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To: HarleyD
Blood line had nothing to do with being part of Israel. The promise of a great nation WASN'T given to Jacob-it was given to Abraham.

Ezekiel 28:25
'Thus says the L-rd G-D, "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob."

Isaiah 49:6
He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

Micah 4:2
Many nations will come and say, "Come and let us go up to the mountain of the L-RD And to the house of the G-d of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For from Zion will go forth the Torah, even the word of the L-RD from Jerusalem.


31 posted on 05/11/2014 7:26:13 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat; af_vet_1981
Look, we can pick and choose verses until the cows come home. Paul clearly explains in practically the entire last half of Romans (9-11) that Gentiles are grafted into the nation of Israel and that many "Israelites" do not belong to Abraham. The whole purpose of Romans 9 is to tell Gentiles they are part of the Abrahamic covenant.

And Romans 11 goes even further:

The Jews are blinded because of their unbelief. We are graffed in.

We are that "foolish" nation.

Honestly, I don't know how much clearer it has to be. Some simply want to throw out Romans 9-11 or ignore it. I wouldn't recommend it.

37 posted on 05/12/2014 5:00:55 AM PDT by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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