"And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;" Romans 11:17
Do you believe in a people called spiritual Israel? I without a doubt believe that there is a nation chosen of God to be His son and that nation is without a doubt Israel. But spiritual Israel is much different, spiritual Israel includes Jews and Gentiles. I believe Spiritual Israel is made up of all the saved in the entire world. Romans chapter 11 speaks of some of the natural branches being broken off and replaced with branches of a different tree. I believe the tree is Abraham which God promised to make the Father of many Nations, "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee." Genesis 17:5 I believe these many nations are the nations of the world that have believers in Jesus Christ. Back in Romans chapter 11 when God broke off the natural branches "For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Romans 11:21 God replaced them with Gentile branches and the Gentile branches became as they were natural branches of the tree of Abraham. God promised in Romans 11:26 "And so all Israel shall be saved..." If God has promised that all Israel shall be saved then every Jew must be saved, but that is imposable since God broke off some of the natural branches and discarded them. Romans 11:17 "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;" Paul went on to write in verse 17 "... and with them partakest of the root and fatness..." in other words the Gentile branches became part of the tree as though they were natural branches. Centuries have passed and innumerable numbers of Jews have died without Jesus Christ and will never be saved, therefore if God says all Israel will be saved, because we know it does not include the countless number of Jews who have died without Jesus Christ in their hearts. God says it was for unbelief that the natural branches were broken off to start with. Romans 11:20 "Well; because of unbelief they were broken off..." While God did say He could Graft them back into the tree He never said that He would. The in-grafted branches will forever be as natural branches of the tree of Father Abraham or Spiritual Israel. God will only graft them back in if they turn to Jesus Christ for salvation. Romans 11:23 "And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again." I know that some people believe that all Jews will be saved but if they die without believing in Jesus Christ they have died eternally lost and separated from the spiritual Israel tree. This is a great blessing from God to the Gentiles because without being grafted in we would never have been saved. As Gentiles we need to thank God for the grace of election that brought this great blessing to a remnant of the Gentile people as well to the Jewish people whom God also elected and saved. Thank you Lord for making me a Spiritual Israelite!!
