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No. 1672 in Strong's Concordance and it means the "Greeks," as we have previously seen. Cor-
rectly, this verse should read "will he go to the lost sheep in dispersion that are among the
"Greeks" and teach them?"

The apostle Peter called the people he wrote to a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation and a "peculiar people" (I Peter 2:9): "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priest-
hood, a holy nation His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called
you out of darkness into His marvellous light." Here Peter takes these statements directly from
Exodus 19:5-6 and Deuteronomy 26:18 -- notice:

Exodus 19:5: "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant,
then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine."
Exodus 19:6: "And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." These
are the words which you shall speak TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
Deuteronomy 26:18: Also today YEHOVAH has proclaimed you to be His special peo-
ple, just as He has promised you, that you should keep all His commandments.

Just WHO are these people that YEHOVAH calls a peculiar treasure -- a kingdom of
priests and an holy nation? Isn't it obvious by now WHO the Bible is singling out when it's talking
about the Gentiles? BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, THE GENTILES WERE NONE OTHER THAN THE
NORTHERN TEN TRIBES PUT AWAY IN PUNISHMENT!!

Acts 15:17 is another scripture proving who the Gentiles are: "That the residue of men
might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, UPON WHOM MY NAME IS CALLED, saith the
Lord, who doeth all these things" (KJV). It is a biblical fact that YEHOVAH placed His name on
no other people than Israel, which this scripture states were all the "Gentiles"! Therefore, the
New Testament Gentiles can correctly be called the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel that YEHOVAH di-
vorced and put away in punishment. This happened to them because of their disobedience to the
marriage vows they had made with their God. As a result of their unbelief and disobedience they
were cut off from their true inheritance, were without YEHOVAH God in the world, became "lost"
in history and were classified as "heathen." However, YEHOVAH knew where His people were
and what happened to them throughout all of history until this very day.

The Bible is the history book of these people and explains in detail the covenant and prom-
ises that were given to them by YEHOVAH. The Bible also explains why YEHOVAH had to di-
vorce His people and put them away in punishment. The Bible painstakingly explains
YEHOVAH's great love and His plan of redemption for these people, and the sufferings and the
cruel death that was required to "buy back" the people of His great love. YEHOVAH chose Israel
ABOVE ALL OTHER PEOPLE since these people are actually His children and are literally his
offspring. Read Acts 17:28-29 --

Acts 17:28: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are his offspring.
Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of YEHOVAH, we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's de-
vice" (KJV).

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