Gentiles who never knew God.
Gentiles who never knew God.
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I do not believe that the Gentiles were excluded as a group from salvation and denied the opportunity to live righteous lives in honor, respect, and obedience to God and His laws.
We know that there were Gentiles in various places throughout the Old Testament who were Godly and just characters. Such as various gentile kings and even gentiles who assisted the Jews and spoke of living for God and doing the right thing.
The Egyptians were given full opportunity to obey and know God.
Balaam was believed to be a gentile prophet but He evenntually turned against the god of Israel
Caleb also in Num 32:12 Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite had wholly completly followed the LORD. The great hero of Judah was a Kenizzite, one of the Canaanite tribes (Gen 15:19)
Rahab (Joshua 2): The Canaanite prostitute
Also here in Jos 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Jos 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Jos9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Also Othniel (Judg 3:9): Othniel was Caleb’s brother and also a Canaanite - - Jdg 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Jael (Judges 4-5): The killer of Sisera was a Kenite, a tribe of Canaanites (Gen 15:19)
Ruth the Moabite: was in the geneology of Jesus - Ruth the Moabite - who served God
Obed-Edom (2 Samuel 6): The Ark of the Covenant was kept safe and stored on His own property for a period of time.
The man named Naaman in - 2 Kings 5 The Aramean commander went to Elisha for healing
ALSO - The People of Nineveh in Jonah 3........ The people of Nineveh believed God at the preaching of Jonah.
Not many Gentiles were mentioned as serving and believing in God, however, the option was there and there were gentiles who did serve God in the Old Testament. Also there were many Gentiles around other various parts of the world who were Godly people - though the BIble does not record their location.
The Gentiles had full opportunity to serve God and to obey Him - However The Hebrew people were choosen by God with the duty, obligation, responsibility and task of obeying and preserving His word and living clean, holy and Godly lives. Noah was not a Hebrew / Jew and He preached to everyone around Him. The BIble describes Him a preacher. We see in the Old Testament that God is giving Gentiles a chance to live for Him and to do right.