God's promises for Israel - Session 5.5
Ed van Ouwerkerk
Part of God's promises for Israel
September 3, 2024

God’s promises for Israel - Session 5.5
Christian remnant among the Jews and Israel - five

Romans 11:27-32 says 27And this is my covenant with them when I

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their sins.” 28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as
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is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

God’s eternal choice of the Israelites as a nation will stand and he will show mercy to even those who are disobedient.

Q39 Write down your defenitions for election, grace, and mercy.

At the time Paul wrote this, Christians were odious to Jews (actually many of them still are). Jews followed Paul around stirring up trouble and persecuting Christians, at the time Paul was still called Saul. They (the Jews) rejected Christ. They hated Christ. They hated Christians. From a human standpoint it appeared that the two sides were enemies. They both stood on different sides of the good news bridge. However, we (Christians) have no excuse to treat them as enemies. We must not do so. From God’s perspective, they are beloved. He loves them and has a plan for them. Christians should be pro-Israel. One verse says God blesses those who bless Israel and this has shown itself to be true throughout history. Unfortunately, some professed Christians, especially at different periods in the past have been anti-Semitic. They blame Jews for their problems and hate Jews because Jews killed Christ. Perhaps in your country, there aren’t many Jews so you don’t face this issue too much. But even here, it is often politically popular to blast the Jews and support Palestine.

Q40 Why should we love and support the Jews? And should we be pro-Israel?