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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
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*Ephesians 3:6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
There is nothing in the book of Leviticus that reveals that the nations were to be joint heirs and joint partakers of the promise. Where did Paul get this?
If you see that Jesus is the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world you then realize He is the reality of the offerings. But that means that all of the offerings that are presented in Leviticus are also for the nations. This wasn't revealed at the time of Leviticus. This is why Paul said:
3that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
4by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)
5which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit,
6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
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My understanding has been that Paul got his revelation from the verses in Genesis: 12:3: and in you all of the families of the earth will be blesssed. Then 22:18: and in you all the nations of the earth of the earth will be blessed.
28:14 and in your seed will all of the families of the earth be blessed. So these verses portray a general blessing, but as the Bible goes on to say what the blessings are, (eg. the offerings in Leviticus), Paul realized that these could be applied to the Gentiles or the rest of mankind.