3. How can you prove that the resurrected body of Jesus was a tangible body of flesh and bones? 4. Where was the Spirit of Jesus while His body lay in the tomb? 5. What kind of place is paradise? 6. What Gospel privileges are extended to the dead? 7. What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to us? {289} {290} PICTURE: THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Plockhorst {291} XXXVII OTHER SHEEP [Sidenote: The first commission to the twelve.] When Jesus called the twelve apostles and sent them out to preach His word, He gave them these instructions, "Go not in the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand." Evidently, then, the apostles were not to trouble to deliver the glad message of the Gospel to any who were not purely of the house of Israel. They were to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils;" but none of these good works were they to do amongst the Gentiles, nor in the land of the Samaritans. It seemed almost that Jesus did not want those not of Israel to enjoy the privileges and blessings of His great redemption. [Sidenote: The leaven of the Gospel.] But such an intention was only apparent; it was not real. All men, of whatever race or color, are the children of God; and the great atoning sacrifice was made for the Gentiles as well as for the Jews. Said Jesus once in a parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." The whole world is to be leavened with the Gospel of Jesus Christ; indeed, the Savior's last charge to His apostles was that they should go into all the world, and preach the word of God. Only when the Gospel has been heard by every nation, tongue, and people, will the end come. {292} [Sidenote: The kingdom to the Gentiles.]