Q&A – WHERE DID CAIN GET HIS WIFE? - 1

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Q&A – WHERE DID CAIN GET HIS WIFE?

Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of IAUE, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Have you ever noticed when a person is being confronted with the call to repent and believe the gospel how quickly they will ask a question to derail the conversation and take the focus away from their liability and responsibility before IAUE?  Questions like:  “If Elohim is an Elohim of love, why is there so much killing and poverty and war in the world?”  Or, “Do you believe the earth is only 6,000 years old or is it millions of years old?”  Or, “Do you believe that creation and evolution are compatible?”  Or, “Where did Cain get his wife?” Such questions usually are not sincere.  They are intended to be conundrums that you cannot answer resulting in you questioning your own faith and message; thus terminating any continued appeal to them to repent or to deal practically with the inescapable reality of a future eternal judgment they will face. 

The tendency is to want to provide them with a biblical answer to their questions so they, in turn, will find your gospel message to be credible.  In my opinion, you should never allow their questions to sidetrack you from presenting the truth of the gospel; because this will move you into an academic conversation of the intellect and introduce pride into the mix.  It will remove you from the spirit and power of the Word of IAUE that is able to save their soul. 

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Messiah: for it is the power of IAUE unto salvation to every one that believeth…

If IAUE is drawing the person unto Himself, He will draw them and reveal His son in them.  If He isn’t, no amount of catering to their distracting questions will appease the person and make them open to the gospel.  We may sow; and we may water the seed that is sown; but it is IAUE alone who causes the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6-7).  In my personal experience (which is not by any means a litmus test that proves anything at all), I have never made headway with anyone who interrupts the gospel with distracting and unrelated questions. Their soul has not been marked with an awareness of the danger associated with their rebellious lives and their need for a redeemer.

The apostle Paul was pretty keen on instructing those whom he put in positions of leadership to steer clear of such questions.

1 Timothy 1:4  Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

2 Timothy 2:23  But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

Titus 3:9  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Sometimes, however, there are nagging questions that persist in the mind of the believer that cause them to be curious about if not outright question the veracity of the Scriptures.  Such questions are important to resolve so one’s faith can remain unhindered.  I believe today’s question is one of them.

It is very likely that some readers will never have heard what I am about to suggest; so please bear with me and consider what the Scriptures say.

Where did Cain get his wife?  Our opening verses clearly suggest that he found her in the land of Nod.  That, however, is not really the point of the question, is it?  The real question is, where did she come from if Adam and Eve were the parents of all who lived upon the earth; and Cain was the firstborn of Adam and Eve?  Herein lies the dilemma; and the reason why this is one of those nagging questions.

The answer is---Adam and Eve were NOT the first humans to inhabit the earth. They were a very particular couple who were set apart from the rest of humanity.  Allow me to explain.

Genesis 1:9 And Elohim said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And Elohim called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called the Seas: and Elohim saw that it was good.

11 And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Notice, on the 3^rd day of Creation, Elohim created the grass, the herbs and the fruit trees and they yielded their fruit.

Genesis 1: 20 And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And Elohim created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good.

22 And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Notice, on the 5^th day, Elohim brought forth out of the waters, all of the sea creatures and all of the winged fowl (aviary life).

24 And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And Elohim made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good.

IAUE brought forth from the earth all of the land-based animals and creatures (on the 6^th day).

26 And Elohim said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So Elohim created man in his own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And Elohim said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And Elohim saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

On the 6^th day, as we all know, IAUE created (Heb: bara) man; but notice carefully the language in these verses.  IAUE created man in his own image, both male and female.  He created THEM.  IAUE blessed THEM---the males and females that He had created. 

IAUE commanded THEM to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth and to subdue the earth.  He gave THEM dominion over the fish, the fowl and every living thing on the earth.  The man (males and females), that IAUE created on day 6, were given the mission to subdue the earth and exercise dominion over all of its animal life.  He also gave them the herbs and trees bearing fruit (which He had made on day 3) for food.

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 And on the seventh day Elohim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Elohim created and made.

At this point, you might be saying, “Everyone already knows all of this, so what’s new about this? How does this even remotely answer the question about where Cain’s wife came from?”

Carefully read Genesis chapter 2; and the answer to the question will become obvious.  We will provide that answer in our next post.

Q&A – WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL? Part 7

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Q&A – WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL?   Part 7

Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of Elohim hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

In the past six posts we have explained the mystery of the gospel.  We have shown IAUE’s covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and we have shown how ten tribes of Israel were divorced by IAUE, making it seemingly impossible for IAUE to make good on His covenant promise. 

The apostle Paul explained (Romans 7) that the law of the marriage applied to the House of Israel (the lost ten tribes); that a divorced wife who remarried and was again divorced could not return to her original husband. He also explained that the law required the death of the first husband to free the divorced wife to be able to remarry without committing adultery.  The mystery revealed, however, showed that the wife, the House of Israel, died in Yahushua Messiah and is born again a new creature.  This new creature is a partaker of the covenants and promises of IAUE and is now espoused to Messiah Yahushua, IAUE’s son. The husband did not have to die. The wife died, rendering the law of the marriage irrelevant.

The coming of a Messiah was a promise to the Hebrew people.  He was to come and take the throne of David in Jerusalem with the Hebrews by His side and rule the world with a rod of iron.  This would be the manifestation of the Kingdom of Heaven; but it would be a united kingdom with all the children of Israel, not just the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.  The problem the Messiah faced, however, is that ten of the tribes of Jacob/Israel had said “What hope have we in David?” and they left their relationship with IAUE and with their brothers of Judah and Benjamin.  Consequently, Messiah’s coming had to be in two parts.  His first appearing was to put in place the mechanism for restoring the divorced House of Israel to the covenant of promise. His second coming would be to take his throne and rule.  His first coming was as the lamb of IAUE.  His second coming will be as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.  His first coming was as a prince who was killed by his own people.  He rose from the dead and became a priest (the High Priest after the order of Melchisedek).  His second coming will be as a King (the King of the Kingdom of Heaven).

We have seen that Messiah specifically stated that he came for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.  We also have seen that Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles was a deliberate pursuit of those lost sheep, much to the dissatisfaction of the Jews that could never forgive their brethren who departed from the covenants of IAUE to serve other gods.  We have also seen that in order for those lost sheep to be received by IAUE, the gospel message had to be broadcast to all the Gentiles regardless if they were or were not of Hebrew descent.  In a prior post, I referred to the Gentiles as the collateral “benefit” of the gospel to the lost sheep of the House of Israel; but is that really a correct identification?  It is time to examine the book of Romans to see what the scope of the gospel really is; and how does IAUE look upon the Gentiles who are not of Hebrew descent.

Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Messiah, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Messiah for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of Elohim, and the promises;

5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Messiah came, who is over all, Elohim blessed for ever. Amen.

In this passage, Paul is grieving for his fellow Jews who have rejected Yahushua as their Messiah. Like Esau who sold his birthright for a bowl of stew, the Jews had forsaken their birthright when at the trial of Yahushua they said:

Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

The rejection of the Messiah by the Jews on his first appearing was prophesied. 

Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

8 (According as it is written, Elohim hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

There was a reason for this blindness.

Romans 11:11  I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Elohim forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Their rejection of the gospel is what opened the door to preach the gospel to the Gentiles.

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of Elohim should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Paul had received a revelation from IAUE that was an inseparable part of the mystery of the gospel.  Yahushua had not only come for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.  He had come for all of Adam’s race.  IAUE had indeed made a unique covenant with Abraham and his descendants according to the flesh, his natural bloodline; but that was NOT the children of Abraham that was the focus of the covenant.

Romans 9:6  It is not as though Elohim’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 

7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”

8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are Elohim’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. (NIV)

Long before there was a divided kingdom; long before IAUE divorced the House of Israel; long before Hosea had prophesied of the divorce of the House of Israel and of the promise of their restoration, IAUE told Moses:

Romans 9:15  For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

With Hosea, the comment about receiving mercy applied only to the House of Israel.  With IAUE speaking to Moses, the comment applied to whomever He chose to show mercy and compassion.

Romans 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Romans 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Romans 4:11  And he (Abraham) received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

The promise to Abraham was not expressly to his children who are descended from him in the flesh; but to all who have like faith in believing IAUE.  Abraham is our father by our having a like precious faith; and if we are the children of Abraham by faith, we are heirs of the covenant and joint heirs with Yahushua Messiah.

Now, as pertaining to the children of Abraham in the flesh, his natural descendants by his bloodline, the Scriptures say:

Romans 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will IAUE make upon the earth.

29 And as Esaias said before, Except IAUE of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

29 For the gifts and calling of Elohim are without repentance.

30 For as ye in times past have not believed Elohim, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

32 For Elohim hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Note, in verse 26, the focus of this verse is “all Israel” and “Jacob.”  These terms include the Jews.  You will recall that when the Scriptures prophesied of the “new covenant,” it was to be made with the House of Israel and the House of Judah;” but then the rest of the prophecy dealt exclusively with the House of Israel. It is as though the House of Judah would be an after-thought in the New Covenant.  Instead, it simply would not focus on the House of Judah until the fullness of the Gentiles had come in to the New Creation in Yahushua.  That would include the remnant of the lost sheep of the House of Israel as well as the pagan Gentiles of non-Hebrew descent.

Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath IAUE cast away his people? IAUE forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 IAUE hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to IAUE against Israel saying,

3 IAUE, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

4 But what saith the answer of IAUE unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

IAUE has always sought a people who would believe Him, believe His words,trust in His goodness and therefore do His commandments.  The natural descendants of Abraham were a stiff-necked and rebellious people; nevertheless, IAUE has appointed unto them a remnant in honor of His friend, Abraham.  IAUE’s children will ALL be children of the faith of Abraham whether or not they be of his natural lineage.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to IAUE must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Q&A – WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL? Part 6

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Q&A – WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL?   Part 6

Psalm 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise IAUE.

One of the dilemmas IAUE had in restoring the lost sheep of the House of Israel was that they were so diffused by mixed-marriages among the non-Hebrew nations over 700+ years that many of them no longer knew they were descended from the tribes of Jacob/Israel.  How could IAUE restore mercy to those from whom He had withdrawn His mercy; and once again call them whom He said were no longer His people, the children of the living Elohim?  Of course, we speak of it as a dilemma because we can see it as a problem.  IAUE had already factored it in before the patriarchs were ever born.

Genesis 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed IAUE, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8 And the scripture, foreseeing that IAUE would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Messiah.

It was clearly, always the intention of IAUE to redeem not just the physical offspring of Abraham, but all the nations (gentiles) of the earth who would become the children of Abraham by faith.  There was a particularly powerful illustration that IAUE used to help burn this realization into the consciousness of the children of Israel.  He arranged for the patriarchs to raise their children in Egypt, and for their generations to reside in Egypt 430 years.  Over and over again, IAUE referred to His people as having been “sojourners” and “strangers” in the land of Egypt.  By this experience, they were to have cultivated a compassion for those who are sojourners and strangers in the land.

Leviticus 19:34  But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am IAUE your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the IAUE’s thy Elohim, the earth also, with all that therein is.

15 Only IAUE had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

17 For the IAUE your Elohim is Elohim of elohim, and Master of masters, a great El, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

To the Jews who were contemporary with Paul, the term “Gentiles” referred as much to their lost brethren of the House of Israel as it did to the heathen nations around them.  Only the context of the usage of the term in the New Testament can help to distinguish if they are speaking of the paganized Hebrews or the completely non-Hebrew peoples.  The term “the Greek” seemed to be a special reference to the House of Israel, presumably because once their nation had been destroyed by Assyria, they were either deposed to or migrated northward to Greece and beyond.  The House of Israel was definitely identified as the “scattered” people of IAUE.  Moses had prophesied that IAUE would scatter them throughout the nations of the earth if they departed from their faithfulness to Him.  They were unfaithful.  IAUE divorced them; and they were scattered across the face of the earth; however, it was because they were scattered that made it possible got the covenant IAUE made with Abraham to be fulfilled: “in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”

As the gospel began to be taken to the lost sheep of the House of Israel to announce the “new covenant” cut in the blood of the Messiah, it was not a message that was restricted to those of Hebrew descent.  In order to capture and circumcise the hearts of the House of Israel, the message had to be inclusive of all peoples. 

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before Elohim.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

The Law concluded the Jews (the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and some of the tribe of Levi) to be in the same spiritual condition as the lost sheep of the House of Israel…which is the same spiritual condition as the heathen nations of the world.  The inability of the Jews to keep the Law made them no different than any other people on Earth.  It was the keeping of the Law that was intended to separate them and make them different from all peoples on Earth; but the Law convinced them of their own sinfulness.  Righteousness was never going to come from keeping the Law.  The Law was its own proof of that.

Romans 11:32  For Elohim hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Yahushua Messiah might be given to them that believe.

The Jews rejection of Yahushua as their Messiah unwittingly brought salvation to all nations.

21 But now the righteousness of IAUE without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of IAUE which is by faith of Yahushua Messiah unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of IAUE;

Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Messiah: for it is the power of Elohim unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of Elohim revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

You will remember in reading the book of Acts that Paul always went first to the synagogues to preach to the Jews.  Most of them rejected his gospel from city to city; until finally he said he would take the gospel to the gentiles.  Later, Paul explained to the Romans that there was a blindness from IAUE that had come over most of the Jews.

Romans 11:7 What then? Israel (the House of Judah) hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

8 (According as it is written, Elohim hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Elohim forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

The Jews’ rejection of the gospel is what released it to be taken to the lost sheep of the House of Israel; but the lost sheep of the House of Israel had become in essence no different than any gentile; and many, if not most, no longer had any idea that they were even of Hebrew descent.  Hence, a wide net had to be cast to bring in what IAUE refers to as “the elect.”  The elect has only one meaning in all of Scripture; and that is the redeemed remnant of the House of Israel. To redeem the elect, the door had to be opened to all nations.

Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Messiah, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Messiah for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of Elohim, and the promises;

5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Messiah came, who is over all, Elohim blessed for ever. Amen.

When IAUE revealed the mystery of the gospel to Paul, he was made to realize that the new covenant was indeed a NEW covenant.  It was not just a whitewashing of the failures of the old.  Many people attribute the book of Hebrews to Paul’s authorship.  In it, he explains:

Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith IAUE, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith IAUE.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith IAUE; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them an Elohim, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know IAUE: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Paul realized that the gospel was not going to succeed long-term with the House of Judah.  It was to the House of Israel that IAUE had covenanted to give them a new heart; and the House of Israel was diffused throughout the gentile nations of the world.

Romans 11:15 For if the casting away of them (the Jews) be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

The Scriptures prophesy the redemption of the House of Judah; but during their period of blindness, the gospel is released to the nations of the world, principally seeking the lost sheep of the House of Israel; but of necessity making salvation available to all.  We who are the true gentile and not the descendants of Israel are the “collateral benefit” (as opposed to collateral damage) of the gospel.  Because the House of Israel had become “gentiles,” all gentiles are able to respond to the redemption in Messiah. We become like the sojourners who benefitted from all the blessings that were bestowed upon the Hebrew people; but with one truly significant distinction.

Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of IAUE hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Paul goes on to explain in this passage the supernatural nature of the seed of Abraham; showing that even though Ishmael was the son of Abraham, he was not heir to the covenant.  Even though Esau was born to Isaac, he was not heir to the covenant.  The children of Abraham were never going to be just his physical descendants. Even before there was an Israel, there was the promise of blessing to all who would believe IAUE.

Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed IAUE, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8 And the scripture, foreseeing that IAUE would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Romans 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of Elohim.

Colossians 3:9  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Messiah is all, and in all.

All of Adam’s race has never left the eye of His creator.  Yes, He separated unto Himself the bloodline of Abraham; but His “children” were always going to include those who trusted in His Son, the Messiah, by faith.  His love is not diminished to any who believe.  His redemption is not withheld from any who believe. He has made of all peoples of the earth, one new man, who is a new creature.

Psalm 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise IAUE.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.