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December 5, 2019 5:00 pm
So what does the word say who is a Jew stage for the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown, a friend, this is Michael Brown. As you hear my voice is watch this broadcast. I am still ministering in India the day of ministry. After this, then heading home. So thank you for your prayers for grace on the trip and for grace on travel and on today's broadcast were going to dig deep into the Scriptures together. It is thoroughly Jewish Thursday so were going to get in depth in the Bible. All right, this is not going to be one of these, jump and shout inspirational wow shows it's going to be opening up the Scriptures .4 .4 point I want to take the time to dispel some serious errors some serious misunderstandings quoting one verse here in one verse there without looking at many many many many many other verses that would radically change our understanding of the one verse that's quoted here or there, but in short, we want to examine this in the Bible who is a Jew. Is it right to say that a Jewish person who is not born-again and circumcised in the heart and a follower of Yeshua that that person is not really a Jew in God's sight that a Gentile who was born again circumcised in heart, and a follower of Yeshua is a true Jew in God's sight that the church is the Israel of God that Israel is not really Israel.
It is only the believers who are Israel. So the church that is Israel. What does the Bible say all right. Let's start in Romans chapter 2 Romans chapter 2 verses 28 and 29 say this in all read all that salary from the ESV for all the verses on a site for no one is a Jew who was merely one outwardly, nor circumcision outward and physical, but a Jew is one inwardly and circumcision as a matter of the heart by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God. So people use those verses and they say look in context always combating Jewish pride there. You show how all human beings are under sin, both Jew and Gentile, and he's combating Jewish pride and he say look, there are non-Jews there Gentiles of the law written on their heart and they live by. And there are Jews who have the law given to them by Moses and they don't live by.
So who's the real Jew in God's sight. So they would say. The context is it's a Gentile who is following the law of God versus a Jew who is not, and that's a fair reading in context.
I understand that we accept that another way of reading. It is between two Jews, who's the real Jew, one who is merely one outwardly, the ESV and other translations assert the word merely, or only the Greek doesn't have it, but it's often so that you understand is being conveyed by the Greeks.
Sometimes the translators will add nearly only. Same with Heber sometimes to convey the meaning of the original. All right, so another way to reading this will between two Jews, who's the real Jew, one who is one outwardly, only or one whose outwardly and inwardly, a Jew by having a circumcised heart walk in obedience to God. But either way, let's just say that in this particular passage Paul was saying little or real Jew. It is, is someone that's living by God's law and circumcised on the inside and and therefore could be a Gentile.
That's real Jew and someone that's just a Jew outwardly isn't really a Jew got sick. Let's say he was just making a point, then you would think that that point would be carried on. You would think that that point would be a major thing that he would stay with as he use a certain term but it's not. In fact, the word Jew or Jews is found about 186 times in the New Testament right and when you go through it and see some Jews. Jews do sometimes it means the Jewish leaders. Sometimes the people of today, but it never refers to Gentiles, ever an explicit usage all right and and it's it's enrollments before Paul wrote this and after. So let me illustrate the point and then really go through Scripture. I just put your thinking had somberly go through verse after verse after verse after verse. As can be very simple because it's not a complicated subject.
To be honest. All right, so let's say I'm preaching an immense meeting all right and and I've got a thousand men in my meeting and I said let me tell you something men I said you're not a man if you don't take care your wife, your man if you don't take care your children run a man if you're afraid of what people say more than what God says not a man man I'm talking to you right so obvious that these men in the special sense a real man but now gone then I'm talking to you. Oh by the way, I just want to make a special announcement next month will be having another men's meeting whom I talk about men in general all and if you need use the restrooms. The men's rooms over here once a month. Man in general and then hey we got a special sign up sheet for all the men hear much about man in general. So everybody understood what I was doing. That's all Paul is doing here. He is not redefining Jews. He is not to say prove it to me all okay I will. So just go through the word here is, every time that the Greek you dais occurs so Jew every time it occurs in Romans.
Are you ready to start. Romans 116. I'm not ashamed of the gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, to the Jew first whose demeanor.
Obviously, some other Jewish person is there. The gospel separate from the Greek separate from a Gentile nieces Jew.
There he means you Jewish person, right nonbeliever to do the gospel to the Jew first COB but he redefines it in room 220 and 20 that will let's keep going. Then in Romans two, nine he's talking about judgment coming and blessing coming and it says, Romans two, nine there will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek.
So judgment will come on everyone who does evil person Jew than the Greek was a member Jew Jew this women's right. Conversely, 210 but glory and honor and peace for everyone does good Jew first and also the Greek. So quite clearly is not timeout spiritual Jews or Gentiles were circumcised and hardest on about Jewish people in general 217.
He then says this if you call yourself a Jew reliant on boasting also is talking to Jewish people and can expose hypocrisy and pride. Justices got exposed Gentiles, and he has done that are writing the first chapter showing how Jew and Gentile alike are all under sin and need a savior. Need the righteousness that comes only through the Messiah so plainly to 17th call yourself a Jew surface, Jew NaturallySpeaking that we have 228 to 29 which we read earlier right. You're not a Jew. If you really Jew outwardly. Your circus is distantly outwardly, but rather it's of the heart. Circumcision is of the. The interbeing all right that's that's a real Jew and God said now he keeps going the very next trip.
The next verse very next verse divided in our chapters. Romans 31 right.
Romans three. One was in sight than what advantage has the Jew was the value circumcision will than what's good about being a Jew. If you have to be circumcised. The heart and and be in a real Jew in God's sight is not just an ethnic thing was invented, says the Jews of wisdom at the Jew in general is much in every way because the oracles of God given to them. They were the people entrusted with the word of God right. Romans 3930's. What then are we Jews any better off. No, not at all. For every charge that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin. Who's going out the Jewish people in general.
The Jewish people as all this is how he uses the word Paul asserted Jews, not rigid, no, no, no, he's making a special point about don't posterior outward pride don't boast your ethnicity on boasting physical circumcision with God is looking for circumcision of the heart, but who is a Jew will Jewish people, so they are in the vast majority of them don't know Jesus. Don't leave Jesus which vies heart breaks for them.
Romans 329 or is God the God of Jews only is he not the God of Gentiles also, yes, of Gentiles also severely makes a contrast between Jews and Gentiles is is really not hard to understand. Is it in Romans 924 even assume he is called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles is timeout.
The physical people.
The ethnic people.
There's no denying that there is no question that there is no ambiguity that suites talk about Romans 1012 for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all clients was far salvation there is no distinction double freely saber Jew or Gentile who calls on his name. So here after making reference to Jew after making reference to the Jewish people. Romans 228 to 20 912-3456 times more. He refers to Jews Jews Jews Jews meeting the people as a whole the proposal and before that the gospel is to the Jew first judgment comes to the Jew first blessing comes to the Jew first is clearly speaking about the Jewish people's people the same way the rest of the times that he uses the word you were Jews. Give examples. Colossians 122 excuse me first Corinthians 122. Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom. Who is he talking about Jewish people as all nonbelievers. He calls them Jews first questions 123. We preach Messiah crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and follow the Gentiles notice because of Jews and Gentiles. It's written is no question it prescriptions 124. Those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, the wisdom of God. First Corinthians 922 the Jews. I became as a Jew is immediately Jewish people as a whole. The men circumcised physically.
The ethnic descendents. Those who have converted to Judaism.
The Jews, there's no ambiguity is not timeout in a special sense in a spiritual sense is the Jews.
That's how it Jews throughout the entire New Testament. First Corinthians 1032 give no offense to Jews or Greeks to the church of God for strength is 1213 for one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews or Greeks laser free and all were made to drink of one Spirit. Second Corinthians 1124 five times I received at the hands of the Jews the 40 lashes less one and the same thing. Galatians Galatians 213 and the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with Peter that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 214 when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel is it the safest before the mall if you know a Jew, live like a Gentile, not like a Jew hugging force the Gentiles to live like Jews to 15. We who are Jews by birth and not Gentiles sinners, Jew, Gentile Jew, Gentile contrast over and over and over. No ambiguity so impulsively send Jews one outwardly, only he was making a special spiritual point go back to my men's meeting man drown a man reliving like this. I'm making a special pump and of course their men. Of course these people are Jews and of course 14 million people lease rest during the scientist considers them and wants them to live out their destiny only by connecting with the issue of Messiah of Israel. It's just plain it's just simple, it's just word error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown, so we're going to Scripture today on this through the eyes. I am in India this one looking out the phone number for calls, we recorded the show just right before leaving for India and happy for leaving for India so you have something fresh and worthy of your time. But thanks for praying for grace on the on the strip and especially our three intensive days of ministry and service to leaders with in India. Okay.
When Paul says he's not a Jew who is one outwardly, he means merely outwardly that God is looking for circumcision of the heart, but of course these are the Jewish people and their call Jews, whether believers or not there there called Israel whether believers are not pauses making a point about the spiritual identity. God is looking for, but he is not saying that the Jewish people, much as he refers to misuse over and over and over and over, sometimes generically Jew and Gentile. Sometimes negatively in terms of Jewish persecution. You know that the Jewish leaders are dance in particular right persecuted of those preaching the gospel, rejecting Jesus, but that's was timeout Jewish people.
What is the term Israel. Many will point to Romans 96 and say look look get Israel today that Dave is a method the physical land but just the people God doesn't see them as Israel because he says not all Israel is Israel. So this is Romans chapter 9 verse six we done this before but I want to do this all in the context of one showing make this kind of a refresher and a primer. So really go through Romans nine through 11 was interesting as we saw in the first segment that Paul refers to Jews quite a few times. Romans 116 Romans two, nine and 10. Romans 217, Romans 228, 29, Romans 31 so numbers versus Romans 924. Romans 1012 quite a few times that he refers to Jews, but he only mentions Israel in Romans nine through 11 fascinating is that it is his time about the destiny of the nation, God's purposes for the nation.
He mentions Israel only within Romans nine through 11 so let's see what and whom Paul means by Israel as a fair right so I was gonna read through it and I'm reading the ESV I'm speaking the truth in Christ. I'm not line my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh, so he still identifies these are my my kinsmen according to the flesh, my Israelite brothers and sisters. They are Israelites and to them belong the notice to them belong or agree to them are right so this is current.
This is this is ongoing to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law worship in the temple worship and the promises. The promises still belong to them, even though their unbelief even though Paul is morning and grieving over them.
The promises still belong to them have to take hold of them and realize them but the promises are still theirs to them belong the patriarchs ever changed and from their race. According to the flesh is the Christ was God. Overall blessed forever.
Amen. But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel is a blessing that settles it right there. That's everything the church is Israel.
Paul is not saying the church is, as Paul is not thinking of Gentile believers here at all. He's saying that there is a remnant within Israel there is been in every generation there is Arend now is the messianic remnant the remnant that follows Yeshua as the Messiah right you say, but still when he says Israel that's remains. That's the only one he's talking about is timeout the believers and that's it. Israel nonbelieving Israel is not Israel and God site moments let Paul speak for himself, shall we, as a fair right so he says this is not, as the Lord God is fail as government promises to Israel about salvation to the Messiah and Messiah came in the nation as a whole rejected some of it is the word of God is fail, for not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.
Not only were Israel or Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but through Isaac shall your offspring be named so Abraham and Isaac and Ishmael. Their other sons became the sons that came through Keturah right but but they are not considered Israel and they are not considered children of Abraham.
In terms of believers. This means that it is not the children of the flesh or the children of God. The children are that of the promise are counted as offspring for this is what the promise that about this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.
Not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man or for further Isaac though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad in order that God's purpose of election might continue because of works but because of him calls she was told the older will serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
Right now he's just mentioned Israel so far and not all who are descended from Israel or Israel. There is a remnant that the lease within the nation as he speaks about Israel Huron, who is he talking about a simple question like he gave us the definition just like he explained earlier about a Jew and God cited the true Jew is the one circumcise his heart and then that's what you do do just me and the people as a whole. So Paul would not agree that today's Jews are not Jews or Jews outside of Jesus and not used both categorically reject that and say no, these are Jews there.
The Messiah's own people pray for their salvation.
What about Israel when he says Israel does he mean just the believers places Israel shall be saved, just believers.
There through history of the remnant. Every generation that's remains while let's keep reading events.
Is this what shall we say then is there injustice on God's part. By no means free says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy in our compassion on whom I have compassion. So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy for the Scripture says to Pharaoh for this very purpose. I've raised you up that I might show my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth's then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whoever he wills you will say to me than what he still find fault through can resist his will, but who are you will man to answer back to gobble with his molded sin with smolder wife you made me like this is the part in the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use. What if God desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory, even awesome, he is called, not from the Jews own Jews always made out.
We saw that Jews only write but also from the Gentiles, as Dede says in Hosea, those were not my people call my people and her who is not the logo co-blog in the very place where it was said, you are not my people there. They will be called sons of the living God's will and context of Hosea is talk about God rejecting Israel and bringing them back here because Israel became a a notch.
People AAA non-people in God's sight because of disobedience and idolatry.
God treated them as if they were not his people and said to bring you back over the ultimate nonpeople who the ultimate ones that were cut off about the Gentiles.
So Paul applies that now the same way God did with the nation Israel is not doing it with the Gentiles and then says this and Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, whose me, it means the nation as a whole.
Right, not the Israel within Israel.
That is just using a special sense, but the nation is all and Isaiah cries out concerning Israel of the number of the sons of Israel is the sand of the sea only remnant of them will be saved for the Lord will carry out the sentence upon the earth, fully without delay so so what's Paul saying you have Israel as a whole, but only runs can be saved. Some pieces Israel, whose main nation as a whole. Interestingness so he's not saying every time he mentions Israel that he means the remnant that the believers only know this means generically Israel and is is a predicted the Lord of hosts is not left us offspring with a been like Sodom become like tomorrow.
Verse 30. What shall we say then that Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, have attained it. That is a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law reach that goal.
Why because they did not pursued by faith, but as if it were based on works that have stumbled over the stumbling stone as it is written, behold him laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in him will not be put shames a notice Israel, who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law or reaching that goal of righteousness whose he mean when he says Israel the nation as a whole. Specifically, the nation outside of Yeshua. Chapter 10 and I know again that were were that his preaching and teaching and giving news clips and stuff the Scripture's important to understand this. Romans 10 one brothers my heart's desire and prayer to God for them. Who the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. They just pause here and say this, there are hypocritical religious Jews, just like their hypocritical religious Christians and hypocritical religious Muslims. The hypocrites everywhere hypocrites in every religion and plenty of Jews are secular worldly dislike plenty of professing Christians are secular in world, but there are religious Jews were very devoted are very zealous yes falling in need of a Savior. Like the rest of us, but very zealous, very passionate, very committed and I've no question that I could take your average born-again Christian in America and put them in the presence of religious Jews for a few days and while the Christian would find a lot of the practices different or they would understand will be Hebrew prayers and what they might find certain things legalistic. They would find a level of zeal and devotion that would put them to shame, and in fact when a traditional Jew gets born again I'm I mean ultra-Orthodox Jew very religious Jew when they get born-again and you come here we have Shabbat services or Sunday services and once a week and a midweek Bible states like what you do every day don't you gather early in the morning to pray every day and and don't you study all day and don't you gather the pray and study all night.
No, watch TV, play video games or just hang out with family busy soccer moms and boa are not met, saying that we can do all this, pray and study, but I am saying that religious Jews have a zeal that puts many professing evidence zeal for God ported to knowledge, so give them credit zeal for the pray for full knowledge of the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown Thursday. Blessings to you from India.
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Otherwise you would not see our full studio production but we recorded the show for you, right before I left for India wanted to get in-depth on this thoroughly Jewish Thursday when Paul speaks of Jews whose he mean means the Jewish people as a whole and then one time.
Romans 228 29 he speaks of a Jew being one that circumcised in heart, not just outwardly brother was Mrs. Jews the Gospels, to the Jew first, and most of the Gentiles in opposition he had from Jews in meeting his fellow Jews and things that that that's that's who he's talking about Jewish people.
The leaders in Judah and today it that's was talk about right when he says Israel was a talk by some of the nation as a whole, suggest there's a remnant within Israel. That's that's that the Israel within Israel. It's the Israel of Israel. That's the Israel of God. Galatians 616 but nation as a whole, how they refer to as Israel saw Romans 96 pulses. Not all Israel's Israel by which he means there's a remnant of Jews remnant of Israelites that believe within the nation as a whole. But what is the nation as a whole. Call Israel.
Israel Israel Israel was read through Romans nine through 11 in Romans the 10th chapter pulses brothers arts design prayer to God for them for the Israelites, that they may be safer bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge for being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness, for Christ, the Messiah is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes or is the goal of the law for righteousness.
Everyone who believes this is this for Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Leviticus 18 the righteousness based on faith says do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven. It is, to bring Christ down rule dissent into the abyss.
That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.
But what is it say this is from Deuteronomy 30 was near you, in your mouth and in your heart that is the word of faith we proclaim, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart to God is raised from the dead, you will be safe. Okay, now Paul is preaching from Deuteronomy 30 the context there is not about resurrection. The context there is is not about who will ascend to heaven to bring Messiah down who will descend into the abyss to bring Messiah piece doing why the first century Jew would do in terms of a homiletical interpretation of Scripture, a spiritual interpretation of Scripture and is contrasting from within the Torah, the, the law based on works in the law based on faith and finding it all there in the Torah and his contrast and then he draws on words in your mouth and your heart to do it right so as you know the word of God you can act in the word of God and do it.
Paul makes application or to confession of Jesus. Yeshua as Lord.
For with the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses an essay for the Scripture says everyone believes in him will not be put to shame. There is no distinction between Jew and Greek writers made by June Jewish people as a whole for the same Lord is Lord of all the stories, which is our own calling him everyone can get say the same way Rivlin calls on the name of the Lord will be saved while. How then will they call in him if they'd not have believed and how they and how were they to believe in him of whom they've never heard and how were they to hear without someone preaching and how were they to preach unless they are sent. As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news, but they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says Lord, who is believe what he heard from us, so faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Messiah. But I ask, have they not heard today have their voices going out to all the earth, and their words to the end of the world, but I asked Megan our question now is when Paul refers to Israel, who is speaking about the nation as a whole, or the remnant of believers within the nation or the church as a whole. Lessee blasted Israel not understand Romans 1019 speak about here.
The question the nation is all first Moses says I will make you who the nation as a whole jealous of those who are nomination with a foolish nation. I will make you angry. That Isaiah is so bold as to say I been found by those who did not seek me, I've show myself to those who did not ask for me, but of Israel. Speaking of home, the nation as a whole. He says all day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people again. Let's give you an example will will put this in the context of a political rally, a presidential candidate is running any says America listen to music of a crowd of 10,000 people. She's got a crowd of 10,000 people.
America listen to me you are not an American, if you don't stand up for your country. You are not an American. If you're not loyal to the 5% gift given your political speech or get your not an American.
If you're not willing to give your life for your country. Don't call yourself an American America. Are you listening to me and I want all Americans to get out of the okay so the politician is using America or American in a particular way to see a really true American, but now they just go back to addressing. We want all of America to hear this. We encourage every American to get out to the polls.
America listen to our message there talking generically. So Paul does the same mental Israel is Israel is a remnant within nation but at least talked about Israel, the nation as a whole of Israel, the nation as a whole.
He says all the law have held up my hands through disobedient country people now gets Romans 11 one. Asked then has God rejected his people by no means from myself, am an Israelite man generically ethically right a descendent of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin does not reject his people and before new sink and is a remnant to Gaza completely rejected the nation. There is a remnant does not reject his people and before new do not know with the Scripture that the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel through the remnant of believers. None of the nation as a whole because it's called Israel or their culture profits they've demolished or alters, and I alone am left, and they seek my life was God's reply to him.
I've kept for myself 7000 men who have not bowed the knee to Baal. So to at the present time, there is a remnant chosen by grace.
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works otherwise grace no longer be grace. What then Israel. Speaking of the nation as a whole failed to obtain what it was seeking no ambiguity there.
The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened as it is written, God gave them the spirit of stupor eyes that would not see and ears that would not here down to this very day.
And David says let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block in the retribution for them that their eyes be darkened so they cannot see and bend their backs forever so I asked did they who Israel people of Israel. The Jewish people.
Those who have been hardened.
Those who have rejected the Messiah and national level. So I asked did they the ones for whom we pray that they will be saved. Romans 10 one.
I asked did they stumble or they might fall meeting fall not get up fall beyond recovery by no means by no means who they the unbelievers Israel as a nation rejecting the Messiah Israel as a nation stumbling, but this Israel is a nation fall beyond recovery. No no no no was emphatic. Rather, through their trespass. Salvation is come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous so notice the Gentile believers are not called Israel all never ever cost Gentile believers. Israel right.
He doesn't dislike he doesn't call Jewish believers, Gentiles, dislike he doesn't call men, women or women. Men were different, not better or worse different distinct through their transgression through their trespass. Salvation is come to the Gentiles was to make Israel jealous. Who is he talking about the nation as a whole. Now if there trespass the trespass of Israel trespass of the Jewish people means riches for the world and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean and glorious versus amazing versus intrusively saying there but we just looking at who he means by Israel now I'm speaking to you Gentiles. Paul writes Wesley, spiritualist Road spiritual discus.
That's a how he sees them. The people of the nations I speed you people of the nations that that's what it means going name in Hebrew means nations Abram and in Genesis 12 God's is another make a great goy under make a great nation. That skunk locally dismaying Gentiles, and sometimes it can be used to disparage with the glam goy that is disparaging but the word itself is just people of the nations in the same ingredients as the people of the nation. Now I'm speaking to Gentile.
That's what he calls the disc he does not call the Gentiles spiritual Israelites spiritual truth, I'm speaking to Gentiles as much then as I'm an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order to somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous and thus save some of them for their rejection right. The rejection of the nation of Israel if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world. What will their acceptance mean but life from the dead.
If the Dauphin's firstfruits is holy, so's the whole lump of the through this holy, so the branches of their promises to Israel on a national level by some of the branches were broken off, and you will a wild olive shoot were grafted in among the others and share in the nourishing root of the olive tree. Do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are remember this not you support the route but the route that supports you. By the way, this is the root should use that word of of anti-Semitism in the church right here is what Paul wants about replacement theology supersession is the idea that the church supersede Israel and God's promises that the Gentile believers were grafted in, and that the Jews were out and it's a new Israel Nutri and the new people in God's done with the old that the promises that God once gave to the nation of Israel are now transferred over to the church is all and no longer believe that belong to the Jewish people that notion that teaching ultimately opened the door to anti-Semitism in church history, and while there are people who hold replacement theology supersession is in today in different forms. I don't like to normally call it replacement theology. In fact, most of those that I've interacted with a few have debated on it emphatically say that almost replacement theology laissez they do and and I know folks are replacement cell theologians today and they are not anti-Semites and they hate which happened in church history against Jews in the name of Jesus.
They hated at the same time. It is this wrong theology that open the door and Paul wants about it here if some of the branches were broken off, and you all the wild olive shoot were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree. Do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are.
Remember it is not you support the root but the root that supports you a strong warning. Don't say we are the new Israel church as we are the new Israel. We are the true Israel, God's done with the old Israel ever cares or boils down to.
God gave promises that nation save those promises along the line that Nathan promises enough spiritually apply all those that my friend replacement theology we like it or not right finish. Romans 11 we come back in the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to thoroughly Thursday, this is Michael Brown is hear my voice to my face ministering in India serving leaders and believers there right now and get back with you live in studio gobbling on Monday. So finish one more day of ministry tomorrow in India and then basically Saturday Sunday travel back and be back with you gobbling live in studio on Monday.
But what were doing this entire broadcast. If you missed any that one full hour just going through Scripture begin Romans.
In particular, and then earlier outside of Romans, the, the usage when Paul speaks of Jew. When Paul speaks of Israel, whose speaking of MEC that 99% of the time when Mrs. Judy just means an ethnic Jew Jewish person that didn't dislike me over 13 40 million Jews in the world today. Maybe some hidden fees. We don't know about that.
Of the 13, 14 million we know Jews through history. It's easy to trace Jewish history. The genealogies at certain points in time people lived in certain areas for centuries and generations are pretty easy to trace Jewish history, then DNA the further tested so Jews generically Jewish people as a whole, Israel generically the nation of Israel.
He can speak sometimes. One time about a Jew a real Jew is the one that circumcised in the heart, not just outwardly or or the Israel of God is, is that the believers within the nation. But the nation as a whole is called Israel.
The people as a whole, called Jews. That's how he uses the terms disable today's Jews, not users. Without Israel it's not Paul was saying as Paul himself teaches us explicitly so Romans the 11th chapters would go through Romans 910 and 11 was given a warning to the Gentile believers who been brought in to this this larger tree right in and it should. The tree is is it is representative of the people of God that the branches of the tree branches of the tree are individual Jewish believers are individual Gentile believers who been grafted in right the tree as a whole and the nourishing sap speaking of the people of Messiah. Speaking of the life of Israel.
So it's it's Messiah Israel, the patriarch sets the us the larger tree into which people were grafted that spiritual heritage. That's the.
The nourishing sap comes from the roots. He says this you will say branches were broken offs that I might be grafted in.
That is true, they were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith.
So do not become probably fearful of God did not spare the natural branches newly spare you note then the kindness and the severity of God severity toward those who fall in but God's kindness to provide it. You continue in his kindness, which the Traut church often did not do otherwise you too will be cut off. That's why is the church is turned in its harshest ways against Israel. Jewish people, the church professing Christians have been largely cut off for the life of God. And even if they do not continue, and even they if they did not continue in their unbelief will be grafted in, for God is the paragraph the mendicant review were cut off from what is by nature while altering grafted concrete denaturant will cultivate all tree much more will these the natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree. Romans 1125 list you be wise in your own site who's going to Gentile believers. I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery brothers a partial hardening has come upon Israel, to the fullness of the Gentiles is commensal upon whom has the hardness come the nation of Israel so suddenly means but Israel yeah, who us was hard not to believers the unbelievers right the nation as a whole outside Messiah.
A partial hardening is, Israel was a partial well this the remnant the police and regeneration and is not for all time. So it's partial a partial hardening is come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in and in this way some essay and sole meaning on the heels of this some and so meaning in this way.
In this way all Israel will be safe. So he's just been talking about when he says Israel 10 times nation as a whole nation is all nation as a whole nation as a whole nation.
So, who's been talked about in the very previous verse.
This words before a few words before hardness is come upon Israel, but when the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.
In this way so on the heels of that chronologically after that. Spiritually provoked by that. This way all Israel will be saved as it is written the deliverable come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.
Jacob is not the church sentiment Gentiles. Jacob national Israel church is not the new Jacob or the spiritual Jacob right you will banish and God is from Jacob. This will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins that spark your the moment. Some say with this refers to is the remnant of Jewish believers in every generation and that that at the end. This is how all Israel be saved.
Meeting all Israel is all Jewish believers will first all Israel is never used to mean that the entire Hebrew Bible and choose many many times. That's one thing. Secondly, your promises, like Jeremiah 31 one. At that time, God says I'll be the God of all the families of Israel. So you have other verses in the Hebrew Bible talk about a national turning mass repentance. In Zechariah 1210 to 13 one. You have all of that. But not only so there's nothing climactic about well you have a remnant of Jewish believers every generation and when you get to the end and told it up and that's it. What's climactic about that. What is partial hardening. His company Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles is committed is no meaning to that that and I know it's been a of you held in many reformed circles through the centuries that all Israel then means the cumulation of the Jewish remnant through the generations, but the text to say no such thing a pulse on hinting about that at all. Some of the remnant every generation. But there's hardness on the rest within the hardness will lift when and how the fullness of Gentiles comes in that's what's gonna happen and so gloriously all Israel will be saved as it is written the deliverable come from Zion will banish on governance from Jacobs.
This is something that's going to happen and this will be my covenant, then when I take away their sins as regards the gospel they are enemies of your sick hang on� Go back the Cisco back as far as the Gospels regards the gospel they are enemies for your sick crews. They will want to just talk about when I take away their sins. They those people Israel, the nation as a whole that right now who right now is is opposing the gospel all right. Is it the Jewish believers of the Jewish nonbelievers right is at the Israel within Israel or the Israel's all Israel as a whole. Supposing you, even though they came they may be your enemies on account of the gospel. They then nonbelievers the ones that are going to be saved.
The ones that make up all Israel. I couldn't be more plain as regards the gospel they are enemies for your sake but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable so even though there is been said in the calling of God remains in juicy don't believe in Jesus are lost.
Like anyone else and use reject the gospel or lost like anyone else, but the promises that God gave her make why you think the Jewish people still exist because God has preserved us. Why have we been scattered around the world only to be preserved and regathered because of God's promises not because of our faithfulness but because of his faithfulness, not because of our goodness, but because of his goodness. By the way, the vast majority of top Roman scholars today.
If you look at the vast most comprehensive commentaries on Romans, the best evangelical work overwhelmingly. They recognize all Israel must be speaking on a national level that is not speaking of the church as a whole. Jew and Gentile. It's not speaking of the. The cumulative number of Jews who have come to believe through the ages, no speaking of a glorious national turning Jacob turning the ones who are enemies now turning again. Who were those that are enemies on account of the gospel. The believers of the nonbelievers, the nonbelievers, and yet still loved by God, because God made promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for just as you were at one time disobedient to God. But now have received mercy, because of their disobedience so they who is there that he speaking of the nation as a whole. So they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you.
They also may now receive mercy for God's consigned all to disobedience that he may have mercy on all. By the way into this lengthy discussion here which subjects of predestination election were sub themes without the main thing the main thing was God's purposes and promises to Israel. I always love to emphasize God's consigned all the disobedience was that who's consigned to disobedience. Everybody that this means Jew and Gentile, will who is there. Outside, a Jew and Gentile that covers the whole world. God's consigned all to disobedience that he may have mercy on all. That's God's heart and Paul so overwhelmed by this extraordinary revelation of God's dealing with the people of his ruminations and how we turns things around for his purposes. He just has to stop and praise God O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways was known the mind of the Lord who is been his counselor was given a gift to him that he might be repaid for from him and threw him into him are all things to him be the glory forever. Amen. Pulses, Jews, people as a whole and one time he refers to Jew, especially when he first Israel using talk about the people as a whole. One time he refers to the believing remnant among them. But this usage is clear and in disputable yes sometimes they can be a nuance of Jewish leaderships in the gospel of John.
Sometimes that you can refer especially to Jewish leadership sometimes Jew Dan those usages. There been speaking about those people. It is not a secret word for believer to say today's Jews are not Jews or today's Israel is not Israel according to the Bible is 100% false) answering questions on the air tomorrow to pray for grace