It is those of you Americans who lay such stress on unbelieving Israel that don't believe the Bible.
Yes and in chapter 11 it is made clear that the olive tree, the TRUE ISRAEL, is made up of the Jews who believed in the Messiah, PLUS the Gentiles who believed in the Messiah and were grafted into Israel, PLUS any unbelieving Jews who repented (11.12-24).
thus the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises now belongs to THEM (the true Israel of God, the election of Israel (11.7) plus Gentile proselytes). That is Paul's whole message. You refuse to believe the Bible because it doesn't suit your ideas.
Nothing could show in clearer fashion that the believing ex-Gentiles were NOW no longer strangers and foreigners (Gentiles) but were fellow-citizens with the believing Jews and were of the household of God. They were now part of the true Israel.
Precisely they were now a part of the TRUE ISRAEL.
And I am part of that multitude. 'Then those who are physically UNCIRCUMCISED but observe the Law, will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the Law, --- for he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and physical. He is a Jew who is one inwardly and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and NOT literal. His praise is not from men but from God. (Rom 2.27-29).
This clearly teaches that believing Gentiles are true Jews. They are physically uncircumcised, but circumcised in heart. In other words they are branches of the olive tree, which was God's specially given name for Israel (Jer 11.16).
Only a relatively small part of Israel were actually descended from Jacob. Many were descended from servants of the household (which numbered thousands), many were descended from the 'mixed multitude' (Ex 12.38) who became part of Israel at Sinai, many were descended from Gentile proselytes who united with Israel (Ex 12.48), many were descended from the Edomites who were forcibly made Jews by Hyrcanus, many were descended from the Galilean Gentiles who were forced to become Jews under Aristobulus. To suggest that Israel as a whole were pure descendants of Jacob is an amusing myth. MANY WERE GENTILE CONVERTS.
And I suspect that MOST OF US Westerners have Jewish blood in our veins.
Then they will be hard to find, for such were only a minority of Jews.
yes the covenants belong to true Israel including those who have been grafted in. That's what Paul says. One of the main teachings of Rom 9-11 is that all who believe in the Messiah have become the Israel of God.
yes and by doing so they become part of the chosen nation, 'the holy nation'. They even become priests. they become God's peculiar people (see Exod 19.5-6). They become part of the true Israel. To the unbiased mind it could not be clearer. And they are part of the 'all Israel' which will be saved.
Yes and in chapter 11 it is made clear that the olive tree, the TRUE ISRAEL, is made up of the Jews who believed in the Messiah, PLUS the Gentiles who believed in the Messiah and were grafted into Israel, PLUS any unbelieving Jews who repented (11.12-24).
thus the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises now belongs to THEM (the true Israel of God, the election of Israel (11.7) plus Gentile proselytes). That is Paul's whole message. You refuse to believe the Bible because it doesn't suit your ideas.
Nothing could show in clearer fashion that the believing ex-Gentiles were NOW no longer strangers and foreigners (Gentiles) but were fellow-citizens with the believing Jews and were of the household of God. They were now part of the true Israel.
Precisely they were now a part of the TRUE ISRAEL.
And I am part of that multitude. 'Then those who are physically UNCIRCUMCISED but observe the Law, will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the Law, --- for he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and physical. He is a Jew who is one inwardly and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and NOT literal. His praise is not from men but from God. (Rom 2.27-29).
This clearly teaches that believing Gentiles are true Jews. They are physically uncircumcised, but circumcised in heart. In other words they are branches of the olive tree, which was God's specially given name for Israel (Jer 11.16).
Only a relatively small part of Israel were actually descended from Jacob. Many were descended from servants of the household (which numbered thousands), many were descended from the 'mixed multitude' (Ex 12.38) who became part of Israel at Sinai, many were descended from Gentile proselytes who united with Israel (Ex 12.48), many were descended from the Edomites who were forcibly made Jews by Hyrcanus, many were descended from the Galilean Gentiles who were forced to become Jews under Aristobulus. To suggest that Israel as a whole were pure descendants of Jacob is an amusing myth. MANY WERE GENTILE CONVERTS.
And I suspect that MOST OF US Westerners have Jewish blood in our veins.
Then they will be hard to find, for such were only a minority of Jews.
yes the covenants belong to true Israel including those who have been grafted in. That's what Paul says. One of the main teachings of Rom 9-11 is that all who believe in the Messiah have become the Israel of God.
yes and by doing so they become part of the chosen nation, 'the holy nation'. They even become priests. they become God's peculiar people (see Exod 19.5-6). They become part of the true Israel. To the unbiased mind it could not be clearer. And they are part of the 'all Israel' which will be saved.
