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Israelite W B Godbey

Israelite is the only name God ever did give His people. It is a Hebrew compound, from Isra, prince, and el, God, consequently it means a prince of God, and one who prevails with God in prayer. Therefore the word is very simple. If you are acquainted withGod and know how to prevail with Him on your knees, you are an Israelite. Then if you are sanctified you are an Israelite like Nathaniel, in whom there is no guile, as in the old dispensation he had received sanctification proleptically, i.e., before its dispensation which was inaugurated on Pentecostal day when Jesus baptizes them with the Holy Ghost andfire. On that occasion the one hundred and twenty disciples enjoyed the ministry of Nathaniel (Bartholomew, the patronymic, meaning son of Talmy) and Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, who were doubtless exceedingly helpful to them the ten days of prayer in the wonderful victory of faith. 1 John 5: 4, ''This is the victory that overcometh the world -even our faith." Before Pentecost, the patriarchs and prophets receive sanctification proleptically