But in Rom. 11:26, Paul declares that all Israel (i.e. Jews) will be saved.
You forgot one little, very important word... "so" which is "houto" in the Greek, which means in this manner.
Paul had already said in Romans 9:6-8 that not all Israelites of the flesh were Israel of the Promise.
Rom 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
Rom 9:7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
Rom 9:8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
The children of the promise are found in Galatians 3:16, 29.
He said that the children of the flesh are not the children of God.
At the beginning of Romans 11 Paul gives two groups of Israelites, one saved and one lost.
There were 7,000 who remained faithful and would not bow down to Baal.
There will be a remnant saved, not all.
This verse must be interpreted through everything else that Paul said.
Romans 9:26 describes the manner in which they may be saved by being grafted back into the Olive Tree through faith in Christ.
Rom 11:23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
Rom 11:26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
Rom 11:27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
The covenant in verse 27 is the New Covenant fulfilled at Calvary, when Christ took away the sins of all races of people.
2Co 3:6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Question regarding Judas (Iscariot):
In Matt. 26:24 and John 17:12, Christ effectively declares Judas to be eternally lost.
But in Rom. 11:26, Paul declares that all Israel (i.e. Jews) will be saved.
Judas was a Jew. Is Judas lost, or will he be saved?
Hey, BABerean2, I was awaiting a dispensational response.
Thanks for your eminently scriptural reply. I've posed this question to numerous of those who believe that Paul is referring to literal national Israel, with never an answer (because, of course, there isn't one in that scenario).
Thanks again, and God bless.
The scripture that states, and clearly states, that "all Israel will be saved" neither means nor even implies that every Israelite that has ever lived will be redeemed through the blood of Christ. This is referring to the many other scriptures that very clearly and explicitly state that in a coming day every living member of that ancient and very rebellious nation will repent with bitter weeping, (Zechariah 12, Isaiah 4) and then they will all know the Lord, from the least of them to the greatest. (Jeremiah 31) But the scriptures very clearly show that before this takes place, all the rebels will be purged from their midst. (Ezekiel 20) And they also show that even before that takes place two-thirds of all the inhabitants of the land will be killed. (Zechariah 13)
But of course, understanding all this requires believing what the prophecies explicitly say.
Rom 11:26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
Rom 11:27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
Rom 11:23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
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Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Present tense.)
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
(Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. )
Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (Present tense.)
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You continue to give greater credence to your interpretation of what some scriptures mean, than to the explicit statements of many other scriptures.
...in a coming day every living member of that ancient and very rebellious nation will repent...
The blindness upon Israel is only partial, and is only temporary. And it will end when "the fullness of the Gentiles has come in."
The explicitly stated words of God are too strong for all the reasonings of mere mortals.
For once, you are correct. "The times of the Gentiles" do indeed end at the second coming of Christ.
The scripture that states, and clearly states, that "all Israel will be saved" neither means nor even implies that every Israelite that has ever lived will be redeemed through the blood of Christ. This is referring to the many other scriptures that very clearly and explicitly state that in a coming day every living member of that ancient and very rebellious nation will repent with bitter weeping, (Zechariah 12, Isaiah 4) and then they will all know the Lord, from the least of them to the greatest. (Jeremiah 31) But the scriptures very clearly show that before this takes place, all the rebels will be purged from their midst. (Ezekiel 20) And they also show that even before that takes place two-thirds of all the inhabitants of the land will be killed. (Zechariah 13)
But of course, understanding all this requires believing what the prophecies explicitly say.
Adam Clarke was deceived. A lot of good men allow themselves to be deceived when they put a certain theological mold around Scripture.Adam Clarke's Commentary
Ezekiel 20 very clearly states that all Israel will be brought back to the land, and that at that time all the rebels (read, apostates, as you wish to all them) will at that time be purged out from their midst. Zechariah 13 very clearly states that when he comes, they will ask what are these wounds in your hands? This is the proof that, although they clearly recognize their great Messiah, they have not yet realized the He is Jesus. Zechariah 12 very clearly describes the universal repentance of all those that remain. And Isaiah 4 and Jeremiah 31 both clearly state the result.
The parable of the virgins does not teach that there is no room for repentance when He comes, but the same message as 2 Thessalonians 2, where those that had previously rejected "the love of the truth" will have no more chance to repent, but will be turned over to believe "the lie," that is, the lie of the Antichrist.
This error stems from the error that Christ is only returning once. The scriptures very plainly declare things that would be contradictions if He were only returning a single time. And this is one of them.
The parable of the virgins does not teach that there is no room for repentance when He comes,
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