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Clear searchElection within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…an? 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 Israel." —Romans 9:6 The usual argument is straightforward. Physical descent from Jac…
Read article →Defining the position before testing it
…f the new covenant, and the One in whom all God's promises are yea and amen (Galatians 3:16; Luke 1:32-33; Hebrews 9:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20). The Church also shares blessings once associated with Israel's covenants and hope. Gentile believers who were "aliens from the commonwealt…
Read article →The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor
…Grafted into Israel? The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor Romans 11 pictures Gentile believers as branches taken from a wild olive tree and grafted into a cultivated olive tree. They now share its nourishing root alongside branches which belong to…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy." —Romans 15:8-9 Christ came "for the truth of God" to confirm what God had promised to the fathers. Paul does not say that Christ's coming changed those promises into something different from…
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