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NASB | Romans 11:17 ¶ But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 11:17 ¶ But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree, |
Bible Question: Can someone help me with scripture(s) that would tie Isreal (Old or New Testament) to what we know now to be "The Church". |
Bible Answer: Okay...tall order, since there is so much Scripture here. This will be quite a "tip of the iceberg thing." Start off by reading Romans 9-11. Israel and the church are branches of the same tree. The Gentiles have been grafted on, but they are no less a part of the tree. Gentiles are spiritual descendants of Abraham: "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." --Genesis 22:18 "And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise." --Galatians 3:29 "to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel," --Ephesians 3:6 The people of God are not merely those who are descended from Abraham. Being an Israelite genetically did not mean that one was an heir to the promise of Abraham or his spiritual descendant: "They answered and said to Him, 'Abraham is our father.' Jesus *said to them, 'If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham...You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies." --John 8:39,44 "But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: 'THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED.' That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." --Romans 9:6-8 "Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called 'Uncircumcision' by the so-called 'Circumcision,' which is performed in the flesh by human hands--remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity." --Ephesians 2:11-16 Christ made the two into one new man. How is this for a start? --Joe! |
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