
@ARS38171688: [1/2] 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 11:1–2: “𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦? 𝘉𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴.” 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝐭𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘩 31:31–33 [𝐭𝘩𝘦] “𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵” You seem to enjoy talking about things you neither know or understand. Perhaps the following will explain some of what things you clearly do not understand. In Romans 11, the apostle Paul compares Abraham’s seed to the branches of an olive tree. (Rom. 11:21) This tree represents the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant. The root of the tree is holy and represents God, who gives life to the tree's branches, the Israel of God. (Rom. 11:16) The trunk represents Jesus, the primary part of Abraham’s offspring/seed, and the branches that includes the remnant represent “the fullness” of those included in the secondary part of this seed. (Isa. 10:20; Rom. 11:12) The natural Jews that rejected Jesus are the branches that were “broken off" the olive tree (Rom. 11:17), which means that they lost the opportunity to become part of Abraham’s seed. But who would replace those branches? John the Baptist said something very interesting: "Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham." (Luke 3:8) Branches from a wild olive tree were grafted onto the olive tree to replace the branches that have been broken off. (Rom. 11:17-18) IOW Gentile Christians would be grafted into the olive tree and so they join the Christian Jewish remnant as the secondary part of Abraham’s seed. God broke off the natural branches, which opened the way to these wild olive branches to become spiritual Jews, and their praise comes from God. (Rom. 2:28-29) The "Israel of God" (Gal.6:16) are the Christians that became the 'children of the promise that are counted by God as Abraham's seed.' The Israel of God is "a royal priesthood, a holy nation," and they are now "God's people" that "have received mercy." (1 Pet. 2:9-10) The natural Jews still have the opportunity to become part of the Abraham's seed, for if they "do not continue in their unbelief, … the natural branches [will] be grafted back into their own olive tree" by God. (Rom. 11:23-24) God has rendered judgment and he has chosen those who he will count as Abraham's seed, "the Israel of God," and how inscrutable are his ways! Indeed, "𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞." (Rom. 11:29, 33; Gal. 6:16) As Rom. 5:10 says, “For if while we were enemies [of the gospel] we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.” Rom. 11:28 says, “As regards the gospel, [the natural Jews] are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, [the Jewish remnant] are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.” (Rom. 11:28) Again, I said nothing about the replacement of 𝐚𝐧𝐲 religious system. The old Law Covenant is no longer in effect. When the nation of Israel broke the Law of Moses in 607 BC, God foretold through the prophet Jeremiah that that old covenant would be superseded by the 𝐧𝐞𝐰 covenant. [cont’d]

























