The Nations & God's Plan for the Gentiles
God's promise to Abraham was never for one people alone — a thread running from Genesis to Acts.
Gen 12:3
Read in full chapter →3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
See also: Galatians 3:8, Genesis 22:18
Isa 49:6
Read in full chapter →6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
See also: Matthew 28:19, Acts 13:47
Jonah 4:11
Read in full chapter →11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
See also: Matthew 18:33, Luke 15:28-32
Acts 10:34-35
Read in full chapter →34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
See also: Romans 2:11, 1 Peter 1:17
35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
See also: Isaiah 58:8, Genesis 4:7
Tobit 14:6-7
Read in full chapter →6And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols.
7So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.