Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matt 7:14
Many people talk about and often wonder about this term... FEW.
How few is few????
Today people in man made Sunday churches think most of them are going to heaven, but that is a total lie! Jesus' words of FEW are very telling and His reference would have been the Old Testament history/early NT body so let's look at 5 biblical examples of FEW:
1 ) In Genesis 7 we see a righteous man in Noah. Scripture tells us him and 7 of his family entered the ark to be saved from God's wrath. So we know that ONLY 8 people were saved out of the entire world and some scholars GUESS that up to a million people could have been alive then. We do not know for sure but even if we say only 100,000 people were alive then, only 8 were saved! Amazing.... that is FEW!
2) We see God judging Sodom and it was a major trading area. Out of what "could have been" 10's of thousands of people... ONLY 3 made it out alive. Amazing again.. that is FEW!
See Genesis 19
3) When God marched the Israelites out of pagan Egypt there was 600,000 men of war age ( see Exodus 12 ) and due to their sin (God kept them in the wilderness for 40 years,) ONLY 2 men Caleb and Joshua, were allowed to enter the promised land.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
Exodus 12:37
* 2 men out of (over) 600,000 now, that is REALLY FEW!!!
4) In the book of Acts, we have the number of people that Jesus had (the greatest preacher EVER and God in the flesh) as a result of His 3 years of full time ministry. How many people were in the upper room? Only 120 men and women...120 total.
God Himself only had 120 people in His New Testament body out of the thousands that once followed Him. Amazing and FEW again!
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) 16 and said, “Brothers and sisters,the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.Acts 1
5) I have read some claimed facts by scholars/historians that the body in Rome or at Corinth, that Paul labored for a long time over, were numbered around 50-100 people each perhaps. While I can't prove that number, we know all the first century NT bodies met in only HOMES so we know they too were...... FEW!
These 5 biblical examples of few, show us that today ( in the great falling away time ) we should NOT expect to see MANY true believers at all. Few really means FEW!
Jesus even said this:
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Luke 18:8
If you are following Christ alone/by yourself and have left man made religion/the fallen world, rejoice as you may be one of the FEW! Do not expect many, just strive on and be a Noah in your time. Please know others are out there so you are not alone! I hope this article on FEW helps you to see how FEW it will really be and encourages you to hold fast. Christ is on the way!
Will you be one of the FEW that endure to the end?
See the gospel link here:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
and test yourself as Sunday church, your own views or just believing in God will NOT get you to be one of the FEW!
Jesus also said this:
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke 13:24
Here is a part 2 of this article that suggests using OT examples, a VERY small number of Americans may get into heaven:
https://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2020/01/few-means-few-matt-7-part-2.html
Repent and obey the gospel.... for eternal life to come!
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