True Christianity and How It Leads to Islam — Page 13
13 Jesus for “ The House of Israel ” The mission of Jesus was confined to the Israelites alone. It is unfair to think that his teachings are for all mankind or that they are practicable in this age. Jesus expressly stated: “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel”. (Matthew 15:24) It may be said that he asked his disciples to teach all nations: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost”. (Matthew 28:19) The repeated injunctions of Jesus, however, manifestly oppose this view. In the light of such unequivocal teachings of Jesus as in Matthew 15:24, one may safely assert that the words “teach all nations” are either mistranslated or misinterpreted. They migh t perhaps mean that the disciples of Jesus should go to all the tribes of Israelites. The word “nation” may readily be taken as an equivalent of “tribe” in view of the testimony which the Bible itself provides. For example, the following verses show that the mission of the disciples of Jesus was restricted to the tribes of Israelites: “Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the