).  In fact, the Jews were removed from the Promised Land the first time because they would not do what He said was right (Ezekiel 33:23-29).

In the exact same way being a descendant of Abraham does not guarantee anyone eternal life with the Father of Truth.  In fact, Yochanon the Mikveh Man (John the Baptist) said the religious leaders of the Jewish people would perish if they did not turn from their wicked ways because the Father of Truth could raise up children to Abraham from other sources (Matthew 3:7-9).  The Man of Truth said the repentant among the Gentiles would sit down with Abraham while the unrepentant among the Jews would be cast into Hell (Matthew 8:10-12).  He said that any Jews who do not do what His Fathers says is right will not be joining Abraham in Heaven (Luke 13:27-28).  The rich man who went to Hell was just as much a Jew as Lazarus who went to Paradise with Abraham (Luke 16:23-25).  Just because someone is a physical descendant of Abraham does not mean that they are a child of Abraham (John 8:37-39).  The children of Abraham are those have confidence in the Father of Truth that leads to action like Abraham (Galatians 3:6-9).  Even Abraham had demonstrate confidence in the Father of Truth with his actions to be called righteous (James 2:21-23).

So the physical descendants of Abraham were only promised the right to live in the Promised Land in the covenants that the Father of Truth made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Those covenants had nothing to do with salvation.  Even the promises in those covenants were only for their physical descendants who did what the Father of Truth said was right.  The physical descendants who did not do what He said was right would neither inherit the Promised Land nor enter Heaven when they died.  Instead they would go to Hell when they died like all the other wicked people.  So it is evident that Jews are not saved from Hell because they are physical descendants of Abraham.

Now we will examine what the Book of Truth says about Jews being saved by keeping the Law of Truth that was given to Moses.

It starts with understanding the purposes of the Law of Truth.  Abraham was chosen to receive these promises concerning the Promised Land because he would command his descendants to follow the Father of Truth as he did so the Father of Truth could bring to pass what He promised concerning the descendants of Abraham (Genesis 18:17-19).  These promises were secured for the descendants of Abraham when Abraham kept the commandments of the Father of Truth long before these commandments were written down and given to Moses at Mount Sinai (Genesis 26:3-5).

If the Jews did not keep the commandments of the Law of Truth then they would also be put out of the Promised Land like the wicked Canaanites (Leviticus 18:26-28).  The Jews who descended from Abraham had to obey the commandments of the Law of Truth to possess the Promised Land just like Abraham kept the commandments of the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 5:31-33).  Whether or not the Jews possess of the Promised Land is entirely dependent upon their obedience to the Law of Truth (Deuteronomy 30:17-20).

Salvation that comes from the Law of Truth is dependent upon keeping every commandment of the Law of Truth (Leviticus 18:4-5).  The righteousness of the Jews under the covenant given to Moses was based upon keeping the commandments of the Law of Truth (Deuteronomy 6:25).  So every Jew who does not obey the commandments of the Law of Truth to follow the Father of Truth will be destroyed from among the Jewish people (Deuteronomy 29:18-21).  A Jew must do everything required in the Law of Truth in order to be justified by the Law of Truth (Romans 2:12-13).  So Jews can only be made righteous under that covenant if they never break any of the commandments of the Law of Truth (Romans 10:5).

The truth is that there are not any Jews who have not broken at least some of the commandments of the Law of Truth (1 Kings 8:46).  So no Jew can ever be justified by the Law of Truth (Romans 3:19-20).   Every Jew has sinned and came up short of reflecting the character of the Father of Truth (Romans 3:23).  Every Jew, just like every Gentile, was born with sin living in their flesh and the Law of Truth only made apparent the sin that was already at work in their flesh (Romans 5:12-14). No Jew is saved by the Law of Truth because they all have sinned by breaking the Law of Truth (1 John 3:4).

So the Law of Truth was given so the Jews could live in the Promised Land by keeping it.  In the covenant given to Moses the only way to be saved was to keep every commandment of the Law of Truth without fail.  However, no Jew has ever been able to do so because sin lives in their flesh.  So it is apparent that Jews are not saved from Hell by the covenant that was given to Moses.

So then if Jews are not saved from Hell because they are physical descendants of Abraham and they are not saved from Hell by the covenant that was given to Moses then how can they be saved?

Moses said that Father of Truth would raise up from among the Jewish people a Prophet of Truth that they must listen to in order to be saved (Deuteronomy 18:15-16).  He said that anyone who did not do what that Prophet of Truth said would be destroyed (Deuteronomy 18:17-19).  The Man of Truth is that Prophet of Truth (Acts 3:20-23).  He is the mediator of a better covenant than the one that came through Moses whereby Jews can be saved (Hebrews 8:6).

This covenant is the Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) that He promised through Jeremiah (Yerimayahu) the Prophet of Truth (Jeremiah 31:31-32).  Make no mistake the Law of Truth is holy and its commandments are just and good (Romans 7:12).  The problem is that since sin dwells in our flesh no one can keep the Law of Truth in their own strength (Romans 8:3).  So the Original Covenant (Tanach aka The Old Testament) was insufficient to save anyone and had to be replaced (Hebrews 8:7).  Since the Father of Truth found fault in the Jews for being unable to keep the Original Covenant He made the Renewed Covenant with them so that they could be saved (Hebrews 8:8-9).

Under this Renewed Covenant their heart would be circumcised so that they could both inherit the Promised Land and be saved (Deuteronomy 30:5-6).  This Renewed Covenant would consist of the Father of Truth writing the Law of Truth on their hearts so that they can keep the Law of Truth and have their sins forgiven (Jeremiah 31:33-34).  The Law of Truth will be written on their hearts by the Spirit of Truth living within them so that they can keep the Law of Truth to inherit the Promised Land and be saved (Ezekiel 36:26-28).  They will be able to keep the Law of Truth by living their lives according to the leading of the Spirit of Truth (Romans 8:4-5).  It will be evident to everyone around them that the Law of Truth has been written on their heart by the Spirit of Truth (2 Corinthians 3:2-3).  This Renewed Covenant of having the Law of Truth written on the hearts of the Jews by the Spirit of Truth so that they can keep the Law of Truth is so much better than the Original Covenant that the Original Covenant pales in comparison (Hebrews 8:10-13).

The Man of Truth was born into this world to save Jews from their sins (Matthew 1:20-21).   He only sent His disciples to save Jews who were lost during his time on Earth (Matthew 10:5-7).  He was only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel when he was on this Earth (Matthew 15:24).  He was born into this world to fulfill the promises made to Abraham so that the Jewish people would be able to keep the Law of Truth and live in the Promised Land (Luke 1:70-75).  He had to leave this Earth so the Spirit of Truth could come to live inside of the Jews who listened to him (John 16:7).  He had to leave so the Spirit of Truth could guide Jews in how to keep the Law of Truth in the way His Father intended (John 16:13-15).  The Law of Truth can only be kept with the help of the Spirit of Truth (Romans 7:14).  It is only through total surrender to the Man of Truth that the Father of Truth circumcises the heart of the Jews so they can keep the Law of Truth so that His Father can keep the promises that He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Romans 15:8).  The Man of Truth made the only offering when he died on the cross that could take away the sins of Israel so their enemies could be brought under subjection to him (Hebrews 10:10-13).  His offering of his body on the cross made the Renewed Covenant available to the lost sheep of the house of Israel so that every promise concerning the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob could be fulfilled (Hebrews 10:14-17).  The Man of Truth is first and foremost the Messiah of Israel!

Abraham told the rich man that Jews can only escape Hell by believing what Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote (Luke 16:27-29).  If Jews do not believe what Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote then they will not be persuaded by the resurrection of the Messiah of Israel (Luke 16:30-31).  The resurrection had to follow the death on the cross to fulfill what Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote about the Messiah of Israel (Luke 24:25-27).  The death on the cross and the resurrection of the Man of Truth was only proof that he is the Messiah of Israel spoken of saving people from sin throughout the entire Original Covenant (Luke 24:44-47).  The Man of Truth is first and foremost the Messiah of Israel!

Philip the Jew (the Apostle Philip) understood that the Messiah of Israel was who Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote about when he told Nathaniel the Jew (the Apostle Nathaniel) about the Man of Truth (John 1:44-46).  Nathaniel the Jew recognized that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel who Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote about (John 1:47-49).  Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka the Apostle Paul) also testified to the Jews of Jerusalem that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel who Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote about (Acts 26:21-23).   Paul the Jew called the chief Jews of Rome to tell them about the Messiah of Israel who gave hope that the promises to Israel would be fulfilled (Acts 28:17-20).  Paul the Jew told them the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel who Moses and the Prophets of Israel wrote about (Acts 28:21-23).  The Man of Truth is first and foremost the Messiah of Israel!

So Jews can only be saved in the same way as Gentiles which is by surrendering control of their lives to the Man of Truth.  The primary difference is that Jews who do so recognize that the Man of Truth is the Messiah of Israel who will bring about the fulfillment of all that the Father of Truth promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob while Gentiles only know him as their savior.

It is for this reason that the Man of Truth told his Jewish disciples that he was the only way for them to come into eternal life, go to Heaven when they die and to know the Father of Truth (John 14:2-7).  That is why Peter the Jew (Cephas aka the Apostle Peter) told the Jews of Israel who were at Jerusalem that there was no other name other than that of the Man of Truth whereby Jews must be saved (Acts 4:8-12).  It was for this reason that Paul the Jew always preached the Good News of the Man of Truth first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles (Romans 1:16).  In like manner Paul the Jew taught that both Jews and Gentiles will either suffer in Hell or rejoice Heaven depending upon their deeds because the Father of Truth does not have any favorites (Romans 2:5-11).  Jews are no better off than Gentiles because they too have sinned (Romans 3:9-12).

Jews and Gentiles can only be saved from Hell by coming into the House of Truth (Romans 9:22-24).  Jews as well as Gentiles come into the House of Truth by surrendering control of their lives to the Man of Truth because they believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  Jews and Gentiles both come into the House of Truth by calling upon the name of the Man of Truth (Romans 10:11-13).  Jews and Gentiles must both have the Good News about the Man of Truth preached to them before they can come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:14-17).  When Jews come into the House of Truth they find the Messiah of Israel just like when Gentiles come into the House of Truth they find the savior of the Gentiles (Romans 15:8-12).

Come into the House of Truth.

It Has Always Been About The Gentiles

Did the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) start over with the Gentiles?

I have heard it said by various people at sundry times that the Father of Truth started over with the Gentiles.  This statement has several implications about the Father of Truth, His dealings with the Jews and His dealings with the Gentiles.

First of all it, it implies, that the Father of Truth somehow failed with the Jews, and had to resort to using Gentiles instead.  Second, it implies, that the Father of Truth really had no interest in the Gentiles, until He failed with the Jews.  Third, it implies, that once the Father of Truth owned up to His failure with the Jews, and moved on to dealing with the Gentiles, that He now no longer has any interest in the Jews.

The root of the idea, that the Father of Truth started over with the Gentiles, is that the Gentiles were never part of His plan originally, because He viewed the Gentiles as being less valuable than the Jews.  It is as if, the Gentiles were kind of like unwanted orphans, that He reluctantly took in, because it was better than being alone, after the Jews left home, but all the while He secretly wished, that He could have the Jews instead.

This entire line of thought is insulting to the Father of Truth, the Jews and the Gentiles.  It is insulting to the Father of Truth, because it makes Him to be a failure.  It is insulting to the Jews, because it makes all Jews to be implacable rebels against the Father of Truth.  It is insulting to the Gentiles, because it makes all Gentiles to be second rate compared to the Jews.

Did the Father of Truth really fail with the Jews?  Did He really start over with the Gentiles?  Were the Gentiles really some sort of consolation prize when His plan for the Jews did not work out?

Or were the Gentiles always part of the plan and the Jews were merely the instruments that the Father of Truth used to carry out that plan?

Until the Father of Truth gave Abraham (Abram) the sign of circumcision that defines a Jew there were only Gentiles living on the Earth.  He did not begin His plan with Jews, who are defined by circumcision as a sign of the covenant that He made with Abraham, but with Gentiles. 

The Father of Truth gave the first glimpse of His plan to save the human race to Adam, who was a Gentile, as soon as the human race needed saving (Genesis 3:13-15).

His son Abel, another Gentile, was the first man to offer a lamb as a sacrifice that pictured part of His plan to save the human race (Genesis 4:4).  This Gentile was the first person to give their life in obedience to His plan (Genesis 4:8-10).  This Gentile was the first person who was made righteous by their obedience to His plan (Matthew 23:35).  This Gentile was the first person to called a prophet (Luke 11:49-51).  This Gentile was the first person to show confidence with their actions in His plan so that he pleased the Father of Truth with his death (Hebrews 11:4).

The first Child of Truth (someone who obeys The Father of Truth because they love Him) to be taken off the Earth, which revealed of another part of His plan, was Enoch, who was also a Gentile (Genesis 5:22-24).  This Gentile was the first person to show confidence with their actions in His plan so that he pleased the Father of Truth with his life (Hebrews 11:5).  This Gentile was the first person to prophesy about another part of His plan (Jude 1:14).

His descendant, Noah, another Gentile, became the first person that found grace in the eyes of the Father of Truth because of walking in truth, which revealed another part of His plan (Genesis 6:8-10).  This Gentile was the first person who the Father of Truth revealed to that His plan included destroying the wicked from off the face of the Earth (Genesis 6:13).   This Gentile was the first person to be given a covenant of salvation from the Father of Truth which was the basis of His plan to save the human race (Genesis 6:17-18).  Noah and his Gentile family were the first people to be saved from the wrath of the Father of Truth which revealed another part of His plan (Genesis 7:23).  Noah and his Gentile sons were the first people to repopulate the Earth after the wicked were destroyed off the face of the Earth which revealed yet another part of His plan (Genesis 9:1).  This Gentile was the first person to be given a covenant that included all of his descendants (Genesis 9:8-11).  This Gentile was the first person to be given a sign of the covenant between them and the Father of Truth (Genesis 9:12-17).  All of the Gentiles are descendants of Noah making them party to the covenant of salvation in the exact same way that Jews are party to the covenants of Abraham because they are his descendants (Genesis 10).  This Gentile Noah was the first person to inherit the Earth because of his confidence in the Father of Truth leading him to submitting to His plan (Hebrews 11:7).

All of these Gentiles were the first to receive revelation of the plan of the Father of Truth to save the human race. These Gentiles were the first to participate in His plan. These Gentiles were saved by confidence in His plan that lead to action.  It is not coincidence that Gentiles were so involved in the plan before Jews even existed.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

Then the Father of Truth called another Gentile, Abraham, to be part of His plan to save all of the families of the Earth (Genesis 12:1-3).  Abraham was still a Gentile when the Father of Truth promised to give him the land of the Canaanites as part of His plan (Genesis 15:18-22).  Abraham continued to be a Gentile until he was ninety nine years old (Genesis 17:1-2).  Abraham was still a Gentile when he was given circumcision as the sign of a covenant between his descendants and the Father of Truth (Genesis 17:3-14).  There were no Jews, that is a man who has been circumcised in accordance with the covenant that He made with Abraham, to be part of the plan of the Father of Truth until Abraham became the first Jew (Genesis 17:23-27).  It was the confidence that Abraham had in the Father of Truth while he was still a Gentile that caused him to become the first Jew as part of the plan of the Father of Truth to save the human race (Romans 4:10-12).

So it was only Gentiles that the Father of Truth promised to save for the first two thousand years of human history until Abraham the Gentile became the first Jew through circumcision as part of the plan of the Father of Truth to save the human race.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

Then the Father of Truth promised to create a Jewish nation from Jacob (Ya'acob aka Israel) to live in the land that He had promised to his grandfather Abraham as part of His plan to save all of the Gentile families on the Earth (Genesis 28:13-15).  Then his son Joseph (Yosef) was used in the next part of His plan to save many Gentiles as well as the Jewish people (Genesis 50:19-21).

So the Jewish people went into Egypt as part of His plan to save many Gentiles.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

Many years later the Father of Truth delivered the Jewish people from Egypt so that the Egyptians would know that He was the one true God (Exodus 7:5).  He delivered the Jewish people from Egypt so the Gentiles all over the Earth would hear of His fame (Exodus 9:14-16).  The Father of Truth lured the armies of Egypt to the Red Sea so the Egyptians would know that He was a higher authority than Pharaoh (Exodus 14:2-4).   Pharaoh and the armies of Egypt were destroyed in the Red Sea so that the Egyptians would know that the Father of Truth was more powerful than the most powerful army on Earth (Exodus 14:16-18).  The Father of Truth delivered the Jewish people from Egypt with a mighty hand so the Gentiles could see that He was the living God (Leviticus 26:45).

The nation of Israel was delivered from Egypt so that the Gentiles would know that the Father of Truth was the one true God in all the Earth.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

When the Jewish people were delivered from Egypt at Passover (Pesach) there was a mixed multitude of Gentiles that were saved as well (Exodus 12:37-41).  It was only afterwards that the Father of Truth required people to become Jews through circumcision before they could observe the commemoration of the Passover but there was still provision for the Gentiles to live among the Jews under the same law as the Jews (Exodus 12:42-49).

So from the very beginnings of the nation of Israel the Gentiles were saved along with the Jews as part of His plan to save the human race.   

Then the Father of Truth gave the The Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) to Moses so he could teach people how to walk in His ways (Exodus 24:12).  The Law of Truth that was given in the wilderness was to be applied equally to the Gentiles who lived among the Jewish people as it was to the Jewish people (Leviticus 24:22).  He gave the Law of Truth to the Jewish people so the Gentiles in all the Earth could see how righteous His Laws were (Deuteronomy 4:5-8).  His covenant was not just for the Jewish people that stood before Him that day but also for the Gentiles that were not present that day (Deuteronomy 29:13-15).

So the Law of Truth was given to the Jewish people to make known the righteous ways of the Father of Truth to the Gentiles.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

Afterwards the Father of Truth would have destroyed the Jewish people for their rebellion against Him and started over with Moses if He had not been concerned with what the Egyptians would think (Exodus 32:9-14).  He only refrained from doing so because He did not want the Gentiles to think that He was unable to bring the Jewish people into the Promised Land (Numbers 14:11-16).  He refrained from destroying the Jewish people and starting over with someone else so all of the Earth could be filled with His glory (Numbers 14:17-21).   The Father of Truth did not give the land of Canaan to the Jewish people because they were so righteous but it was because the Canaanites were so wicked that He promised to give the land of the Canaanites to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac (Yitzakh) and Jacob (Deuteronomy 9:4-6).  He only brought the Jewish people into the Promised Land because of His concern about what the Gentiles would think of Him if it appeared that He was not able fulfill His promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Deuteronomy 9:26-29).

So the Jewish people were only preserved in the wilderness and made into a nation that possessed the Promised Land because the Father of Truth was concerned about what the Gentiles would think if He started over with someone else.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

After the Jewish people took possession of the Promised Land then the Temple was built by Solomon and one of the reasons was so that the Gentiles could seek out the Father of Truth (1 Kings 8:41-43).  David made preparation for Solomon to build the most expensive and magnificent building in history so the Gentiles would hear of the Father of Truth (1 Chronicles 22:5).  The Father of Truth would answer the prayers of Gentiles in far countries when they faced the Temple so that all the people of the Earth could know His name so that they might seek after Him (2 Chronicles 6:32-33).

So the Temple was built to make the name of the Father of Truth known to the Gentiles so that they would seek after Him.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

The Queen of Sheba heard the fame of the Father of Truth, came to Solomon herself to be sure that it was true and then she worshiped Him (1 Kings 10:1-9).  It was the wisdom that the Father of Truth gave to Solomon and the magnificence of the Temple that caused her to worship the Father of Truth (2 Chronicles 9:1-8).  The Queen of Sheba came from the land that was furthest south of Jerusalem [probably modern South Africa] to confirm what she had heard about the wisdom that the Father of Truth had given to Solomon (Matthew 12:42).  The Queen of Sheba was made righteous when she turned to the Father of Truth (Luke 11:31).

So the Queen of Sheba was a Gentile that came from a nation that was as far south of Jerusalem as possible to learn of the Father of Truth because she heard of all that He had done for the Jewish people in giving them Solomon and the Temple.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

Years later after the kingdom of Israel was divided into two smaller kingdoms, the Father of Truth sent Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh of His impending judgment on them for their wickedness (Jonah 1:1-2).  It was for the sake of the people of Nineveh that He gave Jonah a second chance (Jonah 3:1-2).  When Jonah proclaimed the impending judgment on Nineveh the people there repented (Jonah 3:3-9).  Then the Father of Truth forgave the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:10).  Jonah was so angry that he wanted to die when the people of Nineveh repented because they had heard that the Father of Truth was full of mercy (Jonah 4:1-3).  The Father of Truth rebuked Jonah for being angry that the people of Nineveh repented instead of being destroyed because that was why He sent Jonah to warn them (Jonah 4:9-11).  The people of Nineveh repented because they had heard the warning of Jonah the Prophet of Truth (Matthew 12:41).  The people of Nineveh were made righteous because the Father of Truth had given them a second chance (Luke 11:32).

So the Gentiles of Nineveh were saved because they repented when Jonah warned them of judgment for their wicked behavior.  The Gentiles of Nineveh repented because they had heard that the Father of Truth was full of mercy.  The Father of Truth confirmed this by sending Jonah to warn these Gentiles because he did not want to destroy them for their wickedness.  So Jonah was made a Prophet of Truth and given a second chance so that these Gentiles could be saved.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

When the Jewish people turned from the Father of Truth then He destroyed their kingdoms and scattered them among the Gentiles so that the Jewish people would be a cautionary tale to the Gentiles (Deuteronomy 28:36-37).  He made the Promised Land utterly desolate so that the Gentiles of all nations would understand that the Jewish people could only inherit the Promised Land by keeping His commandments (Deuteronomy 29:21-28).  The Father of Truth scattered the Jewish people among the Gentiles but did not destroy them completely because He wanted the Gentiles to know that it was His doing (Deuteronomy 32:26-27).  The Father of Truth did this so that the Gentiles would know what happens to those who turn from Him to worship idols (1 Kings 9:6-9).  The Father of Truth plucked the Jewish people out of the Promised Land and had the first Temple destroyed so that the Gentiles would understand that blessing was dependent upon obedience (2 Chronicles 7:19-22).  The Father of Truth made an example of the Jewish people so the Gentiles might not do the same things (1 Corinthians 10:11).

The Jewish people were scattered among the Gentiles so that they would serve as a cautionary tale to the Gentiles about turning from the Father of Truth. The kingdoms of the Jewish people and the first temple were destroyed so the Gentiles would understand that departing from the Father of Truth means departing from His blessing.  Even in being scattered for their rebellion the Jewish people served as a tool in His plan to save the human race.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

While the Jewish people were in exile in Babylon the Father of Truth sent the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) to save Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego from the fiery furnace so that the Gentiles throughout the Babylonian Empire would hold His name in reverence (Daniel 3:24-29).  Then Daniel was saved from the lions den so that the Gentiles throughout the Persian Empire would know that the Father of Truth was the only living God (Daniel 6:25-27).  When the Jews were saved from the plot of Haman then many Gentiles throughout the Persian Empire turned to the Father of Truth and even became Jews through circumcision (Esther 8:11-17).

So all during the exile of the Jewish people from the Promised Land for their rebellion the Father of Truth continued to use the Jewish people to bring the Gentiles back to Himself.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

The Father of Truth then brought back a remnant of the Jewish people to the Promised Land to build the second Temple so that the kings of Persia could see His mercy (Ezra 9:7-9).  Even the Gentiles that opposed Nehemiah had to acknowledge that the Father of Truth had caused the walls of Jerusalem to be repaired in just fifty two days (Nehemiah 6:15-16).  All of this was done so that the time when the Man of Truth would come to Jerusalem and die for the sins of all people would be known for certain (Daniel 9:24-26).

So the return of the Jewish people to the Promised Land to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple was to make the way for the Man of Truth to die for the sins of all people.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

The Man of Truth was given the Gentiles for his inheritance (Psalm 2:7-8).  The Man of Truth came to be the Jew that the Gentiles would seek out (Isaiah 11:10).  The Man of Truth brought judgment to the Gentiles (Isaiah 42:1).  The Man of Truth gave light to the Gentiles so that they no longer walked in darkness (Isaiah 42:6).  The Man of Truth was given the Gentiles also because his suffering on the cross was too great to save only the Jewish people (Isaiah 49:1-7).  The Man of Truth is the Jew that the Gentiles have put their trust in (Matthew 12:17-19).  The Man of Truth is salvation for all people because he is a light to the Gentiles and the glory of the Jewish people (Luke 2:29-32).  Even the Jewish leaders who opposed the Man of Truth understood that the Messiah was supposed to teach the Gentiles (John 7:35).  It was the Gentiles seeking after the Man of Truth that signaled that it was time for him to die to save the human race (John 12:20-23).

So the Man of Truth died to save the entire human race because saving only the Jews was never part of the plan of the Father of Truth.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

In fact the plan relied on most of the leaders of the Jewish people rejecting the Man of Truth when no other people would have (Matthew 12:38-42).  It was an evil generation among the Jewish people who orchestrated his crucifixion (Luke 11:29-32).   Most of the Jewish people rejecting the Man of Truth made salvation possible for the Gentiles (Romans 11:7-11).  The Father of Truth was able to have mercy on the Gentiles who would put their trust in the Man of Truth because most of the Jewish people would not put their trust in the Man of Truth (Romans 11:30-32).

So some of the Gentiles were to come into the House of Truth because some of the Jewish people rejected the Man of Truth.  This was part of the plan to save the human race.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

It had always been the plan of the Father of Truth for Gentiles to come into the House of Truth to replace those of the Jewish nation who would not come into the House of Truth (Amos 9:10-12).  The Gentiles would worship the Father of Truth in every land because most of the Jewish nations did not worship Him in the Promised Land (Malachi 1:10-12).  Still it took the Gentiles being baptized in the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) and the Spirit of Truth performing miracles among the Gentiles for the Jewish Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) to understand that the Gentiles could come into the House of Truth without first becoming Jews through circumcision (Acts 15:7-12).  The Gentiles coming into the House of Truth was only the fulfillment of what had been spoken by the Prophets of Truth (Acts 15:13-17).  It had always been the plan of the Father of Truth to bring the Gentiles into the House of Truth (Acts 15:18).  This plan to save the Gentiles was the wisdom of the Father of Truth that those in unbelief could not see (Romans 11:33-35).  This plan to save the Gentiles is the mystery that had been kept hidden in the words of the Prophets of Truth (Romans 16:25-27).  If the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil), the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) and the leaders of the Jewish people had understood this mystery then they would have never crucified the Man of Truth and nobody would be able to come into the House of Truth (1 Corinthians 2:6-8).  The Man of Truth living in the Gentiles was a mystery that had been hidden through the ages (Colossians 1:24-27).  This is the mystery that had been hidden by the Father of Truth (Colossians 2:1-3).

So in no matter whatsoever did the Father of Truth start over with the Gentiles. The Gentiles coming into the House of Truth was not some sort of plan B because the Father of Truth failed to bring the Jewish people into the House of Truth as plan A.  The Father of Truth has only ever had one plan to save the human race and He has never failed.  Those who do not know Him have been unable to understand the secret plan to bring about His will in saving the entire human race.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

In the current phase of the plan the Father of Truth is using the Gentile Children of Truth to provoke the Jewish people into returning to Him (Deuteronomy 32:18-21).  The Gentiles who have come into the House of Truth are the nation that was not called by His name (Isaiah 65:1).  The Gentiles who have come into the House of Truth are the tool of the Father of Truth to bring all of the Jewish people into the House of Truth (Romans 10:19-20).  When the Gentiles have been used to provoked the Jewish people to jealous enough that all of the Jewish people come into the House of Truth it will bring about the salvation of the entire human race (Romans 11:11-15).

So now the Gentiles are the tools in the hand of the Father of Truth to bring salvation to the Jewish people.  For most of the last two thousand years it has been mainly the Gentiles that He has been using in His plan to save the human race.  This is not an accident or because the Father of Truth had to start over with the Gentiles.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

It had always been the plan for the Gentiles to rejoice together with the Jews in the House of Truth (Deuteronomy 32:43).  The Gentiles who come into the House of Truth were always meant to rejoice with the Jews in the House of Truth when the Man of Truth rules the Earth (1 Chronicles 16:31).  The Gentiles in the House of Truth will also clap their hands when the Man of Truth rules the Earth (Psalm 47:1-3).  The Gentiles have been grafted into the olive of tree of those Jewish people who were already in the House of Truth (Romans 11:16-18).  The Gentiles can also be removed from the House of Truth if they fall into disobedience (Romans 11:19-22).  One day the mission of the Gentiles will be completed and all of the Jewish people left on Earth will come into the House of Truth (Romans 11:23-27).  The Father of Truth has in no way ever changed His plans concerning the Jewish people by bringing Gentiles into the House of Truth (Romans 11:28-29).  The Gentiles will rejoice with the Jewish people in the House of Truth because that was always the plan of the Father of Truth (Romans 15:8-12).  The Gentiles in the House of Truth have become part of the Israel that the Father of Truth has always desired (Ephesians 2:11-13). The Gentiles have been made fellow heirs with the Jews in the House of Truth (Ephesians 3:1-7).

The Father of Truth did not start over with the Gentiles but rather has made them part of the Jewish people who first came into the House of Truth.  The Gentiles are not some sort of consolation prize for failing with the Jewish people for in the end all of the Jewish people on Earth will be in the House of Truth.  The Gentiles will rejoice with the Jews in the House of Truth when the Man of Truth rules the Earth.  The Gentiles in the House of Truth are part of a global conspiracy to bring the world under Jewish rule.  The Man of Truth is the Jew that these Gentiles have put their trust in so it should not be surprising that it's a Jewish thing to be in the House of Truth.  They will rule over the Gentile nations on behalf of the Man of Truth when he brings about the end of all trouble.  There simply is no other way to have peace on Earth and save the human race.  It has always been about the Gentiles.

The Man of Truth laid down His life so that both Jews and Gentiles could come into the House of Truth (John 10:15-17).  Both Jews and Gentiles must surrender control of their lives to the Man of Truth because they believe that His Father raised him from the dead to come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:8-13).  Gentiles become fellow citizen with Jews when both come into the House of Truth (Ephesians 2:14-19).  It has always been the plan of the Father of Truth that Jews and Gentiles of all nations should come into the House of Truth so the human race could be saved (Revelation 7:9-10).

Come into the House of Truth.