Don’t count Israel out, FATHER hasn’t. HIS gifts and calling are irrevocable!
I have heard teachings that the church replaced Israel in all the promises directed toward them. Paul disagrees by revelation given to him by The Holy Spirit. I am not interested in man’s opinions based on his motives, neither should you. Paul provides us with sufficient understanding concerning Israel and its future.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 11:
1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
3 “LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?
4 But what does the Divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
People tend to judge matters from their limited knowledge and understanding. Elijah was not aware of the 7,000 men who formed a remnant, yet he was a major prophet. This is why it is vital for us to carefully read the Scripture without preconceived ideas and past teachings (aka opinions). We must be constantly cleansed by The Word.
5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
8 Just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.”
9 And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always.”
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
Israel’s failure brought forth the Church and the opportunity for all mankind to be restored to FATHER.
12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.
15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also Holy; and if the root is Holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
Do not be critical of Israel or anyone else for that matter. FATHER is The Judge!
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Isaiah prophesied: “There shall be a Root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.” Jesus IS the Root, and we receive our Spiritual nourishment from Him.
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the Gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are Beloved for the sake of the fathers.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Paul revealed the mystery of Israel’s restoration in the end times. Israel will be restored AFTER the fullness of the Church has come in! However, they will once again suffer the judgment of GOD.