All Men are Cleansed!
Abraham made his servant aware that he would not
take a wife from the people around them but rather to return to his kins people
and there take him a wife. And it came to pass that Rebeka was choosen.
Isaac charged Jacob not to take a wife of Canna
but return to his mothers people and there take a wife of the daughters of
Loban.
When the children of Israel (Jacob) went into
the promised land God charged them not to marry any of the people of the land
where they went into to possess. But to marry other Israelite people.
So Samson sinned when he married the Philistine
woman. Also all others who married people of a different nationality.
I
Kings 11:1-2
Boaz married Ruth (Gentile) and didn't sin. Ruth
was in lineage of Christ (Ruth accepted the faith)
Up unto Christ's death God had a wall or
partition between Jew and Gentiles. The reason for this partition was clear as
he reasoned with Solomon, that they would lead them away from God. The Law of
Moses was given to the Jews and them only.
Read Crudens of Gentile.
Christ tore down this wall.
Eph
2:11-22
Peter had to see this and accept it. It was hard
for Peter to accept.
Acts
10:9-21 & 34-35
But still Peter had reservations for he did not
want to eat with Gentiles. Peter and other Jews want two types of churches
Gentiles & Jews being separate.
Gal
2:7-14
Rom
1:16
Today the partition that is set by God is
Christian and non-Christian
II
Corr 6:14-18
We are admonished to marry other believers.
I
Corr 7:39 "The
wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth, but if the husband be
dead, she is at liberty to marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.
I
Corr 7:14-16
I
Corr 12:13-14 "For
by one spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free, and have been all been made to drink into one
spirit. For the body is not one member but many.
Rom
2:9-11