Yes really...
further Paul tells us in Romans 11:26 “ all Israel will be saved”, so the question of who/what is Israel is very important.
You're getting smarter...
if you believe Israel are those with Jewish DNA, then you believe all physical Jews will be saved, regardless of what they believe about Jesus Christ.
Why are you even asking...God gives us the answer in the scriptures...Do you even know why the Jews reject Jesus???
Rom 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Rom 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Rom 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
Do you get that or do you have to run that by your Magisterium???
Rom 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
There's another tough one...Maybe you can give Francis a call...
Rom 11:25 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.
Now there's the heavy stuff...You'd better get Mary in on this one...
Rom 11:26 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:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Isa 54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Isa 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Isa 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Isa 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Isa 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
There is Sooooooo much scripture that covers this it has to be pure laziness to avoid checking it out...
It is sad to see people stumbling over scripture and then trying to act as some sort of authority...It's like bringing checker pieces to a chess game...
>> “.It’s like bringing checker pieces to a chess game.” <<
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Fitting!
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Well done!!
any dispensational friends wish to tackle something I always wondered?
in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, Paul speaks of the man of lawlessness taking his seat in the “temple of God”
what is this “temple of God”? where can one find it?