THE BIBLICAL PROTOCOL OF MISSIONS

          At the end of HaBesorahal-Mattityahu (the tidings of Matthew) what we call the Gospel of Matthew are some of the last words of Yeshua to His talmidim or disciples. These are not His last words. His last words are in His book, HitGalut or “Unveilings” what we call The Revelation. In what is often called The Great Commission Yeshua commissioned His disciples “to go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost/Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with your always even to the end of the age.”  The verse is loaded, but one point we can embrace is that this passage teaches the gospel must go to all nations, Israel is a nation, and so the Jews are included. After all the commission was given by a Jew, to Jews, to reach Jews! 

Lukos records for us more concerning the mandate of missions, in his historical account called Ma’Asei HaShelichimor “deeds/acts of the Apostles.” During His forty-day retreat with His beloved disciples, Yeshua prioritized the venue; they were to begin in Jerusalem (literally, Jerusalem, not where you and I live), then out to Judea (not across town), and on outward to Samaria (all these geographical places are in Israel), and then to the ends of the earth (this is where you and I live, remote from the Holy City). That is pretty simple, right? Yes, unless you allegorize the text. And, this has not been practiced in two-thousand years -until today!

Shaul/Paul gave us more about biblical missions. In Romans 1:16 Shaul wrote of the divine protocol of missions, what he practiced, what His Lord Yeshua practiced, and what the NT church should practice. The protocol was a gospel of good tidings for the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles. Of course, since salvation was of the Jews (John 4:22), salvation was relevant to the Jews (Rom.11:26), and there has always been and always will be a remnant of Jewish believers (Rom.11:4-9). Rome, however, did not embrace Shaul’s words and Rome eventually began promoting Replacement Theology. The Pope of Rome was allegorized, then dogmatized to be the “New” High Priest, the city of Rome was allegorized, then dogmatized to be the “New” Holy City, the Vatican was allegorized, then dogmatized to be the “New” Temple, and finally, the Catholic Church was allegorized and then canonized to be the “New” Holy Church. 

        However, the NT authors were often writing to the twelve tribes and not to a Gentile congregation. They knew God has always had a remnant, and they considered the Church being primarily Jewish. At first it was, all Jewish. That had not changed, yet. Shaul before King Agrippa reminds him that the Gospel which he believes and is accused, is Jewish and the hope for the twelve tribes today (Acts 26:7). Yaaqov (James) wrote his epistle to “the twelve tribes scattered abroad” (James 1:1). Yochanon penning the final words of Yeshua called The Revelation, wrote of the twelve tribes, the 12,000 believers from all twelve tribes, and together numbering 144,000. These will be, not the remnant, but the last-days evangelists reaching the remnant and the world for messiah (Rev.7).

        Clearly, “all Israel” will be saved! The remnant has always been reached and saved, in Noach’s day, in Elijah’s day, in fact, Yeshua said ALL whom His Father had given Him, would, indeed, come to Him. 

        Christian Ministry to Israel is about reaching this remnant before the next holocaust. The next holocaust will be perpetuated by the 4^thReich, the kingdom of the antichrist, and it will be worse than Hitler’s Nazi Party, the Brown Shirts, and Storm Troopers. Zechariah reads that two-thirds of last days Jewish people will perish, but one-third will be saved (13:8). 

        Let us be very careful celebrating the modern nation of Israel, its Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the “glory” of Israel. Israel today has a population of 9 million, yet less than 1% are believers, even in YHWH, and less believe in YeshuaHis son. Celebrity gives false security. Someone wrote that it is a pathway to hell. Our task must be to continue to take the Gospel to the Jews first, and collect the remnant (Romans 9:1-13).