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A message addressed to Ammi, or my people. Hosea 2:1 While this prophetic message was originally spoken to Israel of old, the same may be applied to the church of today. Those who are supposed to be HIS people. The Lord also changed the name of Ammi to Lo-ammi which has the meaning of not my people. Hosea 1:9.
True cause with great effect. The Lord gave Moses a song commemorating the works of the Lord in the midst of His people. eut. 32:1-52 It also contained the impending judgment and punishment. The scope of its message reaches far beyond just those who came up out of Egypt. In response to the emotions which their ways had stirred up in the Lord, He warned them that He would cause the same feelings to arise in their hearts. He would move them to jealousy with those who are not a people or a nation like them. He even called them a foolish nation. A nation of Gentiles, foreigners gathered from all the peoples of the world. Deut. 32:21.
Peter outlined the true people of the Lord, the chosen race, by his description of them. I Peter 2:9 The Lord has exceedingly high standards but He will find a people in the end of the age who will measure up to His requirements for the Bride. They will be gathered from the nations of the world and embrace all nations and tongues. Where they had not had recognition or status because of their religious or natural background, they will be called the people of God. 1 Peter 2:10.
Paul, in his letter to the Romans made it very plain that the Lord, today, does not recognize any difference among the peoples of the earth. Now, the gospel and all its blessings and benefits are for the whosoever will. Rom. 10:9-11 Furthermore, he strongly stated that there is absolutely no difference between Jew and Greek. Christ died for all. His response is the same toward Gentile as it is toward the Jew. Rom. 10:12 It is needful that we remember that the Lord is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34 The new man, renewed in spiritual knowledge and understanding is that which counts with the Lord. None of the racial divisions, established by men, exist with the Lord. The people of God are recognized by the fact of their having been born again. They are now a spiritual people, serving the Lord with their whole hearts. They are recognized as those who belong to the household of faith. Gal. 6:10.