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2 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 6

An Open Letter from the Staff...

We have learned in Lesson 4 that the
word Gentiles should have been translated
“nations” or “people,” with the CONTEXT
determining the particular people being
spoken of.
In this lesson we can proceed to the
task of identifying what PEOPLE the apostle
Paul referred to in Acts 18:6 when he said,
“...from henceforth I will go unto the
GENTILES (ethnos, i.e. nations).” Just who
were these GENTILES Yeshua was referring
to? And, when Yeshua said to his disciples in
Matthew 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and teach all
NATIONS (ethnos),” WHO were these HOPE OF ISRAEL MINISTRIES
NATIONS he was speaking of?
Are these three passages identifying BIBLE
the SAME people? If so, WHO are they? CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
In Matthew 15:24 the Messiah LESSON 6
exclaimed that he was “sent...unto the LOST
SHEEP of the house of Israel.” In the Bible, Published at Arcadia, California by Hope of
“sheep” often denote the defenseless, innocent Israel Ministries (Ecclesia of YEHOVAH).
and, at times, abused people of YEHOVAH
God. Under UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDS EDITOR AND DIRECTOR
OR LEADERS, the Israelites as YEHOVAH’s
John D. Keyser
sheep suffered greatly.
Through His prophet Ezekiel,
YEHOVAH presents a most PATHETIC TECHNICAL ADVISOR
picture of neglect: “The flock itself you DO Sean C. Keyser
NOT feed. The sickened ones you have not
strengthened, and the ailing one you have not YOUR ENROLLMENT has been paid by
healed...and the DISPERSED ONE you have others. Bulk copies for distribution not
not brought back....And they were gradually given or sold.
SCATTERED because of there being NO ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS to the
SHEPHERD, so that they became food for Editor at the following address:
every wild beast [false prophets, ministers] of Hope of Israel Ministries, P.O. Box 2186,
the field” (Ezekiel 34:3-5). Temple City, California 91780, U.S.A.
By contrast, Yeshua’s sheep, both the _________________________________
“little flock” and the “OTHER SHEEP,” who
follow his lead, are WELL CARED for. This About Our Cover...
lesson will identify the “other sheep” -- called
GENTILES by the apostle Paul -- and point to In the Bible sheep are symbolic of the House of
their identity in the world of today! Be Israel -- the “Lost Ten Tribes” that were taken
prepared for some amazing revelations! into captivity by the Assyrians.

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