Sort of the same reason Amills don't want to hear of...
Not me because I know what the Lord was talking about.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.(Rom 11:25-29)
In their faulty eschatology, the Jew is
NOT first, but after the Gentiles, which is in direct contradiction to the written word.
Romans 11:25-26
- "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
- And so all Israel shall be Saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:"
It is a mystery that many people don't understand. God promised that blindness would be upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, and so (literally,
thusly) shall all Israel be saved. Not national Israel, but Spiritual Israel! It doesn't say, "and after that, I shall save Israel." Dispensationalists obviously "ADD" that to God's word, but it actually is not there.
Unfortunately, some Christians are still ignorant of the full import of "
this mystery" to this very day. The controversy comes in the phrase, '
Blindness in part has happened to Israel till the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.' Many people are confused as to what this means. But it is simply building upon what Paul has just previously stated in the chapter. He says he doesn't want them to be "ignorant of the mystery"
which is that the
Gentiles are to be part of this same covenant and
'One Body,' which is Christ, the Israel of God. He has spoken of the revelation of the mystery that has always been God's plan but had been kept secret. The secret that the Gentile nations would be made a part of Israel,
grafted into the very same New Covenant Israel (
represented symbolically by the Olive Tree of Romans 11).
Ephesians 1:9-10
- "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in Himself:
- That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:"
In the fullness of time, it was revealed that the Gentiles would also be a part of the commonwealth of Israel.
That is the mystery kept a secret from the foundation of the world
but is now revealed. For example, to the Jew first, and
then the Gentiles. Not Jew, Gentile and then back to Jew again, but to one, and then the other. Period! And that is what this chapter is talking about. They were first, now they're last, as it's now the Gentiles turn. There is no special
dispensation of time for the salvation of Jewish people after the fullness of the Gentiles come in. Understand, the word says the Jew is first (
not first and third), and then the Gentiles grafted in
And thus (
in this way) all Israel shall be saved. That is it! So all nations have the
same opportunity to be children of God. God has revealed the mystery that has been hidden from other ages, and Paul doesn't want the Romans to be ignorant or un-knowledgeable about this mystery. Gentiles are indeed
fellow heirs with the Jews. There is no separation, there is one body, one Head, One Olive tree, One new Covenant Israel. The same mystery Paul wrote to the Ephesians in explaining:
Ephesians 3:3-6
- "How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
- Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the
mystery of Christ)
- Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
- That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and OF THE SAME BODY, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:"
Jews are not a different body as Dispensationalists unbiblically surmise, they are of the same body. The Jews are not coming in
after this dispensation, they are not a different elect or a different chosen of God, and they are not a different congregation. The Gentiles are not obtaining a separate inheritance apart from the Jews, but the Gentiles are
fellow heirs of the same body of Jews, and partaking of the 'same' promises, the same fatness of the Olive Tree which
unambiguously[ is Israel. They are being grafted into Covenant Israel, and when the fullness of them be come in, So
(in this manner) all Israel shall be saved. Even history shows salvation went to the Jews first, but now also goes to the Gentiles.
That Greek word translated "so" [houto] in Romans chapter 11 (
so all Israel shall be saved) is
never translated "then", meaning "following this" or after this. It is a word which means
Thusly or "in this manner." That is a fact which anyone should check for themselves!