So if Israel always means the people of God then you believe thisabout the church which is now the people of God.
Romans 11:
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
So the people of God has not obtained but someone else has??
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
The people of God have been cast away for some one else??
25 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.
So part of the church is in blindness.
OK then!
YOu seem to forget that Israel is based on being a descendant of Abraham Isaac and Jacob!
YOu are no more an Israeli than th emoon is made of cottage cheese!
Why did you ignore Romans 11:1-5, where Paul calls himself an Israelite, even after his conversion, and talks about the faithful remnant of Israelites during the time of Elijah, and during Paul's time?
Rom 11:1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 "LORD, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS AND TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY SEEK MY LIFE"?
Rom 11:4 But what does the divine response say to him? "I HAVE RESERVED FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."
Rom 11:5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
On the Day of Pentecost about 3,000 Israelites accepted Christ.
The Gentiles were grafted in several years later.
Act 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
The Dispensationalist's attempts to keep the Church and faithful Israel separated fall apart in the passages above.
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