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become one flock [with Jewish sheep], [having] one shepherd\shall be one flock, one shepherd\the earth, will draw all men[Jews and Gentiles] unto myself\And before his ascension, he commissioned that the gospel be preached to all nationalities alike (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16 and Luke 24:46-47) %u2013which it was, \and also to the Greek [Gentile]\and apparently about A.D. 41 to the latter (Acts10-11).Therefore, to continue to bind the sign of that Old Covenant between God and Israel according to the flesh in the New Covenant era (after Christ%u2019s death, resurrection, and ascension) would be an anomaly%u2013on par with binding circumcisionof the flesh under the Old Covenant as a sign of the descendants of Abraham according to the flesh, which GentileChristians are not. On the other hand, allthe commandments of the Decalogue of the Old Covenant, exceptfor the sabbath commandment, would be as appropriate for Christians, whether of Jewish or Gentile background, as they were for fleshly Israel under the Old Covenantand have therefore been incorporated into New Covenant law.With that highly relevant reason we couldagain close our study. But we shall continue with relevant eventsand developmentsin connection with New Covenant era, between the first and second coming of Christ, when the sabbath command of the Old Covenant law ceased to be binding. For said development and events will give a still better perspective in some respects and help us to avoid some very common errors. (Some repetition, but for different emphasis, may be noticed.) b. \forerunner of Jesus]: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God[superseding the kingdom of fleshly Israel] is preached, and every man entereth violently into it,\(Luke 16:16). That is, those who entered do so against much opposition. For, he also said: \ unto you lawyers! For ye took away the key of knowledge: and them that were entering in ye hindered\Because ye shut up the kingdom of heavenagainst men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that areentering in to enter\c. That \on earth, preached first by John and then by Jesus as \yet fully come. For that reason Jesus could say to the Pharisees who asked when the kingdom of God would come, \as in the margin of the American Standard Version, or \and some other versions have it likely meaning among them in the person of himself, its kingtobe, and maybe also those already described as \disciple to pray, \promised.