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1 | Juesus rejected by the jews? | Rom 11:1 | Apollos | 179614 | ||
Is it really fully true to say that Jesus was rejected by the Jews? He was rejected by Gentiles also, and, in fact all his earliest followers were Jews as was the greatest of all Christian missionaries - the Apostle Paul. Paul tells us in Romans 11 that not all Jews rejected Jesus - a remnant accepted him. Those who did are the true Israel and when we gentiles believe in the Messiah Jesus we are grafted in to that true Israel and become sons of Abraham (Galatians 3:29). So God has always had his Israel and always will have. The ripping of the curtain in the Temple shows us that through Jesus' once for all sacrifice the way to God is now open for believers. The curtain separated the Holy of Holies (where God symbolically dwelt) from sinful man. Because Jesus has died for us that curtain is no longer necessary. God bless Apollos |
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2 | Juesus rejected by the jews? | Rom 11:1 | Apollos | 179623 | ||
Doc. Thanks for all this. Yes - of course Jesus was rejected by the leaders of Israel and by the nation as a whole, but my point was that there was a remnant of Jews who accepted him and there still is! (Rom. 11). This believing remnant is actually the true Israel and by grace a Gentile like me who bows before Israel's God and believes in her Messiah is part of that Israel of God. In his service Apollos (so named because I want to be mighty in the Scriptures and am open to being taught more accurately!) |
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