Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus (Titus 2:13)

REMNANT Romans 11:5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. In the history of Israel, a "remnant" may be discerned, a spiritual Israel within the national Israel. In Elijah's time, 7,000 had not bowed the knee to Baal (1Ki. 19:18). In Isaiah's time, it was the "very small remnant" for whose sake God still forbore to destroy the nation (Isa. 1:9). During the captivities, the remnant appears in Jews like Ezekiel, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Esther, and Mordecai. At the end of the 70 years of Babylonian captivity, it was the remnant which returned under Ezra and Nehemiah. At the advent of our Lord, John the Baptist, Simeon, Anna, and "them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem" (Luk. 2:38) were the remnant. During the church-age, the remnant is composed of believing Jews (Rom. 11:4); (Rom. 11:5). But the chief interest in the remnant is prophetic. During the great tribulation, a remnant out of all Israel will turn to Jesus as Messiah, and will become His witnesses after the removal of the church (Rev. 7:3-8). Some of these will undergo martyrdom (Rev. 6:9-11); some will be spared to enter the millennial kingdom (Zec. 12:6-13); (Zec. 12:9). Many of the Psalms express, prophetically, the joys and sorrows of the tribulation remnant. See (Isa. 1:9).