The advancing hosts of Israel found that knowledge of the mighty workings of the God of the Hebrews had gone before them, and that some among the heathen were learning that He alone was the true God. The knowledge of Jehovah that had thus come to her, proved her salvation. And her conversion was not an isolated case of God's mercy toward idolaters who acknowledged His divine authority. No distinction on account of nationality, race, or caste, is recognized by God. He is the Maker of all mankind.
All men are of one family by creation, and all are one through redemption.
Christ came to demolish every wall of partition, to throw open every compartment of the temple courts, that every soul may have free access to God. His love is so broad, so deep, so full, that it penetrates everywhere. It lifts out of Satan's influence those who have been deluded by his deceptions, and places them within reach of the throne of God, the throne encircled by the rainbow of promise. In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free. In the years that followed the occupation of the Promised Land, the beneficent designs of Jehovah for the salvation of the heathen were almost wholly lost sight of, and it became necessary for Him to set forth His plan anew.