Ryan
Member
[MENTION=29288]Eventide[/MENTION] and that is the part of Dispensational thinking. The church gets all the blessings and gets to be miraculously raptured before tribulation, and the nation of Israel has to war off the anti-christ and the nations, then they will be saved.
From God's perspective, if you believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you are Israel. Even if you are of the lineage of Abraham, if you don't have Jesus as your saviour, you are cut off. That is what Romans 11 is about. Once you are grafted into the Olive Tree, you are Israel whether born naturally of Abraham, or not. How do we know who the Olive Tree is?
Jeremiah 11:16 The Lord called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, And its branches are worthless.
I actually don't know what you are arguing to tell you the truth? It is a mystery right now.
From God's perspective, if you believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you are Israel. Even if you are of the lineage of Abraham, if you don't have Jesus as your saviour, you are cut off. That is what Romans 11 is about. Once you are grafted into the Olive Tree, you are Israel whether born naturally of Abraham, or not. How do we know who the Olive Tree is?
Jeremiah 11:16 The Lord called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, And its branches are worthless.
I actually don't know what you are arguing to tell you the truth? It is a mystery right now.