1 Lo-Ammi "Not My people" Lo-Ammi "Not My people" Under the heading PEOPLE it is demonstrated from Scripture that Israel alone, with one exceptional case, are called "People"; the nations of the earth are never so called except in the plural-"peoples". To one nation only has the title "My people" ever been given and that is Israel. The exception is found in Titus 2:14, where the church is spoken of as a peculiar people-but that title is used while Israel themselves are "lo-ammi", not My people. At Acts twenty-eight Israel pass off the scene and the parenthetical dispensation of the Mystery begins. This great dispensational feature indicated by the words Lo Ammi we approach under the following headings: (1). The testimony of Acts thirteen to the lo-ammi period that was approaching. (2). The O.T. illustration provided in the book of Judges. (3). The prophecy of Hosea, where the name lo-ammi occurs. Acts thirteen records the opening of Paul's great missionary activity. A Jew who withstood the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles is blinded and a Gentile is saved-an anticipation in dramatic fashion of the sequel found in Acts twenty-eight, where the nation is blinded and salvation sent to the Gentiles. Acts 13:16-41 is the record of Paul's witness in the synagogue at Antioch, and it opens and closes with a reference to Israel which involves the recognition of the "lo-ammi" principle. We gave a condensed structure of this section: Acts 13:16-41 A 16-21. Resume of Israel's History. Lo-ammi period B 22-39. David, Salvation, Forgiveness A 40,41. Beware. Lo-ammi period threatened. In order to understand the dispensational importance of Paul's references to Israel's history, we must turn for a while to the record given in two parts of the O.T., namely the book of Judges and the book of Kings. Among the many items of dispensational importance in the book of Judges, one question of outstanding interest is the way in which Israel and Israel's affairs influence the computation of times and dates. The question at first seems simple enough. FIRST SERVITUDE.