All Israel Shall Be Saved #44

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, this is William Bell. I want to welcome you to another edition of All Bible Prophecy Fulfilled podcast We are delighted to be with you today. Look forward to having a good study with you for the next few minutes We also as always encourage you to bring an open mind an open heart an open Bible So that we can have an understanding of the Word of God. Let God open our hearts to understand now today We're gonna be talking on the subject all Israel shall be saved now We're gonna look at Romans chapter 11 verses 25 through 27, which is a very very Highly controversial text on some in some circles in other circles. It is pretty much an unknown text You might could call it because nobody says but very much about it. However in this study We're going to address it without going through an entire Discussion of Romans chapter 11 We're just going to look at a few points regarding Romans 11 25 through 27 for now at some future time we will do a complete and thorough study of the 11th chapter of Romans to talk about the salvation that was coming to the remnant among Israel But nevertheless, let's go ahead and take a look at Romans chapter 11 and the verses begin at verse 25 and then through 27 now the scripture says For I do not desire brethren that you should be ignorant of this mystery Lest you should be wise in your own opinion less or that blindness in part has happened to Israel Until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in and so all Israel will be saved as it is written The Deliverer will come out of Zion and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob Well, this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins now we have several elements involved in the passage and we want to talk about some of them, of course as We said this is talking about the salvation of Israel It's primarily talking about the salvation of the remnant now How do we know that it's talking about the remnant among Israel and not everyone in Israel in Romans chapter 9 actually beginning as early as Romans chapter 2 Paul begins to define What in Israel light is he says in Romans 2 verse 28 and 29? For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly Nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly and Circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit not in the letter whose praise is not from men but from God now We want to define what in the letter versus in the spirit means in the letter means to be under Torah to be following Torah as your means of Salvation and Paul indicated in Romans chapter 10 that that was not quite possible because he says brethren My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is now he's talking about Israel according to the flesh Israel who sought their salvation through Torah, but he says my prayer to God is That Israel might be saved for I bear them record that they have a zeal for God and nobody denies that Israel had a zeal for God Paul expressed that in his relationship with Following Torah Because he said concerning zeal persecuting the church Now you couldn't get any more zealous than that because it was Paul's aim when he went to bed at night When he rose up in the morning and all throughout the day to see That the Christians those who were called of the way Would be put away in other words Paul wanted to cast them into oblivion He wanted to destroy the church and that's what he said in Galatians chapter 1. He said I persecuted the church and Wasted it and then when he recounts his former behavior, he says but they were hearing only He who formerly? Persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy So it was his aim to destroy Christianity, however The Lord Jesus Christ had other plans for him that he had not quite considered so in the letter therefore meant to be walking according to Torah, but now in the Spirit Meant to be following the Lord Jesus Christ under the operation of the Spirit that was poured out on the day of Pentecost and As you know, we've been talking about the work of the Holy Spirit and we've also talked about the birth payings But those subjects are interconnected and you're gonna see that When we get to the verse in this connection, and I hope we do have time to get to it But in the Spirit meant that they were walking according to the Holy Spirit that had been poured out as promised and in Joel You will note that the Holy Spirit was poured out for the benefit of the remnant Joel chapter 2 Verses 28 through 32 the scripture focuses on the remnant So let's take a look at that very quickly in Joel chapter 2 and the verses begin at verse 28 the scripture says and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your old men shall dream dreams your young men shall see visions and Also on my men servants and on my maidservants, I will pour out my spirit in those days So we're talking about the work of the Spirit ladies and gentlemen And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth blood and fire and pillars of smoke The Sun shall be turned into darkness. That's Matthew 24 in verse 29, by the way and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord and It shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, there shall be deliverance as the Lord has said among the remnant whom the Lord calls so it says among the remnant whom the Lord calls and therefore what we're looking at is the Holy Spirit being given to the remnant among Israel and the remnant was determined by their acceptance of Jesus Christ and That tells us also that this separated them from the rest of Israel who were Torah only followers in Galatians the third chapter Galatians chapter 3 Beginning at verse 1 Paul says Oh foolish Galatians Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified This only I want to learn from you. Did you receive the Spirit? by the works of the law That's Torah. Ladies and gentlemen or by the hearing of faith. Are you so foolish? Having begun in the spirit See that's operating under the realm of the Spirit under the prophecy of Joel. Are you now being perfected? by the flesh Those in the flesh were walking under the letter the law could not deliver them from the flesh It's what Romans 8 says what the law could not do in that It was weak through the flesh God did in sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condemned sin in the flesh that the Righteousness or righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk after the flesh But after the spirit Romans chapter 8 verses 1 through 4 That's why there was no condemnation to those who walked in the spirit and not in the flesh. And so he said Have you suffered so many things in vain? He's talking about the birth pains the persecutions If indeed it was in vain That's the child not coming forth in birth Paul is saying it's not in vain. Let's keep going. Let's keep moving forward therefore he who supplies the spirit to you and Works miracles among you does he do it by the works of Torah or by the hearing of faith? You see that rhetorical question is to be answered in the affirmative by the hearing of faith and not in the negative by following Torah only and therefore Those who were in the spirit were called the Jews the true Jews Had nothing to do with the blood in their veins or their physical lineage to Abraham and that is further established in Romans 9 We're talking about who the remnant was Romans 9 chapter 6. I mean chapter 9 verse 6 The Bible says but it is not that the Word of God has taken no effect for they are not all Israel who are of Israel so in other words Israel was actually smaller Than the nation of Israel We're talking about true Israel ladies and gentlemen, and the scripture says nor are they all children? Because they are the seed of Abraham. He discounts the seed relationship That is the natural seed to Abraham That's why John the Baptist said when he saw the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism He says do not even think Within yourselves to call yourselves the sons of Abraham for God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham Therefore bring forth fruit meat for repentance He says change your hearts be circumcised in heart and ears and then you can become children of Abraham then I'll baptize you for the remission of your sins and You will have a true circumcision in the heart not in the flesh and thus he says in Romans 9 These are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as the seed Now the Bible says if the inheritance were of the law it is no longer of promise But God gave it to Abraham by promise and he gave him that 430 years before Torah was given and so he says that is The children those who are the children of the flesh See, they are in the flesh The law couldn't deliver them out of the flesh These are not the children of God. We should underline the word not it's spelled n o t These are not and I'm not trying to insult your intelligence by spelling out the word That is a means of emphasis So that we can get the fact that he said some in Israel were not the children of God Even though they had Abraham's blood in their veins These are not the children of God, but the children of the promise accounted as the seed Well, this is the word of promise at this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son, but he said and not only this see here's another further Narrowing down of who Israel was Because Jacob whose name was changed to Israel was the son of Isaac but so was Esau a natural son of Isaac and God said I will not have Esau Jacob have I loved Esau have I hated and so the scripture says For this is the word of promise at this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son and not only this so you can't stop at Sarah and Just say you are a son of Abraham and Sarah meaning Isaac, but he further narrows that down and Goes a step further. He says and not only this verse 10, but when Rebecca Had conceived by one man even by our father Isaac for the children not yet being born Nor having done any good or evil. So here's the point We do not take this text and start talking about Esau selling his birthright or Esau Becoming an enemy of Jacob or even the Edomites who were their rival enemies and Who were saying raise it raise it to Israel until God destroyed them the text here says For the children not yet being born Nor having done any good or evil So this is not about which one was better than the other Morally speaking or in the in the in the way that they walked in The faith the Bible says God made this choice Before the children were born before they had done anything Good or evil? Why that the purpose that's the reason this is the word that Hena a conjunction of purpose in order. That is what it means the purpose of God according to election election means a choice just like when you go out to the polls and Vote you're making a decision. At least you think you are, you know, it's like Zigzag Ler told the story one day about the man who? Went to the doctor and he had some problems and The doctor told him he was gonna have to change his diet And he says you can eat anything That you want to eat and he said now here's a list of the things that you're gonna want to eat and so when you're not given or choice or when your choice is between You know two evils, then you just choose the lesser of two evils in some cases So do you really have a choice in that case? But see this was God's choice before the boys were born before the children were born and he said that His purpose according to election might stand not of works But of him who calls if we made this dependent upon Jacob living a better life than Esau then it would have been according to works and God says it's not that but he said Not of works, but of him who calls It was said to her the older shall serve the younger as it is written Jacob I have loved but Esau have I hated now that was God's choice because God is The Potter and men are the clay and he can do whatever he wills because he's a sovereign ruler now Israel did not complain When God chose Isaac over Ishmael Nor did they complain when he chose Jacob over Esau Which meant that Even among the descendants of Abraham God narrowed it down to a remnant to a smaller number than where they started and So true Israel is not the entire nation true Israel was narrowed down to a remnant in the Lord Jesus Christ and The Torah only followers Didn't quite get it Someone they had the memo. They just didn't read it properly now in Romans chapter 11 after Paul talks about the fact and he quotes from Isaiah 28 16 and Also the context of Joel because they both talk about the remnant When he makes the statement for whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved But he says how then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a preacher and How shall they preach unless they are sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace who bring glad tidings of good things But they have not all obeyed the gospel See, that's where the rubber meets the road. That's where the remnant is being determined It's being determined in obedience and that's what he means in Romans 9 27 and 28 when he quotes From Isaiah saying Isaiah also cries concerning Israel though The number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea The remnant will be saved For he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness because the Lord will make a short work all upon the earth and As Isaiah said before unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed We would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah the whole nation would have been destroyed But he didn't destroy the whole nation of Israel. He only destroyed the rebellious among them and spared and saved and delivered the remnant and so he says we would have been made like Gomorrah and thus They asked the question Have they not all obeyed the gospel Isaiah says Lord who has believed our report? So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, but I say have they not heard? Yes, indeed Their sound has gone out to all the earth and their words to the ends of the world But I say did Israel not know for Moses said I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation I will move you to anger by a foolish nation But Isaiah is very bold and says I was found by those who did not seek me I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me, but to Israel he says all the day long I have stretched out my hand to a disobedient and contrary people So the majority of the nation fell back and that's why the question was raised in Romans 11 in verse 1 Certainly not for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew or do you not know that the scripture says of Elijah how he pleads with God? Against Israel saying Lord they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars and I alone am left and they seek my life But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to bail even so at this present time There is a remnant According to the election of grace. You see grace determined the remnant ladies and gentlemen grace was in Jesus Christ the law came by Moses grace and truth came by Jesus Christ and the grace of God came teaching that denying ungodliness and Ungodly lust unrighteousness and ungodly lust we should live soberly righteously and godliness present age and so they were to follow Christ now, that's what determined the remnant and so when Paul writes in Romans 11 25 So all Israel shall be saved the all Israel refers to the remnant not to the whole nation But we're gonna have to pick this up in the next broadcast unfortunately, and so stay tuned because It's a very very important information. It's been a joy and a pleasure being with you in this podcast tune in For the all Bible prophecy fulfilled podcast Presented to you by William Bell and until next time