The ministry of Jesus and “the Gospel of the Kingdom” as preached by Him (Matt 4:17; 9:35), John the Baptist (Matt 3:2), and the Twelve (Matt 10:7) was an exclusive message directed only to the house of Israel (Matt 3:5; 10:6). To them belong “the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises, whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all” (Rom 9:4b-5)…