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All of Israel will be saved
because all who are saved are Israel.
There is no other Israel but the Israel of Faith.
Why is that not sinking in?
Because the scriptures are speaking louder than the traditions of men.I've been watching you two bat this back and forth. Earlier I posted no less than 24 scripture passages of God's attitude toward the Jews. I'll post them again below, but first...
I just noticed something interesting about the Romans 11 passage. Check out the words in bold:
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so
all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but
as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
29 For
the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (In other words, God doesn't change his mind.)
Let's look at Romans 11 again: 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17 And if
some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
How many branches off the vine were broken off? Some, not all.
We that have been grafted in certainly need not boast against those that remain of the house of Israel.
Yes, there is a spiritual Israel. God will call those of physical Israel to that spiritual vine in a final act of ultimate grace and mercy made possible by the blood of Jesus Christ, such that even a remnant (those left after much tribulation) of physical Israel will be saved. This is in accordance to the Romans 11 passage quoted at the first, with key words in bold.
Now, what of these scriptures?Gen 17:7 speaks of an unconditional everlasting covenant with the physical seed of Abraham.
Lev 26:44-45 shows that Israel.s restoration was not to be conditional.
Isa 11:11 speaks of a second restoration of the Jews.
Isa 26:20-27:1 speaks of afinal hiding of the children of Israel followed by Satan's complete judgment.
Isa 27:12-13, in context with the above, speaks of a final re-gathering of Israel.
Jer 30:4-8 speaks of the time of Jacob's trouble and future restoration.
Jer 30:18-24 states that a restoration for the tents of Jacob will take place in the latter days, i.e.
not the first restoration of 536BC.
Jer 31:35-37 speaks of the permanent nation of Israel.
Jer 33:24-26 is a definitive unconditional covenant with Jacob.s descendants.
Eze 16:60-63 speaks of an unconditional everlasting covenant with the Jews.
Eze 37:1-28 speaks of an unconditional future restoration of Israel, followed closely by Armageddon in Exe 38-39.
Hos 11:9-10 speaks of a future restoration of Israel from the West.
Joe 3:1-3 predicts the restoration of Judah, followed by Armageddon.
Amo 9:11-15 speaks of an Israel restored to the land.
Zec 8:8 speaks of a post-exilic, unconditional restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem and the land.
Zec 10 and 12 are more prophecies of a future restoration of the Jews.
Zec 14 speaks of Armageddon, with the Jews in Jerusalem.
Luk 21:24 speaks of a dispersion, the time of the Gentiles, and a restoration following.
Rom 11:11 states that the Jews have not fallen so as to be lost.
Rom 11:17 states that only some of the branches were broken off.
Rom 11:17 states that the church was grafted in among the Jews.
Rom 11:28 states that the gospel-age Jews are still elect.
Rom 11:29 states that God.s calling of the Jews is irrevocable.
Rev 7:4-9 speaks of the 12 tribes of Israel in the Christian Era.
Rev 12:1-6 speaks of Israel in the Christian Era.
Rev 15:3 is a passage primarily about the Christian Era; there are two songs, one for the Jews, one for the Gentile church.
Above references from "The False Prophet" chapters 1-9 by Ellis Skolfield, pg. 63. www.ellisskolfield.com.
May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified now and forever.
In Him,
Mike