MATTHEW 10
Jesus’ first
and last ministry is confined to the house
of Israel
Matt. 10:1 And
[1] when he had called unto him
[a.]
his twelve disciples,
[2] he gave them power
[a.] against unclean spirits,
[11.] to cast them out, and
[b.]
[power] to heal
[11.]
all manner of sickness and
[12.]
all manner of disease.
10:5 These twelve [Apostles]
[1] Jesus sent forth, and
[2] commanded them, saying,
[a.] Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and
[b.] [go not]
into [any] city of the Samaritans
[11.]
enter ye not:
10:6 But [c.] go rather to the lost sheep
[11.] of the house of Israel [go to whomever the Lord shall
send you].
Freely receive, freely give
10:7 And [d.] as ye go,
[11.] preach, saying,
[aa.]
The kingdom
of heaven [the rule of heaven over the earth]
[111.] is at hand.
10:8 [12.] Heal the sick,
[13.] cleanse the lepers,
[14.] raise the dead,
[15.] cast out devils:
[16.] freely ye have received,
[aa.] freely give.
Principles of Christian evangelism
10:16 Behold,
[1] I send you forth
[a.] as sheep in the midst of wolves:
[2] be ye therefore
[a.] wise as
serpents, and
[b.] harmless
as doves.
Persecution of
Jewish evangelists in the early Church and in the latter days
10:17 But beware of men:
[1] for they will deliver you up
[a.]
to the councils [religious councils: the Sanhedrin in the early church and its
counterpart in the latter days], and
[2] they will scourge you
[a.] in their synagogues [this very clearly is a Jewish matter];
10:18 And
[3] ye shall be brought before
[a.] governors
and
[b.] kings
[11.] for my sake,
[12.] for a testimony
[aa.]
against them and
[13.] [for a testimony against] the Gentiles.
Witness of the
Holy Spirit
10:19 But
[4] when they deliver you
up,
[a.] take no
thought
[11.]
how or what ye shall speak:
[aa.] for it shall be given you
[111.]
in that same hour
[aaa.]
what ye shall speak.
10:20 [ab.] For it is not ye that speak,
[111.] but the Spirit of your Father
[aaa.] which speaketh in you.
Some Jewish
carriers of the gospel will be
delivered to death by family members
10:21 And [note how this passage is applied in Matt.
24:10, Mark 13:12, and
Luke 21:16]
[5] the brother shall
deliver up
[a.]
the brother to death, and
[6] the father [shall
deliver]
[b.] the child [to death]: and
[7] the children shall rise up
against
[a.]
[their] parents, and
[11.] cause them to be put to death.
Jewish
Christians: the hated of all men following the Rapture of the Church
10:22 And
[8] ye [Jewish Christian carriers of the gospel following the Rapture of the Church] shall be hated of all [men]
[a.] for my
name's sake:
[9] but he that endureth to the
end [the second coming of Jesus]
[a.] shall be saved [c/p.
Matt.
24:14;
Mark 13:13].
10:23 But
[10] when they persecute you in
this city [of Israel],
[a.] flee ye
into another:
[11.]
for verily I say unto you,
[aa.] Ye shall not have gone over
[111.] the cities of Israel [Jesus is talking about the
cities of Israel being evangelized during the
time of Jacob’s trouble:
the last 3 ˝ years of
The Antichrist Covenant week of years following
the mid-week Rapture of the Church between the
5th and
6th seals of Revelation (see also
Jer. 30:7;
Dan.
9:24-27)],
[b.] till the Son of man be come [until the second coming of Jesus to reign on the earth].
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