THE WEEKLY QUESTION

Did Jesus Come ONLY for The Jews — Or For The Whole World

Untangling the mixed messaging from the Gospels

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Hey there! Welcome back to the Inspire Believe Grow Weekly Question following a brief hiatus over Easter.

This week I’m taking a shot at a question that was asked in the comments to another post I wrote on Medium. I noted it down on my Trello board, and, well, here we are…

The question is this: Did Jesus come only for the Jewish people — or were his incarnation, ministry, death and resurrection targeted at everyone?

It’s easy to see how this question would arise because — and this might shock some White Christian Nationalists — Jesus was a Jew.

**pauses for a sharp intake of breath**

Take even a cursory look at the Gospels and we see that Jesus was:

• born into a Jewish family
• brought up according to Jewish law
• lived in a Jewish town.
• chose a bunch of Jewish disciples,
• spoke in Jewish synagogues and temples,
• travelled around mainly in Jewish…