The Christian message of salvation through Jesus Christ is for all people, everywhere.

It has always been God's intention that the Christian Gospel should be for anyone who will believe, irrespective of language or race or nation.

The Christian religion is not a western faith. It is not just for people from Europe and America. It did not even begin there: it began in the Middle East. The historical events upon which Christian faith is founded all took place in the Eastern Mediterranean and the lands of the Middle East. There are people in every country of the world who have found that the Christian message applies to them and have been transformed by it.

Let us examine the Bible's witness to this evident truth ... ...Please note that in biblical language all non-Jews are referred to as 'Gentiles'. Here is a selection of references ...

The Bible's account of God's plan of salvation begins with the call to Abram and the promises made to him by God, recorded in the Book of Genesis 

chapter 12:2,3  ... saying ...

'I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you;

       I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

       I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;

            and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.'

Again in Genesis 17:18 'Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations will be blessed through him'.

1 Chronicles 16:23,24 'Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds to all peoples.'

Psalm 9:11 'Sing praise to the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.'

Psalm 22:27 'All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him.'

Isaiah 42:6 (speaking of God's messenger to come) 'I will keep you and make you to be a covenant for the  and people a light for the Gentiles.'

Isaiah 49:6 (speaking of God's messenger to come) 'I will also make you a light to the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'

Matthew 28:19 (Jesus speaking) ' Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations..'

Mark 13:10 (Jesus speaking) ' The gospel must first be preached to all nations.' 

Romans 16:26 '.. the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and and obey him ...'

Galatians 3:8 'The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announce the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you.".

Galatians 3:14 'He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, ...'

Ephesians 1:13 (Paul writing to Gentiles) 'And you also were included when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.'

Ephesians 3:6 (Paul writing to Gentiles) 'The mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus .'

Revelation 5:9 '..and they sang a new song "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open it seals., because you were slain, and with your blood purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. "

Revelation 15:4 'For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.'

Revelation 21:23,24, 26 (speaking of the final  'city' of God that will come to men at the end of human history) ' The city does not need the sun or the moon on it, for the glory of the Lord gives it light and the Lamb [Christ] is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendour into it.'  The glory and honour of the nations will be brought into it.'

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