THE DIASPORA WERE THE ELECT REMNANT OF ISRAEL SCATTERED IN THE GENTILE NATIONS FISHED OUT BY THE GOSPEL THAT WAS ONLY FOR ISRAEL
by Tuese Ahkiong
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN INTERPRETING THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY. It's like walking into the last 20% of a movie and not understanding the context or overall story. This is where most church people are! They do not understand that the Bible is Israel's story because they do not study the Old Testament and see the promises made to Israel are fulfilled to Israel in the New Testament!
If The Gospel is for every human being without exception, why does Peter, Paul, John, James and even Yeshua address the Diaspora, the elect exiles/ remnant of Israel, only the lost sheep of the house of Israel, twelve tribes.... The Diaspora were the scattered Israelites in the nations. Most church folk are oblivious that Israel was dispersed or scattered into the nations. They are also unaware of the divided kingdom/ nations and that there is a big different between being a Jew and an Israelite.
Northern Kingdom, Israel, were scattered among the nations for their sin and became like the gentiles and were called gentiles, Greeks and Samaritans by the Southern Kingdom, Judah, The Jews (subset of Israel).
THE DIASPORA (DISPERSED) WERE THE ELECT REMNANT OF ISRAEL SCATTERED IN THE GENTILE NATIONS and being FISHED OUT BY THE GOSPEL.
Deuteronomy 4:25-31
25 “When you father children and have grandchildren, and you grow old in the land, and you act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will certainly perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you. 28 There you will serve gods, the work of human hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell anything.29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things happen to you, in THE LATTER DAYS you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. 31 For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not abandon you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
FULFILLED IN THE LAST DAYS (30-70AD)
1 Corinthian 12:1-3
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
In the Old Testament, YHWH’s ELECT was from Israel who were SCATTERED into the nations
Isaiah 45:4
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my CHOSEN, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.
Isaiah 43:1
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have CALLED you by name, you are mine.
Isaiah 44:1
“But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have CHOSEN!
Isaiah 41:8-9
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have CHOSEN, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have CHOSEN YOU and not cast you off”;
In The New Testament, Israel is still YHWH's ELECT being REGATHERED in through The Gospel.
1 Peter 1:1-2
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are ELECT EXILES OF THE DISPERSION in Pontus, GALATIA, Cappadocia, ASIA, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
**The Elect were the remnant of Israel chosen by YHWH and dispersed/ scattered by Him. They were brought back into fellowship with YHWH through the Gospel which was ONLY for them. Notice that the elect were dispersed among the pagan GENTILE NATIONS. Interesting how biblical Asia is not where we see modern Asia on the maps today.
Galatians 1:1-2
1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, To the churches of GALATIA:
**Notice that Peter identifies Galatia as an area were the ELECT were.
James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the DISPERSION: Greetings.
**Notice James, Yeshua’s brother, is writing to the 12 tribes of Israel in DIASPORA or DISPERSION and NOT to non-Israelites! kinda weird by today’s standards that God wants everyone saved yet doesn’t write to people in the world,
2 Peter 3:15
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
**Peter says that Paul also was writing to THE DIASPORA. Paul wrote Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Galatians, Philippians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus.
1 Corinthians 10:1-4
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
**Did pagan Corinthian fathers pass through the sea with Moses? Did Pagan Corinthian fathers eat manna from Heaven and drink water from the rock? God’s elect scattered into the nations were Israelites being called back to their Shepherd.
Revelation 1:4
John to the seven churches that are in ASIA: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
**Notice Peter mentions Asia as to where THE DIASPORA are. Therefore, John is writing to the same elect of Israel.
John 7:32-36
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the DISPERSION among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
**The Jews were aware of the DISPERSION/ THE DIASPORA/ SCATTERED Israelites and called them derogatory names like Greeks, Gentiles, Samaritans. The Dispersion was The Jews' Northern brothers that they hated. Paul speaks of this division in Ephesians 2:11-22.
John 11:51-52
Now he did not say this on his own, but as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that JESUS WAS GOING TO DIE FOR THE NATION; 52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also GATHER TOGETHER INTO ONE the children of God who are SCATTERED ABROAD.
He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that JESUS WOULD DIE FOR THE JEWISH NATION, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the SCATTERED children of God, to bring them together and MAKE THEM ONE.
(This is the true meaning of the “one new man” Eph2 reference)
MATTHEW 24:13-14
But HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in ALL THE WORLD as a witness to ALL THE NATIONS, and THEN THE END WILL COME.
**Notice Christ tells his fishermen or Apostles/ Disciples that they will preach in all the world (oikemene - known world like in Luke 2:1 in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of whole world (oikemene)) as a witness to ALL THE NATIONS and then THE END of the Old Covenant Age would occur; 70AD.
What “end” did Christ speak of?
MATT 24: 2-3 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, NOT ONE STONE SHALL BE LEFT HERE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN.”
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of THE END OF THE AGE?”
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world AS A TESTIMONY TO ALL NATIONS (ethnos GENTILES), and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:22
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for THE ELECT’s sake those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even THE ELECT.
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather HIS ELECT from the FOUR WINDS, from one end of heaven to the other.
**Yeshua’s messengers/ angels gathered the elect of YHWH through the Gospel in the 1stcentury. Christ’s sheep heard His voice and came to their Shepherd. Mark repeats this in 13:20,22, 27
Matthew 24:34
Assuredly, I say to you, THIS GENERATION WILL BY NO MEANS PASS AWAY TILL ALL THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE.
**Christ says that the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in ALL THE WORLD as a witness to ALL THE NATIONS (ethnos gentiles). The context is THE KNOWN WORLD/ COVENANT WORLD and THE ELECT that were scattered in THE GENTILE NATIONS were the Israelites would be preached to in THAT "THIS GENERATION" 1st century.
Matt 28
19 Go therefore and make disciples of ALL THE NATIONS (ethne gentiles), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
**Christ gives “The Great Commission” to His 1st century Apostles and Disciples. They succeeded in fishing out YHWH’s ELECT REMNANT in that last generation of the OC because they were empowered by THE HOLY SPIRIT! Israelites were essentially like GENTILES because of their sin in breaking the mosaic laws; uncircumcised, idolatry... THE ELECT were in THE NATIONS and FISHED OUT by the Gospel. The Holy Spirit directed the saints to where the elect were. Sometimes The Spirit, directed saints away from certain areas and cities because THE ELECT were NOT there. Way different from Evangelism preaching today. LOL.
ACTS 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
And shall God not avenge HIS OWN ELECT who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
**Vengeance came in 70AD.
Who shall bring a charge against GOD’S ELECT? It is God who justifies.
**God's elect Israelites among the Roman gentile nation.
(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God ACCORDING TO ELECTION might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
**God's elect Israelites among the Roman gentile nation were being gathered in Israel's Last Days.
Hosea talks about the scattered Israelites and says they would be called NOT MY PEOPLE but prophesies that later God would regather them and then they would be called MY PEOPLE again.
Hos 1:9
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, and I will not be your God.
**Hosea says the number of the children OF ISRAEL will be as the ‘sands of the sea’ but God will call a ‘remnant’ out of them.
Hos 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, there it shall be said unto them, YE ARE THE SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.
Hos 1:11
Then shall the children of Judah (southern tribes) and the children of Israel (northern tribes) be GATHERED TOGETHER, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Now, knowing this verse in Hosea about Judah and Israel being scattered and ‘cut off’ by breaking the Mosaic Covenant but reconciled and ‘regathered’ later.
In Romans 9:24-29, Paul brings it up! Notice the question mark at the end of ‘gentile’ in
Rom 9:24:
“whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?”
Paul then quotes Hosea 1:9 to define the ‘gentile’ narrative:
25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them MY PEOPLE who are NOT MY PEOPLE;
and I will call her ‘MY LOVED ONE’ who is NOT MY LOVED ONE,”
26 and, “In the very place where it was said to them,*‘YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,’*
there they will be called ‘CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD.’ ”
Paul is telling his readers in Rome that they are the remnant descendants of the tribes of Israel, the seed of Abraham to whom the promise of the NC Kingdom was to (Rom9:3-5). The ‘called’, the elect ‘remnant’ out of the ‘sands of the sea’. They were the scattered elect (lost sheep) being regathered, reconciled back into the (sheep) fold. (the sheep from another fold)
***Here, Peter quotes the same verse!
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1Pet 2:10 Which in time past were ***NOT A PEOPLE***, but are now ***THE PEOPLE OF GOD***: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
***Peter is writing to the same audience as Paul.
The NOT MY PEOPLE were SCATTERED ISRAELITES who had been ‘cut off’ by the curse of the Mosaic Law for their ‘uncircumcision’ and idolatry.
They were transgressing (breaking) the Mosaic Law due to their ‘uncircumcision’ and were called *NOT MY PEOPLE*.
Yeshua then fulfilled that Law (Gal.4) so that they could be regathered into a New Covenant (Heb8:8) and then be called the *children of the living God*. (This was the ‘manifestation of the sons of God’)
Romans 11:5-7
Even so then, at THIS PRESENT TIME there is A REMNANT according to THE ELECTION of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but THE ELECT have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
**According to this passage when would a remnant according to the election of grace be? PRESENT TIME 1st century.
**What did the elect obtain?
**Who was blinded?
Romans 11:25-28
For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to ISRAEL UNTIL THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES (NATIONS) has come in. 26 And so ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED, as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness FROM JACOB;
27 For this is MY COVENANT WITH THEM,
WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”
28Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning THE ELECTION they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.
**Who was blinded? Israel
** Who were the gentiles? The 10 Northern scattered Tribes
**Who is ALL ISRAEL? The elect remnant of the 10 Northern Tribes & 2 Southern Tribes who are saved by The Gospel.
**Who did YHWH covenant with to take away their sins? Israel.
Who was the enemies of the gospel? unelected Jews (Israel).
**Who was Jacob? The whole house of Israel both northern and southern kingdoms
Colossians 3:12Therefore, as THE ELECT OF GOD, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
**Who was the elect of God? The remnant of Israel who placed faith in Christ.
**The elect will be with Christ at His appearing when? v4 When Christ appears as Scripture says in that 1st century THIS GENERATION.
**When will judgment and wrath come? v6 In that 1st century THIS GENERATION.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, 4 knowing, beloved brethren, YOUR ELECTION BY GOD. 5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and THE ELECT ANGELS that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of THE ELECT, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
**When would THE ELECT obtain salvation? At Christ's return in 70AD to judge Israel.
Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of GOD’S ELECT and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,
1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are ELECT EXILES OF THE DISPERSION in Pontus, GALATIA, Cappadocia, ASIA, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
**Who were the dispersion? The elect ex-Israelite gentiles who were scattered by YHWH who used the Assyrians in 722 BC.
1 Peter 5:13. She who is in Babylon, ELECT TOGETHER WITH YOU, greets you; and so does Mark my son.
2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to MAKE YOUR CALL AND ELECTION SURE, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
2 John 1:1 The Elder, To THE ELECT lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,
2 John 1:13 THE CHILDREN OF YOUR ELECT SISTER greet you. Amen.
At the end of the Bible story we see ONLY ISRAEL REDEEMED (SAVED) and able to sing the NEW SONG.
Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
Revelation 14:1-5
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
PAUL AN APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES
Romans 1:5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of His name,
Romans 11:13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
GALATIANS 2:7-9 But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised 8 (for He who was at work for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised was at work for me also to the Gentiles), 9 and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
1 Timothy 2:7 For this I was appointed as a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
***Paul was entrusted with The Gospel to the uncircumcised Gentiles who were also THE ELECT scattered sheep from the house of Israel.
THE DISPERSION IN THE Old Testament
Esther 3:8
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is A CERTAIN PEOPLE SCATTERED ABROAD AND DISPERSED among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
Isaiah 11:11-13
11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will ASSEMBLE THE BANISHED OF ISRAEL, AND GATHER THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH from the four corners of the earth.
13 The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Ezekiel 12:14-16
14 And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am the Lord, WHEN I DISPERSE THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND SCATTER THEM AMONG THE COUNTRIES. 16 But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 20:22-24
22 But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I WOULD SCATTER THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND DISPERSE THEM THROUGH THE COUNTRIES, 24 because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols.
Ezekiel 22:14-16
14 Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it. 15 I WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS AND DISPERSE YOU THROUGH THE COUNTRIES, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you. 16 And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 36:18-20
18 So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. 19 I SCATTERED THEM AMONG THE NATIONS, AND THEY WERE DISPERSED THROUGH THE COUNTRIES. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’
Zephaniah 3:9-11
“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my DISPERSED ONES, shall bring my offering.
11 “On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
SEE:
Israel SCATTERED by GOD among the nations for their sin and idolatry, then REGATHERED in THE LATTER DAYS
https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2020/05/scattered-israel-among-nations-peoples.html
The 144,000 REDEEMED were The 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-144000-firstfruits-for-god-and-lamb.html?m=1
THE GREAT COMMISSION WAS FULFILLED IN THE FIRST CENTURY before 70 A.D.
GENTILES IN ROMANS 9:19-33 ARE THE CUT OFF ISRAELITES, THE NORTHERN KINGDOM, THE DIASPORA
http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/06/gentiles-in-romans-919-33-are-cut-off.html
ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED. ALL ISRAEL WAS SAVED - ROMANS 11
http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/06/all-israel-will-be-saved-all-israel-was.html
THE LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL were NOT Samoans, Mexicans, Indians, Filipinos, Koreans, Irish, English…. but Israelites, duh!!!
https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-lost-sheep-of-israel-were-not.html
FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER
https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/05/four-corners-of-earth-four-winds-from.html?m=1
THE NEW COVENANT, WHO WAS FOR? Who does Scripture address the OT & NT to?
https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-new-covenant-who-was-is-it-for-by.html?m=1
