Before Jesus came, only the Jewish people had access to God via the temple and its ordinances. Very few Gentiles were accepted into the Jewish way of life. Gentiles were largely ignored as God slowly built His nation of holy people (Deuteronomy 7:6), beginning with Abraham and Sarah. Once the Jewish people were ready, God sent His Messiah Jesus, born into the Jewish culture to Jewish parents, speaking the Hebrew language in the land of Israel. Once Jesus came and Christianity was established amongst Jewish people, only then did God reach out to Gentiles, who were so far removed from God, they had completely lost their way.