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Bible Note: Dearest bloodofjesus, (Rom 11:28 KJV) As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. Paul uses the term enemies here because they rejected The Christ. (Mat 12:30 KJV) He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. You asked, "Also does the scriptures guarantee jews salvation even though they were cut off but can be grafted back on?" First of all: (Rom 2:28 KJV) For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: (Rom 2:29 KJV) But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Paul uses the term "and not in the letter", meaning not necessarily through Abrahm. For God's chosen people were called stiff-necked, even as they came out of boundage from Egypt. They called Jesus a bastard and proclaim their haughtiness by Saying "We are of Abraham" (i.e. We know who our father is) because they new Mary was not married as yet to Joseph. (Rom 11:25 KJV) For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (Rom 11:26 KJV) And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Rom 11:27 KJV) For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. (And this was fulfilled at the cross) Israel ( the people of the covenant) will be grafted back into the Root (Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.) after "the fulness of the Gentiles" and as with all creatures, "whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved". (Note: "if they abide not still in unbelief") Blindness is still on many there for they do not regard the New Testament and are still waiting for the Messiah. And yet many have been grafted back into the Root for their faith in Christ. And seeing this we should see that That Day is closer now than when we first believed. Not all Gentiles will call upon the name of the Lord and so not all Israel will call upon the name of the Lord, but God has taken away their sin through Christ on the cross. All they have to do is accept that and they will be saved just like anyone else. But as to the "Total Nation of Israel" being saved (as some say) it is as with the great Exodus, not all entered into the promised land. It is through Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, that they will be saved if they call upon Him. (Joh 14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. No one, Jew or Gentile, can enter the kingdom except through Christ. My Pastor used to have a saying, "Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a Pontiac." terrib |