All Israel Will Be Saved
In Romans 9 is recorded ‘the Purpose of God
according to Election.’
Neither, because they
are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy Seed be
called.
That is, They which
are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the
children of the Promise are counted for the Seed.
For this is the Word
of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
And not only this; but
when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
(For the children
being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the Purpose of
God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth;)
It was said unto her,
The elder shall serve the younger.
Rom 9:7-12 KJV
Though Abraham had an older son, the children of the
Promise were to be reckoned through Isaac.
It is not the
natural descendants, who are God's children, but it is “the children of the
Promise”—they are regarded as Abraham's offspring.
Rebecca conceived two sons under exactly the same
circumstances, yet God's Purpose in Election remained valid as it continued to
be in effect.
A Remnant shall be saved.
“… Though the number of the children of Israel
be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved (Rom 9:27 KJV).
This “remnant” is a loyal minority.
Apostle Paul states that this is a mystery—a hidden truth.
I do not want you to
be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel
has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has
come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The Deliverer will
come from Zion;
He will turn
godlessness away from Jacob.
And this is My Covenant
with them
when I take away their
sins."
Rom 11:25-27 NIV
A hardening (insensibility) has temporarily befallen
a part of Israel to last until the full number of the ingathering of the
Gentiles has come in.
Paul went further to say:
As far as the Gospel
is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as Election is
concerned, they are Loved on account of the patriarchs, for God's Gifts and His
Call are irrevocable. Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have
now received Mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too have now
become disobedient in order that they too may now receive Mercy as a result of
God's Mercy to you. For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that He
may have Mercy on them all (verses28-32 NIV).
As it is right now; since after the Death and
Resurrection of Christ, from the point of view of the Gospel (the Good News of
the Kingdom), the [unbelieving] Jews, at present are enemies of God (just as
the unbelieving Gentiles), which is for the advantage and benefit of the [believing
Gentiles and Jews].
But from the point of view of "God's
Election" [the Elect-144,000] are beloved—dear to Him for the sake of the patriarchs.
As far as “Election” is concerned, they are Loved on
account of the patriarchs.
“The Elect” are God’s Election.
“The Bride” is Christ's Betrothed.
“The Election of Grace” is His Sovereign Choice.
"Grace" means you did nothing to deserve
it; GOD, in His infinite Mercy, has decided to choose you to be in His divine
Favor.
The Gentiles have benefitted from
Israel's partial and temporary blindness to the Messiah, giving them the access
into the unsearchable riches of the Gospel and the privilege to come to
repentance and redemption.
God has chosen a
remnant of surviving Jews [spiritual Jews] "according to the Election of
Grace." This election process is evidenced in Ishmael and Isaac, Jacob and
Esau, and finally in the clay pot that has zero ability to tell the Master
Potter what it shall become or the finished product of honor or dishonor it
shall become.
Jesus said, “…salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22 KJV). The
roots of Christianity are Jewish, and the Jewish roots support Christianity.
For if the firstfruit
be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Rom 11:16 KJV
Boast not against the
branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:18 KJV
Today, a predominant number of the Jews are separate
from God as a result of their unbelief on God's only Son. Yet, they did not
utterly stumbled so as to fall to their spiritual ruin—their unbelief now, does
not mean that they are irretrievable (impossible to recover).
Again I ask: Did they
stumble so as to fall beyond recovery?
Not at all! Rather, because
of their transgression, Salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel
envious.
But if their
transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the
Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
Rom 11:11-12 NIV
“Disobedience” is “unbelief” it is the product of
"the fallen nature"—it is outcome of "the flesh."
Disobedience of 'times past' is now substituted with
divine Mercy.
Moreso, “disobedience” 'at the present' shall obtain
divine Mercy.
The first group—a "children of
disobedience" have received the power to become "sons of God,"
being translated into the Kingdom of Light in "the Church Age." They
are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb.
The other group as well— a "children of
disobedience" shall in "the Messianic Age" become adopted as
"sons of God." Their redemption is by the Blood of the Lamb.
Jesus Christ is the Captain of our Salvation.
For it became Him, for
Whom are all things, and by Whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
Glory, to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 2:10 KJV
Neither is there Salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under Heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4:12 KJV
"Mercy" is God's Power of compassion and
forgiveness towards us.
But God commendeth His
Love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 5:8 KJV
For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Rom 5:10 KJV
Salvation is for those who fear God (read Psa. 85:9),
but is far from the wicked (119:155).
GOD's Gifts and His Call are irrevocable!
“Irrevocable” means; irreversible, final,
unalterable, unchangeable, permanent, immutable, irretrievable, fixed, and
conclusive.
GOD does not change His Mind about those to whom He
has called or given His Grace!
Apostle Paul addressed the believers in Rome,
stating this:
And do this,
understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your
slumber, because our Salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Rom 13:11 NIV
The LORD Himself says:
"Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for My Salvation is
close at hand
and My Righteousness
will soon be revealed.
Isa 56:1 NIV
A remnant of the Jewish
people has been divinely elected, and when the Gentile era ends, “all Israel
will be saved.”
Romans 11:26 did not
say, “all Jews will be saved” which should have referred to the today’s Jewish
nation of Israel.
But it did say, “all Israel will be saved.”
“All Israel” is to be
identified as all believing Gentiles and Jews as evidenced by the natural
branches (the Jewish people) of the olive tree and the supernatural branches
(the believing Gentiles).
If some of the
branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been
grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive
root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not
support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, "Branches
were broken off so that I could be grafted in." Granted. But they were
broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but
be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you
either.
Rom 11:17-21 NIV
A warning very clear
from the above stated passage:
Do not become proud and
conceited, but rather stand in awe of the LORD and reverence Him. For if GOD did not spare the natural branches
because of their unbelief, neither will He spare you if you are guilty of the
same offense.
"Work out your
salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12).
You do not support the root,
but the root supports you!
The Jewish people, in
part, have been blinded to the identity of Christ the Messiah, temporarily ‘until
the full number of the Gentiles have come in’ –and then shall “all Israel be
saved.”
Gentiles are warned by
Apostle Paul to beware of any spirit of anti-Semitism, any attitude of
arrogance toward the Jewish people lest the Judgment of God fall on them. If
God did not spare the Jewish people of Judgment for sin, He most assuredly will
not spare the Gentiles.
Behold therefore the
Goodness and Severity of God: on them which fell, Severity; but toward thee,
Goodness, if thou continue in His Goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut
off.
Rom 11:22 KJV
God blesses Gentiles
who bless Israel!
In verses 23 and 24,
Paul states:
And they also, if they
abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them
in again.
For if thou wert cut
out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to
nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?(KJV).
God demonstrates His
severity toward those who have fallen—He is severe to "the fallen
branches" but His gracious Kindness is to those who abide in Him, and
cling to Him.
Now, one group is
joyous for the Salvation of their souls; and another, is provoked to jealousy.
By the transgression of
the one, the door to the reconciliation of the world back to God has been
opened. This is "the Door of Grace."
Through the false step
of the Jewish, Israel sees and feels what they forfeited and so, this makes
them jealous.
Though presently, their
failure means such riches for the Gentiles, an enrichment and greater advantage
will follow their full reinstatement!
What will their acceptance
be but Life from the dead?
In all, GOD ALMIGHTY
had never rejected His own people in times past, and never will HE (read Romans
11:1-5).
The opportunity for the
gift of Salvation has been granted to all.
For the Grace of God
that brings Salvation has appeared to all men.
Titus 2:11 NIV
The Purpose of God
according to Election shall reveal “the Israel that is by Faith.”
From
Abraham comes a progeny of overcomers who shine as ‘the stars of the heaven.’ Just
as he is blessed with ‘material descendants.’
God said to Abraham, "...Look now toward heaven, and tell the
stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed
be" (Gen 15:5 KJV).
And because he believed
this, God counted it to him for Righteousness (v.6).
In chapter 22 verse 17,
God said to Abraham:
“That in blessing I
will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore…” (KJV).
In Christ Jesus is the
fulfillment of “the Seed of Abraham” Who ‘shall possess the gate of His
enemies’
"...and thy Seed
shall possess the gate of His enemies.”
Gen 22:17 KJV
He came to the earth as
“the Savior of the world,” and He shall return as “King of kings and Lord of
lords” to take possession of the gates of His enemies.
He will rule over the
kingdoms of the Earth, and in Him shall the nations be blessed.
“And I will make thy
seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy Seed all these
countries; and in thy Seed shall all the nations of the Earth be blessed.”
Gen 26:4 KJV
“A Deliverer shall come
out of Zion and take away the sins and godlessness of His people (Rom.11:26;
Isaiah
59:20-21; Psa. 14:7).
The “Deliverer out of
Zion” is none other than Jesus Christ.
I believe this
generation will live to see Him sitting on the throne of King David on the
Temple Mount in the City of Jerusalem, bringing the Golden Age of Peace to the
world.
It’s coming much sooner
than you think!