 We talk a lot about how God has made promises and provisions for the nation of Israel and what he's going to do for them. But if you're not Jewish, if you're not a part of the nation of Israel, you could be left wondering, well, what about me? Well, we should take heart. God has not forgotten about us. As a matter of fact, God has also made promises and provisions for us, those of us who are not ethnic Jews. What do I mean by that? Well, the Bible does show a lot about what he's done with Israel he has spoken about and demonstrated throughout scriptures, how he has chosen them, how he has made promises, how he's walked them through and how they have turned their backs on him. But it's never been the case that God has forgotten about us, nor has it been the case that we are an afterthought, that we are plan B. As a matter of fact, look at what he's saying in Isaiah. Remember, Isaiah is prophesying that the nation of Israel is eventually going to come to him. The nation of Israel at some point in time is going to put their faith in him and in stating so. Notice what God says in Isaiah 56, starting in verse 70 says, even those I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my name and I'm sorry, make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar for my house will be called a house of prayer for all of the people. And the word is called all of the peoples and it's not just for Israel. So his house will be a house for all of the people. Now, he's speaking prophetically, obviously in verse eight, the Lord who gathers the disperse of Israel, now he makes distinction. The Lord who gathers the disperse of Israel declares yet others. So not just Israel, yet others I will gather to them to those already gathered. So he's going to take the Jews and gathered them with the Gentiles, those other folks who those who are already gathered. So obviously he can't be speaking about only Israel. So he's made promises for us as well. Now, just because the Jews didn't pay close attention, though they didn't listen and just because they didn't listen, didn't mean God didn't say. Notice what he says about them in Deuteronomy 32, 21, he says, they have made me who's they that is Israel jealous with what is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. Well, who's he speaking of? He's speaking about us. So he's already had plans, but he's going to use us to bring them around. Why? Well, he still has love for them, but it doesn't negate the fact that he has love for us. The others that he's chosen, look what he says in in Hosea two. And Hosea two is a pretty interesting passage or chapter. Sometimes we glance over if we only think about what's what Peter reiterates of Joel in Acts chapter two. But notice what he's saying. Also, this is Joel chapter two, but verse 23 says, I will so for her, so her for myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion. That is us. I will say to those who were not my people, that is us, that you are my people. And they will say you are my God. Notice what he says. Yes, it's true that Israel, the nation is a chosen nation, a chosen people of God. But they're not the only ones we are to those of us who are in him. We are also his. And so he shows his love for Israel, even though the vast majority of them won't become his, even though the vast majority of them will die and not see their their lives with him in eternity. He still is going to reserve for those in Israel. But that didn't negate the fact that he's done the same thing for those who are not Israel. Remember what he says in Genesis three. He is bringing about a plan to glorify himself. He says in Genesis three, 15, I will put enmity between you and the woman speaking to the serpent and between your seed and her seed, singular seed. That's Jesus. He shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the heel. Obviously speaking about Jesus, but how is that going to come about? Remember, there is no Israel now. And so his point isn't just for Israel, but he is going to glorify himself through his son by defeating Satan and death. And remember what he says, going a little further in Genesis and Genesis chapter 12, verse two, one of the more important or the most important covenant that's made the Abrahamic covenant because it deals with all of us, the totality of salvation, though he didn't give us all the details. He says, I will make you a great nation. Well, that's Israel. I will bless you and make your name great. And so you shall be a blessing. He says, and I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you, I will curse. And here it is looking here in verse, I mean, the latter part of verse three and in you, all the families called Mishpaka, which is all I'm sorry. Paul Mishpaka, which is all the families of the earth will be blessed. That's us through Abraham, through his ascending, through what he spoke about in in Genesis three, 15, through him, that seed, Jesus. As Paul tells us in Galatians three, all of the families of the earth shall be blessed, not just Jews, not just Israel, but also the Gentiles. Now, why is that important? Because, again, sometimes we can act or feel as though we are left out over a second rate or second class citizens. We're an afterthought. We are not. We absolutely not. But think about this. He loved Israel so much and through his promises, he made a promise for them. How much does he love us to put them to the side for the sake of bringing us in? Notice what he says in Genesis, I mean, Romans nine, because Paul is concerned about Israel, not placing their faith in Christ, especially at that point in time, even though the first that have done so were Jews. But now, by and large, those that are coming to Christ when Paul is writing Romans are Gentiles. Notice what he says in verse 23. He says, and did he and he did so to make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand, even us, whom he also called not from among Jews only. So he's also led us not just Jews only, but also for among the Gentiles. And this is part three read from Hosea, as he also says in Hosea, I will call those who are not my people, my people. And I will call those who are not beloved, beloved, that's us. And it shall be that in the place where it is said to them, you are not my people. There they shall be called sons of the living God. That's us, he's speaking of. But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of seas, it is a remnant that will be saved. Now, I want you to notice something that Israel is going to be saved. But they are put to the side. How do we know so? Because he tells us Paul goes on and tells us in Romans 11, 25. And this is what I want you to focus on, for I do not want you brother to be uninformed of this mystery so that you will not be unwisely in your own estimation that a partial hardening has happened to Israel. And here it is, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Well, Israel will be saved, but who is God's focus on? Right now it is on the Gentiles. How much can we also understand that he loves us? Not to say, and it should never be said that he loves Israel more than he loves Gentiles. That's nowhere in the scriptures. Does he have a specific plan and promise for Israel? Yes. Does that negate a specific plan and promise for Gentiles? It does not. He's got enough to where he can have a plan and promise for this person, that person and that person. And to put the people that were the initial object, the people of your focus to put them to the side, to give them a partial hardening and you won't deal with them until you're finished dealing with the Gentiles. As he says, until the fullness of the Gentiles, that's us. Matter of fact, that's love. That's love for us until that's done. Then he'll deal with Israel. So right now who is put on the back burner? That's Israel. How much does that say about his love for us as Gentiles? And Paul says, not Paul, I'm sorry. John says he says that all of us are those that have been born of God. And because of that, in John 5, he says those that are born of God, chapter 4, chapter 5, verse 4, he says the hot team, because upon Tchaikodemnon, those that have been born of God, we are overcome or we overcome the world through what? Through our faith. And that's all inclusive, Jew and Gentile. And so he calls us to be born in him because he loved us, not on the basis of race, not on the basis of ethnicity, on blood, or even our own will, but on his own will because he shows his love to whom he wants to. He calls people that did not initially love him that weren't beloved. He calls us beloved. So does the Bible speak about any prophecies in the Old Testament concerning Gentiles? Yes, it is about us as well as the Jews. He's using them to set a point, make a point as Romans 15 tells us so that we can learn from them. But it should never be taken or understood that his love for us is minimized or is it secondary to his love for Israel? No, he loves us as much as he can love any other group of people. And so therefore we should be we should feel blessed and feel honored that he would do that for us. Amen.