Paul say in Romans 11:1I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
The Lord never gave up on the true Israelites.
Correct, God did not give up on true Israelites. As in former times, the masses of the nation turned wicked and THE TRUE REMNANT remained faithful. The true remnant of the first century included the Nazarenes like Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Paul, Peter, the Twelve, John the Baptist, James, and all their faithful jewish followers.
This was the faithful Israel, the remnant, the elect. This is the Jewish sect that survived AD 70 and went on to accept the whole world into its NEW covenant contract.
Faithful true Israel is Jesus and the Nazarene Jews of the first century (and all converts to that New Covenant NATION they formed.
God wiped out the rest of Israel at AD 70. Their tribes, their priesthood, their animal sacrifices, their rule, and their lineage went extinct at that time. And so while the Nazarene elect escaped the wrath of God at AD 70 and went on to create the movement known as Christianity, the Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, and Zealots who opposed the apostles and Jesus perished at the Fall of Jerusalem. The only "Israel" to survive beyond AD 70 was the Nazarene sect, who fled the city when the Romans came and wiped out the whole nation during Passover time.
The Remnant of the elect Jews followed God by following Jesus and his jewish apostles.
They are True Faithful Israel. Their jewish brothers who disobeyed and fought against them were cut off from among the people, as stated in Acts 3:22-24. The Rock crushed them (1 Pet 2:7-8/Mt 21:43-45), for they rejected the time of God's visitation (
Luke 19:40-44).
This is the same pattern that took place in Isaiah's day and in Elijah's day -- i.e., the REMNANT of the jews is true Israel and the rest are destroyed and do not have any heritage (Rom 9:27/Rom 11:2-5).
Moses said that all those jews who refused to listen to the Prophet, Jesus, when he came,
would be "cut off from among the people" (Acts 3:22-24). THEY are not to be counted as True Israel. In short, you keep calling the disobedient portion of Israel, True Israel. The OBEDIENT portion of Israel is true Israel. True Israel passed on via Moses, NOT via Korah and the rebel jews (1 Cor 10:7-10). True Israel passed on via Elijah, NOT via the jewish apostates of Baal (
Romans 11:2-5). Isaiah said only the obedient remnant would be spared, not the rebels (
Romans 9:27-29). Likewise True Israel passed on via Jesus, the apostles, John the Baptist, Joseph and Mary, and their jewish followers, NOT herod and the pharisees and high priests! Jesus and his followers, the remnant, are the True Israel through which the kingdom was continued. The disobedient, wicked ones among the jews were destroyed at the fall of Jerusalem. Those wicked men were sons of satan in Christ's eyes (
John 8:39-47), even though they were genetic sons of Abraham.
