Let me add to the 'messiness'..."It gets a little messy when the word "the Church," is employed because 1) The Church is defined at least x- different ways in the whole of scripture (or are they really completely different? ), and 2) not all the Church is the Church."
IOW, what's good for the goose is good for the gander (depending on one's definition of gosling).
I would offer God is not a racist. He is not a man .
.Follow the doctrine of the
seed Christ.. the unseen
glory of
God
Mankind must be born again from above . Not a new testament principle by which some beleive the church began at Pentecost and not that he retuned at the time of the first century reformation.
Many teach there was no 1st century reformation under sola scriptura. All
things written in the
Law and
Prophets,
Not all Israel are born again Israel .In the same way not all that name the name Christian are born again. Not as if the living word/
seed of God had no effect.
God is not a racist . Its never about the flesh of dying mankind . A wile of the evil one.
We are instructed to compare the spiritual understanding hid in parables to the same .In that way without parables
Christ's seed working in
us the
teacher spoke not.
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob,(deceiver) but
Israel: for as a
prince hast thou
power with
God and
with men, and hast
prevailed.
As Jacob the deceiver (dead in ones trespass and sin previously he had no power coming from Gods' faithful labor of love.
The word
Israel has a born again meaning in respect to the spiritual
seed Christ introduced in Genies 4.
The
teaching anointing
seed Christ that works in believers to
both give us His understanding and power to do it to the good pleasure of the
seed
1 Peter 1:23 Being
born again, not of
corruptible seed, (Jacob) but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which
liveth and
abideth for ever.
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his
seed (born again) were the promises made. He saith not, And to
seeds, as of
many; (dying flesh and blood.) but as of
one, And to
thy seed, which is
Christ.
Satan murdered the first prophet, apostle, martyr. Abel the first second born. he was needed to set up the doctrine a person must be born again . The first birth leads to death . God replaced him
Then and not before they were born again as previous dead in trespasses and sin Born agin they could call out to Him not seen
Genesis 4: 25-26 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
From Enos the
seed Christ was passed down to another second born. Cain seeing no interest in the spiritual unseen eternal things of the seed Christ . Pased in on to Onan who had no value in the invisible things of Christ .he spilled the
seed . Esau in the same way no spiritual value sold his first born rights for a cup of hairy goat soup .
The
seed (Christ) was passed down the Abram another second born . renaming him a born again Abraham signifying the Father of all the nations of the world
.
Establishing the geanalolgy of the
generation( beginning) of the born again seed (Christ ). Luke ending with the first born again from above.
Seth the birth of the Son of man. . end of geanalolgy of the second born. God's first born of many
sons of
God
Luke 3:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham the second born )begat Isaac;( second born ) and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Luke 3: 38 Which was the son of
Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the
son of God.
Previous Jacob meaning the deceiver. One that grasp the heel of another 1st born . Second born
seed to represent
Christ in
us passed on from Abel in Genesis.
Hosea 12:2-4King James Version The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
He took his
brother by the heel ( Satan not giving up the the first born Cain dead in trespasses and sin) in the womb, and by
his strength he had
power with God: