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3. The Acceptance of Their Message by the "Sheep Na tions." When Jesus sent His disciples out to preach the Gospel of the kingdom, He said to them, "Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses ... neither two coats,_ neithe.~ shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat ( Matt. 10:9, 10). "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" (Matt. 24: 14). "When the Son of man shall come in his glory ... before him shall be gathered all nations:·and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left" (Matt. 25 :31-33 ). The sheep nations are those that will hear the message of the preachers who go out without gold and without extra clothing. They will reject the Antichrist and accept instead the claims of the heavenly Christ, who is one day to return to this earth and take possession of His kingdom. "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me In: naked, and ye clothed me" (Matt. 25:34-36). Are you wondering if our Lord meant that they would receive salvation because of works? Well, that is not what the Scripture just quoted means. We are being given a glimpse of the way in which those preachers of the tribulation period will go out. They will go the same way those early disciples went, without food or money or clothing. And those -who receive their message will, I believe, feed them and give them raiment and protection. . . 4. The Fitness of the Jew for the Task of Evangelizing t!te Nations. The Jew is a cosmopolite. In every land under the sun you will find a Jew. Consequently, it is not surprising that in those last days, he can go out and evangelize the na tions of the world; for he speaks every language. The Jew will not have to labor for long months and years over foreign lan guages before he can preach the Gospel of the kingdom; because of his cosmopolitan nature, he is at home in every part of the world. As soon as God takes the veil of blindness from
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