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10 results for “Election”
Clear searchElection within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
What Does "They Are Not All Israel, Which Are of Israel" Mean? Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation Romans 9:6 is often used as a definition of spiritual Israel: "For they are not all Israel, which are of…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…e saving work described as "all Israel shall be saved" (Romans 11:25-27). Nor is Israel's election evidence that God is a respecter of persons. Divine impartiality means that God judges justly and saves no one on the basis of human merit (Romans 2:11; Ephesians 2:8-9). It does no…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…(Romans 9:6). God distinguished Isaac from Ishmael and Jacob from Esau. This establishes election within Israel, not the disappearance of Israel. Paul has just defined the people under discussion as his physical kinsmen and named the privileges which belong to them. Romans 11 ma…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…to mourning and cleansing. Paul distinguishes Israel's present enmity from its continuing election "for the fathers' sakes". The identity remains stable across sin, judgement, and promised mercy. The texts do not begin with national Israel under judgement and silently change to t…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…promised grafting in of the natural branches shows that it is not final. The patriarchal election explains why Israel remains "beloved for the fathers' sakes" even while opposing the gospel (Romans 11:28). Then comes the covenantal verdict: "For the gifts and calling of God are…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…r who comes out of Sion and turns away ungodliness from Jacob (Romans 11:26-27). National election never removes the need for personal faith. A future turning of Israel to Christ would be an exhibition of the one gospel's power, not an exception to it. Our treatment of Jewish peo…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…t age as being, with respect to the gospel, "enemies for your sakes," but with respect to election, "beloved for the fathers' sakes" (Romans 11:28). Both statements must be allowed to stand. The Jewish people are not reconciled to God merely by returning to the land or possessing…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…clarity: "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes." —Romans 11:28 Both halves must be believed. The Jewish people do not possess saving righteousness through covenant ancestry. Rabbinic fait…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…ion? Many readers assume the answer is obvious. The New Testament applies the language of election to Christians, so the elect in Matthew 24 must be the Church. If they are gathered after the Tribulation, the passage appears to place the rapture there as well. The first premise i…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…his own day: "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace." —Romans 11:5 The earliest Church was born from that believing remnant. Jesus, the apostles, the women who followed Him, the believers gathered before Pentecost, and the t…
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