Reading Isaiah 56 corrected an error in my thinking. I had always thought that God only became interested in the Gentiles after Christ had died and risen, with perhaps one or two exceptions.
I now know that God has always been willing to accept anyone who is willing to serve Him.
Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say,
"The Lord will surely exclude me from his people." ...
And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
to serve him, to love the name of the Lord ,
and to worship him, 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."
The Sovereign Lord declares-
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
"I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered."
- Isaiah 56:3,6-8
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