1 Kings 19
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Which Israel had the covenants?
The faithful and obedient minority within Israel who had not bowed to Baal?
Or the unfaithful and disobedient remaining majority within Israel who had bowed to Baal?
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1. The nation of Israel had the covenants from Abraham to Jesus death whether they were obedient or disobedient.
2. Israel’s gifts and callings in the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants were unconditional, eternal but based on the whole nation being saved after the church age. Romans 11:26
Romans 11:11: Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
History shows Israel had been trodden down under the feet of men Matthew 5:13 and rejected Jesus in his ministry Matthew 23:37-39. They stumbled and fell there too.
Romans was written before 70 A.D.
So the first part question; have they stumbled that they should fall was no. Why? Because of the unconditional, eternal covenant conditioned by obedience.
That is why the gentiles grafted in was and is supposed to provoke them to jealousy so they will come back to God as a holy nation and fulfill their eternal covenants.
The Jewish remnant is to preserve the nation’s lineage and existence.
3. Paul said God had not cast away his people. He was talking about the nation not just a remnant. Do you deny this?
Paul said he was an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin which is a reference to the nation of Israel not just a remnant of Jews. Do you deny this?
V2; God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew.
God foreknew the nation of Israel not just a remnant of Jews. Do you deny this?
Vs. 2b-4 gives the example of Elijah’s day of a remnant of 7000 that wouldn’t bow their knee to Baal.
At the time Paul wrote this he had already left the Jews to concentrate on the gentiles.
But still God had a remnant of grace and they had obtained salvation but the rest of the nation were blinded v7-10.
V10 is a reference to Psalm 69:22 by David.
David said that there loins should continually shake in Psalms.
In Romans Paul wrote let their eyes be darkened that they might not see and bow down their back alway.
God would not forget Israel forever v11-29.
4. The covenants have not been fulfilled with the remnant because we are in the church age which is the dispensation of Grace Ephesians 2:1-5-21. Do you deny this?
It will be fulfilled in the end of the tribulation and that goes into the millennial kingdom with Israel in the wilderness Revelation 12:13-16; and the remnant Revelation 12:27 and 11:13; Revelation 1:7; Romans 11:25-29. Do you deny this?
5. The conclusion is that the covenants have always belonged to Israel.
However, they have never been completely fulfilled in connection with their gifts and callings in the Abraham’s and Davidic Covenants. Do you deny this?
The reason you will never acknowledge this is because you won’t admit that the Church age and our purpose and destiny is different than Israel’s purpose and destiny in the millennial kingdom age.
You want to deny this because you believe the millennial kingdom is now.
The Davidic and Abraham both have the component of grace Romans’ 4:1-6.
That doesn’t mean the physical KOH under the Davidic Covenant is not now, otherwise, creation would not be groaning Romans 8:22; Israel and Judah becoming one stick Ezekiel 37:16-22; and have one shepherd v24; David would be King over Israel Ezekiel 37:24 and the posterity of Israel inheriting the land Ezekiel 37:25; and Christ would be King over all the earth Zechariah 14:9; and the physical kingdoms of this world would be Christ Revelation 11:15. Do you deny this? Jerry Kelso
