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NASB | Romans 11:1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 11:1 I say then, has God rejected and disowned His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. [1 Sam 12:22; Jer 31:37; 33:24-26; Phil 3:5] |
Bible Question:
When Jesus is rejected by the Jews, what new group is founded? What signifance does the temple being ripped have in the bookd of Matthew? Thanks for your Help! |
Bible Answer: 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 |