PoliticalChic
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Actually the Jewish people, and adherence to the Bible were the light unto the nations.The Son of God was prophesized as far back as Genesis, that is what is being referred to as a "light unto the nations" but until the "blind" and "deaf" and "lame" are "healed" those people will never understand the prophecy. Understanding is a gift, God reveals his wonders to whom he pleases be they biologically a Jew or a Gentile.
In Matthew, Jesus makes that clear......
Matthew 5:18, the eighteenth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus has just reported that he came not to destroy the law, but fulfil it. In this verse this claim is reinforced.
Matthew 5:17–18 is a key text for interpreting the Sermon on the Mount and the entire gospel of Matthew:
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Here Jesus says that not one iota (jot) or dot (tittle) will pass away from the law. These most likely refer to the smallest strokes of the Hebrew alphabet, indicating that the Old Testament is completely trustworthy, even to the smallest detail. This is consistent with Jesus’ attitude elsewhere. Never do we find Jesus disagreeing with Scripture.