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Originally Posted by shygrneyzs |
The first Church in Jerusalem was all Jewish, and the church remained so until about Acts ch 10, where Peter first preached to gentiles.
The key thought here is "Jewish expectations". If the scribes had bothered to go back to their own prophet Daniel, they could have taken their own calendar and told TO THE DAY when Messiah would come to Jerusalem. Jesus did that!
John 12:37-41
37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
(KJV)
God Himself blinded the eyes of the Jewish nation because of their rebellious spirit. Many Jews did, and do, believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah, but nationally, that will not happen until during the Great Tribulation.
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