Whatttttt?
I SEE where the Confussin' lies (notwithstanding).
He came to His own and His own received Him not.((((But))),See you stop the sentence again.. To AS MANY AS CAME.gave HE the power to BECOME the sons of GOD.GOD's Old Covenant Physical Isreal was replaced by a New Covenant SPIRITUAL Isreal. He said in a Parable in the Old Testament:The Lord GOD shall slay thee and call His People By ANOTHER Name..And they were called Cristain first in Antioc.[[Boom]]there it is
I understand Paul was a Jew. Paul admitted to WASTING the Church of God and Wreckin' havoc to-it. Very important Statement that we will address later .But for Now. Back to your statement Alpha..JESUS was a physical Lienage of David, But was come from heaven and wasn't Born Anywhere ? He always was God. He came from there, But wasn't born there.
John 71-8) After these things JESUS walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, BeCause The JEWS sought to kill Him.
Now,the JEW's feast of Tabernacles was at hand. His brother (Not James)
therfore sais unto Him,Depart from Hence, and go into Judea,that thy disciplesalso may see the works that thou doest. For there is no Man that doeth anything in secretand He Himself seeketh to be Known openly (For Neither did His breathern Believe in Him) Then JESUS said unto them.
" My time is not yet come: But your time is always ready.THE WORLD CAN NOT ((HATE)) YOU: BUT ME IT HATETH , BeCause, I testify that the works are E-V-I-L !!Go thee up unto the feast: I go not up yet unto the feast: for My time is not YET COME