The document summarizes Israel's mission to share God with the nations according to scripture passages. It discusses how Israel was called to bring all peoples to God but often rejected this mission. Jesus tried to awaken Israel to their purpose and accepted people from all nations. The early church continued spreading the gospel message to all lands as commanded by Jesus. Today Christians still have a duty to proclaim salvation to every person globally just as Jonah did to Nineveh.

1. Lesson 10

2. KEY TEXT
“For My house
shall be called a
house of prayer
for all nations”
Isaiah 56:7

3. 1. Israel’s mission to the Nations.
2. Awakening Israel.
3. Israel rejects the Nations.
4. Jesus and the Nations.
5. The Gospel to the Nations.
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8)

4. “And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of
the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and
who hold fast to my covenant—these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy
in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:6-7 NIV)
All the nations should
have been drawn close
to God by Israel’s
testimony.
Then, they would have
asked Israel about God
so they could been led
in God’s paths (Micah
4:1-2)
Jerusalem would have
been the capital city of
all nations. The Temple
would have been the
religious center “for all
peoples.”

5. “So the people of Nineveh believed God,
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest to the least of them” (Jonah 3:5)
Adad-nirari III (810-782), king of Assyria
(whose capital city was Nineveh), was
converted to the monotheism. That proves
that the nations were ready to hear Israel’s
testimony.
Unfortunately, Israel was not willing to
testify. Jonah was “displeased exceedingly,
and he became angry” when the Ninevites
converted; but he was the one God chose to
spread the Gospel in Nineveh!
There are still places were the Christian
religion is not known yet. For example,
some places in Asia, Africa, Oceania, the
Amazon rainforest… We are called to
preach in those places, just like Jonah was.

6. “And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 8:11)
Jesus tried to awaken Israel, so they could
fulfill their mission—to share the message of
salvation with every people.

7. In Jesus’ parable of the Good
Samaritan, the kindness of the
Samaritan contrasts the indifference
of the Israelite leaders (Lk. 10:30-37)
Being a citizen of the Kingdom doesn’t
have to do with our ethnic
background, but with our character.
The Jewish didn’t understand that.
They hated the foreigners, and they
even used the word “Samaritan” to
insult Jesus.
“They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus
said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the
works of Abraham.”… Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do
we not say rightly that You are a
Samaritan and have a demon?””
(John 8:39, 48)

8. “The children of Israel were to occupy all the territory which
God appointed them. Those nations that rejected the worship
and service of the true God were to be dispossessed. But it was
God’s purpose that by the revelation of His character through
Israel men should be drawn unto Him. To the entire world the
gospel invitation was to be given. Through the teaching of the
sacrificial service Christ was to be uplifted before the nations,
and all who would look unto Him should live. All who, like
Rahab the Canaanite, and Ruth the Moabitess, turned from
idolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite
themselves with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel
increased they were to enlarge their borders, until their
kingdom should embrace the world.
God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He
desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace. He
created man for happiness, and He longs to fill human hearts
with the peace of heaven. He desires that the families below
shall be a symbol of the great family above”
E.G.W. (Christ’s Object Lessons, cp. 23, pg. 290)

9. “As the wise men had come from the East at the beginning… so these Greeks,
representing the nations, tribes, and peoples of the world, came to see Jesus.
So the people of all lands and all ages would be drawn by the Saviour’s cross”
(DA, cp. 68, pg. 621)
“Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up
to worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was
from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we
wish to see Jesus.”” (John 12:20-21)
Jesus was visited by some
Greeks during His last
week in the Temple
(John 12:20-36)

10. A heavenly voice
proclaimed Christ’s
glorification to
strengthen the faith of
Jewish and Greeks.
Jesus taught two lessons
in that moment:
The conditions of
discipleship, “He who
loves his life will lose
it, and he who hates
his life in this world
will keep it for eternal
life” (Jn. 12:25)
Salvation is
universal, “And I, if
I am lifted up from
the earth, will draw
ALL PEOPLES to
Myself” (Jn. 12:32)
“Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at
the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,
and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”” (John 12:20-21)

11. “The commission given to the disciples is
given also to us. Today, as then, a
crucified and risen Saviour is to be
uplifted before those who are without
God and without hope in the world. The
Lord calls for pastors, teachers, and
evangelists. From door to door His
servants are to proclaim the message of
salvation. To every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people the tidings of pardon
through Christ are to be carried. Not
with tame, lifeless utterances is the
message to be given, but with clear,
decided, stirring utterances. Hundreds
are waiting for the warning to escape
for their lives. The world needs to see in
Christians an evidence of the power of
Christianity. Not merely in a few places,
but throughout the world, messages of
mercy are needed.”
E.G.W. (Gospel workers, section 1, pg. 29)

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