YOU SHALL NOT HAVE GONE OVER THE CITIES OF ISRAEL, TILL THE SON OF MAN BE COME
SPOKEN BY JESUS IN MATHEW 10:23.
A LITTLE STRANGE IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY SMALL LITERAL PLACE OF THE "HOLY LAND" - SEE IT ON A WORLD ATLAS GLOBE - THE PLACE IS TINY!!
Even if you want to say Jesus was meaning one generation after another, say about every 70 years, it still would not take you 70 years to get the Gospel to all towns in the Jewish State of Israel.
The words by Jesus hardly make sense UNLESS you know the full background of the FULL Israel.
Read Genesis, note the promises God gave; note the last chapters--- 48 and 49.
There were 12 tribes that came out of Egypt under Moses - the 12 tribes of Israel. It was Jacob who had his name changed to Israel. There was 12 tribes that made up the people of "Israel" - read carefully from Genesis 12 to the end of the book. Note all the prophecies concerning the 12 tribes, especially Joseph and his two sons Ephriam and Manesseh.
After the death of Solomon the 13 tribes [Joseph became Ephraim and Manasseh] SPLIT - Judah, with Benjamin and Levi formed the House Of Judah - the other 10 tribes became the House of Israel.
The House of Israel was finally taken captive by the Assyrian empire - they were transported to the Assyrian land. The MAJORITY never returned - they finally went NORTH AND WEST. They lost their identity over the generations. In different groups they came through Europe; they eventually settled most of North-west Europe, and the British isles. Many Manassehites settled the new world of America. The two brothers formed a nation and company of nations; they inherited the wealth of the world as no other nations ever did. They became the greatest brother peoples in world with power and wealth, that ever existed.
They have towns and cities in all their combined lands that are in the HUNDREDS; nay in the THOUSANDS!
If you want to look at say "generation" as of 70 years, you would hardly cover the towns and cities and villages, with the Gospel in 70 years, every 70 years following each other.
NOW the words of Jesus' prophecy really starts to make more sense.
Truly as He said to His disciples ..... "YOU WILL NOT HAVE GONE OVER THE CITIES OF ISRAEL TILL THE SON OF MAN BE COME!"
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