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REJECTED, ISRAEL NOT

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.

That Israel has not been forever set aside is the theme of this chapter.

(1) The salvation of Paul proves that there is still a remnant (Rom. 11:1)

(2) The doctrine of the remnant proves it (Rom. 11:2-6).

(3) The present national unbelief was foreseen (Rom. 11:7-10).

(4) Israel's unbelief is the Gentile opportunity (Rom. 11:11-25).

(5) Israel is judicially broken off from the good olive tree, Christ (Rom. 11:17-22).

(6) They are to be grafted in again (Rom. 11:23-24).

(7) The promised Deliverer will come out of Zion and the nation will be saved (Rom. 11:25-29). That the Christian now inherits the distinctive Jewish promises is not taught in Scripture. The Christian is of the heavenly seed of Abraham; ( Gen. 15:5-6); ( Gal. 3:29) and partakes of the spiritual blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant. (See Scofield; Gen. 15:18), but Israel as a nation always has it own place, and is yet to have its greatest exaltation as the earthly people of God. (See "Israel" Gen. 12:2; Rom. 11:26).

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