So does this mean that the Lord’s return awaits His recognition by all Israel as a particular entity, after the full number of the Gentiles has come in (distinguishing the two). because a particular hardening has come upon part of the Jews
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the question puts the cart before the horse, it appears to indicate there is an entity called Israel that exists and then at some point recognizes the Lord.
“Israel” is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is Israel.
all human beings are born with original sin and a sin nature, therefore they are separated from God and unless they are regenerated, born again they will die in their sin and be eternally separated from God. these people are in Satan’s kingdom.
the elect, whether born in OT or NT, whether Jew or Gentile, become Israel, that is they are placed “In Christ”, when they are regenerated, baptized into Christ , grafted into the olive tree, become part of the one flock.
these are in the kingdom of his beloved Son.
so when Paul says “ so all Israel will be saved “, this can only refer to all those in Christ, all those who have been regenerated , all those added to the Church who are being saved ( Acts 2:47 )
anyone who rejects Jesus, who denies Jesus is the Christ, is called the anti-Christ in 1 John 2:22. to hear such people today be referred to as “Israel” by people calling themselves Christian is foreign to true Christianity.
once someone is added to Israel, they are no longer Greek, or Swedish or Irish or Jewish, but they are a new creature, one in Christ.
if someone is not in Israel, it doesn’t matter if their nationality is German, Arab, Chinese, Jewish or Nigerian, they are enemies of God since their sins have not been forgiven.
all through history, a certain number of those with Jewish DNA have come to faith in Jesus and have become part of Israel. the large majority have not however.
God is very well aware of who the elect are and who are not. once the full number of elect Gentiles and elect Jews are in the ark, there will be a shout of the archangel, the trump will sound and Jesus will return as King and Judge.
I agree with the latter, but "so all Israel will be saved" refers to God reversing the curse of blindness, the hardening that has come upon part of the Israel of Rm. 11:25, and thus they believe and become part of the Israel of God.
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. 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: (Romans 11:25-26)
That unbelieving (in Christ) Jews today need to be saved, and are not part of the Israel of God is not in dispute by me.
But it is the full inclusion of the Jews in the Lord's salvation, in the wake of the full number of the Gentiles entering in, so that the hardening that has come upon part of Israel is removed, that i am referring to, but which secondary Israel and a special turning of them to the Lord is what you seem to deny.
Confusion of this magnitude would spam the thread to death to demolish.
No one would even take the time to read it.