And so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB. - Ro 11:26 All Israel...All the elect Jewish people alive at the end of the Tribulation, not the believing remnant of Jews within the church during this church age. Although the nation had rejected Jesus, thousands of individual Jews had come to faith in Him (Ac 2:41; 4:4; 6:1). God did not choose this remnant because of its foreseen faith, good works, spiritual worthiness, or racial descent, but solely because of His grace, (Ro 11:5). But some of the branches were broken off (Jews)...but not all, of the branches of Israel were removed, God always preserved a believing remnant, (Ro 11:17). Since the remnant has already embraced the truth of the gospel (the NT truth previously not revealed; Ro 11:25), It could not be in view here, (Ro 11:26), since it no longer needs the salvation this verse promises. The Word say the remnant was drafted in like wild olives, (Ro 11:17). Studying the history, olives were an important crop in the ancient world. Although trees often lived for hundreds of years, individual branches eventually stopped producing olives. When that happened, branches from other trees were grafted in to restore productivity. Pauls point is the old, unproductive branches (Israel) were broken off and branches from a wild olive tree (Gentiles) were grafted in, therefore, becoming a rich root of the olive tree. Symbolically, once drafted in, Gentiles (you/me) partake of the richness of Gods covenant blessing as the spiritual heirs of Abraham. The olive tree ... is the place of divine blessings as the spiritual heirs.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 03:20:20 +0000
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