further expands His Kingdom mission to include making disciples of not only Jerusalem and Judea but also the despised Samaritans , and ALL nations to the ends of the earth . Although the Gospel accounts reveal Gentiles being impacted by Yeshua ’ s teachings , those of the nations are not prominent until after Jerusalem ' s counsel ( Acts 15 ) and the expansion of Paul ’ s ministry .
( Gen . 4 ), Ishmael and Isaac ( Gen . 17 ), Esau and Jacob / Israel ( Gen . 21 ), Manasseh and Ephraim ( Gen . 48 ), Ephraim and Judah [ the Northern Kingdom - Israel and the Southern Kingdom - Judah ] ( 1 Kings 12 , 2 Chron . 2 ; Ezek . 37 ). Extending this into the second Temple period we likewise have Yeshua presenting the parable of the Father with two sons , the wayward son , and the faithful son . It is interesting to note that even the faithful son has a bad attitude , and the father goes out to meet him and invite him in as well .
The Prodigal Son Expanded
Yeshua gives the Great Commission ( Matt . 28:16-20 ; Mark 16 ; 15-18 ; Luke 24:44-49 ; John 20:19-20 ; Acts 1:8 ) which
Now coming full circle , I would ask you to consider that the Kingdom of God is the like father in Luke 15 who had two sons who both eventually left , first Ishmael ( the Wayward Son ), then Israel ( the Son of Promise ) leaving with the second Diaspora , and the father then invited a third son from the nations is to be Son of Adoption ( Matt 22 : 8-10 ; Rom . 8:14-17 ). The third Son of Adoption is the Gentile church who has been invited in and has been a light to the unbelieving nations , despite Israel ’ s rejection . The family of God can now be seen in the archetypes of three Sons : Ishmael – the Wayward Son of Abraham , Israel – the Son of Promise , and the Church – as the Gentile Son of Adoption . God ’ s plan is of restoration and expansion and not a replacement . Each son has a place in God ’ s Kingdom and there must be a mutual honoring of one another .
Since 1948 , the establishment of the state of Israel , 1967 , the recapturing of Jerusalem by the Jewish people , and Israel ’ s continued prosperity in the land , revival and the re-emergence of Messianic Judaism are evidence of the
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