What do you think about Pauls letter to the Galatians really being written to lost Israelites in the galut?
We believe that the Apostles, as they went on missionary journeys out into the Diaspora, knew that there were scattered Northern Kingdom Israelites among the nations. This is clear from James the Justs attestation in Acts 15, when he makes a direct reference to Amos 9:11-12, connecting the salvation of the nations and the restoration of all Israel. This being said, however, the primary emphasis of the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul and others was to preach the good news of Messiah Yeshua to the world, and see new converts properly trained up and discipled. The salvation of Israel must first take place with the individual, and then can take place with the nation as a whole. The Apostle Pauls letter to the Galatians, like his other epistles to congregations or groups of congregations, addresses the spiritual situation that the Believers in Galatia faced. The Galatians were being errantly taught that circumcision and Torah observance were prerequisites for salvation, and inclusio
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