Subject: Will ALL of Israel be saved? |
Bible Note: Hi BradK, Thank you for your comments. I don’t think there is any question that God made a covenant with Israel: “THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB. THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.” I think that Dr. Weust is correct that this happens after the second Advent. Christ did not come from Zion the first time nor did he remove sin from Israel, but he will the 2nd time. However, God made His covenant with Israel. All Israel, has well as everyone else, will be resurrected from the dead near the end of His thousand year reign. He did not say he would remove ungodliness from part of Israel or sin from only those alive at the time of His return. Paul stated, “All Israel will be saved.” There is nothing ambiguous, cloudy, or vague about this. Other scripture confirms, but does not contradict it. The problem is that it goes against conventional wisdom. Therefore, it must be doubted. The Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save and He has not rejected His people. I think we would do well to remember the story of Numbers 11: 18-23, when Moses doubted the word of the Lord: Therefore the LORD will give you meat and you shall eat. You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’ Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?” The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.” I'll give you the last word. Hoth |