Romans 128
The
Ending of the Gentile Dispensation
Brian Kocourek
ROMANS 15:8 Now
I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of
God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his
mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the
Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he
saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And
again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. 12 And
again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to
reign over the Gentiles; in him shall
the Gentiles trust. 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 14 And
I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of
goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless,
brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you
in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That
I should be the minister of Jesus Christ
to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
This morning I would like to look at these thoughts of the Apostle Paul that he is speaking here, especially his use of the term Gentiles, which he uses quite frequently in his address of the people that are not Jews.
Simply put, the
Greek word that Paul uses here is the word “Ethnos” in which we get the word “ethnic”.
Basically it means peoples, nations, or groups of people, but the Bible
dictionaries also refer to it as a heathen people, but I do not get that myself
from the reading of the Scriptures, because the Jews also spoke of themselves
as “ethnos”.
JOHN 11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the
Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48
If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall
come and take away both our place and nation.
(In this context the word nation was translated from the same Greek
word ethnos.) 49 And
one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them,
Ye know nothing at all, 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being
high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should
gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel
together for to put him to death.
Now, this scripture makes it quite evident that this term Gentile does not speak of heathens, as most Bible dictionaries concur, but rather peoples, and nations, or rather ethnocentricity. In fact the Holy Scriptures prophesied of the Messiah that he would do certain things for the Gentiles.
MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself
from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And
charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor
cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and
smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto
victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Notice here in the Gospel of Matthew, we given a reference to the Book of Isaiah and how it depict the ministry of Messiah to the Gentile world.
ISAIAH 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him, (Now if that does not speak of duality I do not know what does) he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (The Hebrew word here for gentiles is “gowy” which simply refers to a non Jewish people, but it also speaks of he descendants of Abraham, which is important for us since Jesus was The Royal Seed of Abraham, and we as His brothers are royal seed of Abraham as well.
Now, I think the next few verses are important for us because this is prophecy and it speaks of one who is not a street preacher, and we do know that Jesus, the Son of God was a street preacher. ) 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. Now, the next verse has some strange language that comes forth in sort of a mystery. It says, 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, (Now there are only two places in the old testament that this phrase is used. The second time is here in Isaiah, but the first usage is in the Book of 2nd Kings. Here we find that this bruised reed is the staff upon which men would lean, and being bruised it would split at the end and would cause great pain and suffering and a tearing of the flesh if you leaned too heavily upon it as we hear described in 2 Kings.
II KINGS 18:21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. Now, in 2 Kings the bruised reed refers to the King of Egypt with all his power and might, as only a bruised reed, which if you lean or rely upon to heavily, it will go into your hand and pierce it.
Then notice that
Isaiah speaks of one who does not come preaching openly to break the trust in
government, but rather) and the smoking flax (that means the wick that is
so dark from soot that it does not burn brightly) shall he not quench (that means to
put out): he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged (Now,
this does not speak of the Son of God in His flesh because he cried out My God
My God why hat thou forsaken me), till he have set
judgment in the earth (and we know the time of the judgments
being set in the earth is when mercy has run out, at the time of the Elijah
ministry of Malachi 4): and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 ¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which
cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to
them that walk therein: 6 I the LORD
have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep
thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; (and when has the light
been any brighter for the gentiles but in this hour when the Elijah of this day
which is the Lord Jesus Christ in the form of Spirit has descended with a SHOUT
which is a Message. Not a man, but God Himself working through a man. Notice, ) 7 To open the blind eyes, (And
remember in the Book of Malachi He comes with healing in His wings, which
Brother Branham said was healing campaigns. And He opens the blind eyes which
takes place to the church at
ACTS 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon
him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and
raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
ACTS
Now, we know that when Jesus was in the flesh He never delivered any from prison. For had He so chosen to do so, who would have been a more worthy cause than his own cousin John the Baptist. But yet we see that when this one comes that Isaiah is prophesying of, he will deliver… them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. But as I said that was done in Spirit form.
WORKS IS FAITH EXPRESSED 65-1126 24 I had a dream, the other morning. I don't
dream very often; I'm not a dreamer. But I--I dreamed that I seen a man, a
young fellow in shackles, he was trying to get out, and--and I said... Somebody
told me, said, "Those are horrible people; don't have nothing to do with
them." And I seen this young fellow getting out of his shackles, so
I just let him alone. I thought, "I'll just see what he does." So he
got out, and he was a nice fellow. I seen others trying to get out.
26 Now, this is only a dream.
And I walked over this a-way and I seen a--a Brother Roy Borders, a very good
friend of mine, lives in
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And someone pulled me away, and I looked, and it was a lady standing
over here. The... When I was a little boy, I--I used to haul groceries from the
grocery store to the people. And her name was Mrs. Fenton; she lives in
31 I
looked around, and I said, "I wished I could." And go on, looking
around; and I... My little, bitty body and--and them great, big iron bars, and
those poor people in there, and you couldn't get to them, them iron bars was
setting close together. And I looked, and they were beating their head like
they were out of their mind. And I seen some lights flickering around in there.
And I looked up, and there stood the Lord Jesus with the--of a lights of
rainbow around Him. He was looking right straight to me, said, "Deliver
those people." And He went away. And I thought, "Well, how could I
deliver them? I--I haven't got strength enough in my arms to break those
bars." So I said, "House of hell, give away to the Name of Jesus
Christ." And all the creaking and popping, and--and the rocks a-rolling,
and--and bars a-falling; and people running, screaming, "Delivered!"
and screaming at the top of their voice, and was all delivered.
So who is this one
that is spoken of in Isaiah and referred to in the book of Matthew? 8 I am the LORD:
that is my name: And who is the I Am? The only Lord God and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images. And then he tells us how this
will come. It will be by way of a prophetic ministry… 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Now, I apologize for
getting off track, but we are looking at the use of this word that speaks of
Gentiles, and we hear Jesus tell His disciples …
MATTHEW 10:5 ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded
them, saying, Go not into the way of the
Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather
to the lost sheep of the house of
Now, if we were to
just read this in a casual reading one might think that Jesus appears to have a
thing against the gentiles. He says, go not in the way of the gentiles, and by
the way, don’t go into any Samaritan city either. But notice then that after His resurrection he
turns to the disciples and tells them to go to the gentiles.
MATTHEW 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations (that’s ethnos which
is also translated as gentiles), baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost:
We see the same
Greek word also translated as nations in MATTHEW 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then
shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be
hated of all nations for my name's
sake. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
MATTHEW 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Again we read in Isaiah 42:6 I, the LORD, have called you in
righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,
And again in Isaiah 49:6 he says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to
restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of
The thing I wish to
point out is that the Alpha ministry of the Son of Man was to
Now, at first Paul
tried to preach to the Jews and was rejected, so he then turned to the gentiles
and met with great success. Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly:
We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not
consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
47For this is what the
Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that
you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and
honoured the word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained top eternal life
believed.
After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them:
Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles
might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles,
who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; What shall we conclude then? Are
we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles
alike are all under sin.
Romans 3:29 Is God the God of Jews
only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Romans 9:24 even us, whom he also
called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
Romans 9:30 What then shall we
say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained
it, a righteousness that is by faith;
Romans 11:11 Again I ask: Did they
stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their
transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make
Romans 11:12 But if their
transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,
how much greater riches will their
fulness bring!
Romans 11:13 I am talking to you
Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make
much of my ministry
Romans
but we preach Christ crucified: a
stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Jesus had prophesied
that the Jewish people would be scattered throughout the entire world, until
God was through with dealing with the nations.
LUKE
21:24 And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and
MARK OF THE BEAST 61-0217 E-49 Brother, don't
worry. Gentile, your days is just
about over. Let me warn you in the Name of the Lord: The Gentile door is closing just as certain as I'm standing here.
Jesus said, "The Mohammedans there
would tread down the walls of
REV CHAP 5 PART 2 61-0618 218 And
Christ came and preached and prophesied just exactly three and a half years,
and the daily sacrifice was taken away, everything just as perfect as it could
be. And the Mosque of Omar was built on
the same grounds and stands there to this day. And they will tread down the
walls of
GABRIEL'S INSTRUCT TO DANIEL 61-0730M "They will trod down," said Jesus in
Matthew 24 (the abomination maketh desolation.), "they'll trod down the walls of Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation
be finished." When that's finished, then the Jews will return back
into
SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 61-0806 102 But now, in this seven church ages that we have went
through in the Gentile time, from the crucifixion of Christ until the end
of the church ages... Now, we got that--we've been through it all down. Now,
we're getting to a place where we can go into the Seven Seals, Seven Vials,
Seven Trumpets, and all that it pictures together, all dealing with the Jews and God's judgment to the people upon the
earth, and the remnant... 103 Remember, in this great time of persecution, there's millions of Gentiles will die in
that, that rejected bride, that remnant of the woman's seed, sleeping
virgin. She goes right through that. It's just as clear as this seventy of
weeks, just as clear. And they will go through it. So if you haven't got the
Holy Spirit, you'd better get to It as quick as you can. We're at the end time.
Now, notice, seven church ages... Now, I won't have to go through them, because
we've got them on tape; and they're being put in books and everything, that
that was the time that... God never said there'd be so many days, so many
hours, or so many years; He never said anything; He said, "Until the Gentile
dispensation be finished," until... The
walls will be trod down, until God quit dealing with the Gentiles.
SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 61-0806 137
Now, because that they're in shape... See where I've got this shaped
here like the pyramid? The arising of the saints makes the march into glory.
You understand it now? Christ the Headstone, the rejected Stone, the all-seeing
Eye, coming exactly like the Bible said... And Daniel said he watched this Gentile age until the Stone come out
of the mountain that wasn't cut with hands. They had never put a capstone
on that pyramid. It wasn't cut by man's hands. It's God's hands that cut the
Stone. You see it? And what did It do? It hit the image right smack in the
feet, and broke it to pieces, ground it into powder. Hallelujah. What happened
at that time, the coming of that Stone? Up
went the church into glory at the rapture, 'cause it ended the Gentile
dispensation. God ended it up, the coming of that Stone.
SPOKEN WORD ORIGINAL SEED 62-0318E 123-2
God has promised (Be careful.)--God has promised Malachi 4 for this last
day, and Malachi 4 has not yet has been fulfilled, but it must be fulfilled for
it is a germitized Word of God, spoken through Malachi the prophet. Jesus
referred to it. It is to be just before the coming of Christ the second time.
(Listen close, now.) All Scripture that has not been fulfilled, must be before
that time. The Bible is to be finished; the
Gentile dispensation is to be finished with the church age when this anointed
messenger arrives. Of course, he
will plant the Seed of the entire Bible, come from the serpent to the messenger
in the former rain. Then he will be
rejected by the denominational people as his forefather John and Elijah, as
was spoken by our Lord. People as Elijah was the first time to Ahab's time. It will happen here in this country, as
this country is a type of
SIXTH SEAL THE 63-0323 407-4
{116} Remember, He deals with
408-2
{120} There's no more Blood on
the seat of the, in the sanctuary at all. There's no more Blood on the altar.
The sacrifice has been removed; and there's nothing but smoke and lightning and
judgment in there. And that's just exactly what's poured out here tonight. See?
The Lamb's done left His mediatorial work. The mediatorial work has been
finished from over on the throne, and the Sacrifice, as we've typed Him
perfectly, the Kinsman Redeemer, the bloody Lamb that come forth, the Lamb that
had been slain a bloody One, been killed, bruised, come forth and took the Book
out of His hand. That's... The day's are finished. Now, He's coming to claim what He has redeemed. Amen. That just sends
something through me.
408-4 {121} We find out now, John said, "I beheld
when He had opened the Sixth Seal, there was a great earthquake." Then all
nature was interrupted. See? God's been doing great things, like healing the
sick, and open the eyes of the blind, and doing great works, but we find out
here that nature took a tumble. Yes, all nature... Look what taken place, the
earth quaked; the sun went black; and the moon wouldn't give its light; and the
stars shook and fell; and, why, everything happened See? right at the time of
the opening of this Sixth Seal. That's when it takes place, right immediately
after the announcing of those martyrs. See? The martyrs had been finished.
409-1 {124} Now, you see, we're right close into that
hour now. It could be at any time See?, because the Church is just about ready
to take its flight. But remember, when
these things happen, the Bride won't be here. Just remember, the Bride's gone.
She don't have to go through any of it. This
is a time of tribulation of purification of the church. It's put upon her
for her to go through it, not the Bride;
He takes His sweetheart out of the way. Yes, sir. She's... done redeemed
Her. See it's kind of a... That's His own selection, His own choice, like any
man takes his bride. See?
SHOW US THE FATHER 63-0606 E-98 The Bible said that He ascended on high,
sets at the right hand of God. Do you believe that? He's there to make
intercession, and He is our High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of
our infirmities. You believe that? Our
only Intercessor between God and man is Jesus Christ. That's according to
the Bible. You might have others try it. But there's only One that God hears, and that's Jesus Christ. That's
right. Notice as He sets there a High Priest, the same yesterday, today, and
forever. Now, if He was walking here tonight, and you had faith to
believe that He could heal you, just like that little woman that believed that
God was in His Son... Now, you believe God is in His Word. You believe God is
in His people. Jesus raised from the dead, went back to the Holy Spirit, and
returned back again living in His people to do the same works that He did. And
the hour has approached for this to be fulfilled, 'cause the ending of the Gentile dispensation is at hand. He did it at the end of the Jewish, the
end of the Samaritan, and now at the end
of the Gentile, just as He did then: promised to do it according to the
Scripture.
SHALOM 64-0112 93 So many good, sincere people today are caught
away in these creeds, these churches and organizations, "having a form
of godliness, but denying the power thereof,"
as II
Timothy, 3rd chapter, says so. Gross darkness, blinding of Israel, was for
the lightening of the Gentiles. Now, the blinding of the Gentiles is the
lightening of
95 Good people caught
in this thing, good people, sincere people. Like Mary and Joseph, they were
very sincere See?, thinking He was with them, when He wasn't. Mary and Joseph,
you know, when they was up to the feast, Jesus, the age of twelve, they
thought, presuming, He was with them, but He wasn't. Good people today think
the same thing, they--these people that's organized in this council of
churches, these people in these organizations, they--they think they're doing a
good thing. They're presuming He's with
them, when they're not. See, many people think that He was with them when
they shook hands with the preacher and put their name on the book, but He
wasn't. Many people thought, when they were sprinkled, confirmed, baptized in
name of "Father, Son, Holy Ghost," thinking He was with them. They're
good people. Mary and Joseph was good people. But the facts was, He wasn't there. Don't presume anything.
96 What is Light? The vindicated, spoken Word of God. Outside of that, there's
no Light. See? Can't lighten the earth with flashlights. It takes God's Word
that's made manifest, the Son. They were good people. Notice the accuracy of
His Word, how perfect It is.
SHALOM 64-0119
144 Now, now, creatures of
time, we are. Commit your ways to Him, and He will bring the future out right,
because we just see Him as He is in the Word. You've seen Him vindicate the Word promised of
today. You see it in the signs in the moon. You see it in the churches.
Remember. "You said, 'in the church,' what does that have to do
with the church?" Just a moment. The
moon represents the church.
IDENTIFIED CHRIST OF ALL AGES 64-0617 127 She
went into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man told me what I've done.
Isn't This the very Messiah?" If that was the sign of the Messiah, to the
Jew and to the--and to the--the Samaritan; and He's no respect of person, the
same yesterday, today, and forever; and that was the ending, when God stopped
dealing with Jews and Samaritans... And this is the end of the Gentile
dispensation, when He's come up through reformers and so forth, to the end, and
promised, "As it was in the days of
Abraham, so will it be when the Son of man is being revealed to the Gentiles in
the last day." He'd return again.