GOD'S DEFINITE PLAN FOR ISRAEL
By: Bishop Albert Gran
EXPOSITION OF ROMANS 11 (Part-4)
ROMANS 11:24-36
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
The context in this passage is yet describing between the natural olive tree (the prophetic Jews) and the wild olive tree (Jews in the mystery of the dispensation of grace)
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
What Paul is saying here is that if the Jews under the mystery in the dispensation of grace which in view of God's prophetic plan in time past were far off and yet today had gained salvation by the grace of God, how much more the prophetic Jews will be grafted again in the time when God will restore his plan on earth in the resumption of program through Israel above other people in other nations.
THE MYSTERY IN THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE IN PLACED ROMANS 11
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.
This is the thing all teachers and preachers of God's word in our time must understand regarding God's program in the mystery all set for the Gentiles today. Today, is the time of the Gentiles of which people in all nations could have direct access to God's grace for their salvation and grandeur. Today is the period in which Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles took the greatest role to reveal God's heavenly plan for the entire humanity. The completeness of the Gentiles ended up when the time of the dispensation of grace, the mystery will come to end. This shall take in effect gradually and shall come to also diminish in like manner during the beginning period of the dispensation of grace.
The " blindness in part is happened to Israel" speaks the condition of the God's prophetic program of Israel ( natural olive tree) which was held in abeyance. This is the mystery that everyone must know. The branches are broken off of the wild olive tree which was grafted in ( The Jews who are saved by the grace of God with Paul the apostle)
The apostle Paul had reminded the Jews today about the mystery of which God's salvation which is sent to the Gentiles and that their prophetic privilege above people was cancelled and has to be resumed in time until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
Diminishing process in the culmination of the fulness of the Gentiles was obviously stated by Paul through apostasy and heeding to men's doctrines in view of people's behavior which in turn were for the flesh and its satisfaction when many turned to be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.
THE FUTURE PROPHETIC JEWS
God's dealing to Israel was so plain and that it would require so great deal of understanding how at present their prophetic program was suspended hence Paul had written the Jews in his time until today to listen to God through Paul and his gospel. However, God's plan for all Israel in His entire plan concerning the prophecy about them will continue.
Diminishing process in the culmination of the fulness of the Gentiles was obviously stated by Paul through apostasy and heeding to men's doctrines in view of people's behavior which in turn were for the flesh and its satisfaction when many turned to be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.
THE FUTURE PROPHETIC JEWS
God's dealing to Israel was so plain and that it would require so great deal of understanding how at present their prophetic program was suspended hence Paul had written the Jews in his time until today to listen to God through Paul and his gospel. However, God's plan for all Israel in His entire plan concerning the prophecy about them will continue.
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.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
This is the future resumption of God's prophetic plan for Israel. Paul reiterated the fact addressing the Jews in his time that his gospel was held contrary in view of God's prophetic plan concerning them in TIME PAST and IN THE FUTURE. It's all the mystery truth they have to understand and must come to understand what is most fit for them today to follow Paul as he followed Christ and like Jew saved by God's grace.
His promise to the fathers is at all consistent and that after all they will stand as a nation and became the national channel of blessing when Christ shall restore his kingdom on earth in His second coming.
This is the wisest plan of God to whom the Jews in our time must consider and thought of deeply with great appreciation. Today's Jews were wild olive tree grafted under the program of God in the church the body of Christ along with the Gentiles who are saved by grace through faith by the apostleship and ministry of Paul.
The importance of understanding their status today will encourage them to understand the mystery of God's grace in the dispensation of grace through the apostle to the Gentiles, the apostle Paul.
Grace and peace...
This is the future resumption of God's prophetic plan for Israel. Paul reiterated the fact addressing the Jews in his time that his gospel was held contrary in view of God's prophetic plan concerning them in TIME PAST and IN THE FUTURE. It's all the mystery truth they have to understand and must come to understand what is most fit for them today to follow Paul as he followed Christ and like Jew saved by God's grace.
His promise to the fathers is at all consistent and that after all they will stand as a nation and became the national channel of blessing when Christ shall restore his kingdom on earth in His second coming.
This is the wisest plan of God to whom the Jews in our time must consider and thought of deeply with great appreciation. Today's Jews were wild olive tree grafted under the program of God in the church the body of Christ along with the Gentiles who are saved by grace through faith by the apostleship and ministry of Paul.
The importance of understanding their status today will encourage them to understand the mystery of God's grace in the dispensation of grace through the apostle to the Gentiles, the apostle Paul.
Grace and peace...
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