Why did Jesus come to the nation of Israel?
Jesus came to the nation of Israel to confirm the promises and covenants God made to the fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He came as their promised Messiah, King, and Redeemer, ministering first and foremost to the Jews, fulfilling what the Old Testament had promised to that chosen nation.
Les explains that Jesus came to the nation of Israel to confirm the promises and covenants made to the fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was the minister to the Jews first and foremost, coming as their promised Messiah, King, and Redeemer. Though He came unto His own, Israel rejected Him, and that rejection reached a crescendo when they stoned Stephen; afterward, Paul’s ministry went to the Gentiles. Yet the promises to the fathers stood, so that Gentiles also might glorify God for His mercy.
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: