How is the Gentile “grafted” into Israel and what is the relevance of this “grafting?” (Romans 11)
The Christian’s “grafting” concerning Israel is relevant initially and primarily due to the promises Elohim made to Israel through Abraham (a Gentile); that is, through Abraham would come One who would be a blessing to every family of the Earth (Genesis 12:3); both Jew (Israelite) and Gentile.
The blessings promised Israel through Moses’ inspired writings (Torah) were, in large part, contingent upon National obedience (Deuteronomy 28); unfortunately, Israel failed Elohim; Israel conspired to murder their Messiah upon a tree and rejected the New Covenant, the Gospel, the Great Commission thus blaspheming the Holy Spirit and insulting the Father; therefore, Israel has fallen under divine judgment (Romans 11:25); consequently, only a mere “remnant” of Israel’s children will escape destruction in Hell due their rejection of Messiah (then and now) and their ancestors insistence that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27; Matthew 27:27).
The promises and covenants relevant to Israel and the “grafting” of the Gentile into those promises and covenants are ALL fulfilled in Jesus and their divine fulfillment is realized in the life of a Christian ONLY by faith in Jesus as Messiah and the daily work of sanctification via the indwelling Holy Spirit as promised in the New Covenant spoken of by both Jeremiah and Ezekiel; therefore, the only true “grafting” has manifest through the Messiah and the promises made to Israel have been realized through faith via the Gospel; this, having little to do with one’s identification with Israel but ONLY through the Messiah who emanated through Israel’s child, Judah. I am NOT saved from Hell by Israel or his children, I am saved and grafted into the promises of Elohim through faith in Messiah Jesus who chose to enter Time through Israel’s offspring…this is my “grafting” as a Christian.
What is the “true” grafting?
The true, divine, grafting is the imputation-gifting of Jesus’ divine perfection over my life by faith in Jesus as LORD by which I am declared “not guilty” by my Heavenly Father and consequently welcomed into the family of Elohim as His child (2 Corinthians 5:21).
As a Christian, is my Hope rooted in Israel or Messiah Jesus? (Romans 11:17-32)
In Jesus, my affiliation with Abraham, a Gentile, is equated to the faith of Abraham who trusted in Elohim’s commands and also in Elohim’s promise to Abraham that through him all the families of the Earth would be blessed (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:2; Genesis 12:3).
The promises given to Israel and rejected by the fathers of Israel are made relevant for the Christian via the Gospel of Jesus Christ via the imputation – gifting of Messiah’s righteousness over their life by faith (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Israel’s children were divinely foreordained to provide a human lineage through Judah relevant to the introduction of Messiah into the Realm of Time, the introduction of the Gospel ordained before Time began (2 Timothy 1:8-10); the proliferation of the Great Commission (Matthew 28); this, being the very reason Messiah came exclusively to the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24); unfortunately, Israel’s children rejected their Messiah; Israel’s children rejected the Gospel; Israel’s children rejected the Great Commission; Israel’s children conspired to murder Messiah upon a tree and demanded that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children as it is to this very day via the curse of blindness and a future in Hell as only a mere “remnant” of Israel’s children will enter the Kingdom of Elohim via Messiah by faith (Romans 10; Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27; Matthew 27:25).
Israel is NOT holy due their rejection of Messiah; my only “holiness” is the gifted-imputed righteousness of Jesus over my life by faith (2 Corinthians 5:21); this, NOT of myself. Israel’s only hope is in the remnant that will come to faith via the proselytizing efforts of a 144,000 sanctified Jewish witnesses spoken of in Revelation 7; otherwise, Israel would be barren and dead through their compromise with Satan and Pilate and the religion of Judaism/self-righteousness, a demonically rooted compromise that exists to this very day in Israel’s rejection and blasphemy of Messiah Yeshua. My Hope is NOT in Israel but my HOPE is in Jesus who is Elohim (Genesis 1:1) in flesh having provided me blood atonement for my sin (John 1-3; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
Far too may Jews and Israelite’s are deluded into a false sense of divine superiority due their self-righteousness via the works religion of Judaism and a rebellious, stubborn, linage that failed our Creator. My Hope is NOT in Israel but in Jesus.
What is Islam’s relevance in these last days of grace?
HAMAS-Hezbollah-Houthis are IRAN – these are the fanatical proxies of Islamic Terrorism and they fight for Allah who is Satan masquerading as an angel of light via the Arabic moon god (2 Corinthians 11:14). Islam is the product of adultery between Abraham and Hagar who birthed the “wild donkey” of a man named Ishmael (Genesis 16) who is the father of the Ishmaelites who are the progenitors of a 7th-Century nomadic, demon possessed, murdering, pedophile, thief, named Muhammad who plagiarized the Jewish Torah to construct the Quran as Muhammad made every attempt to persuade the Jews in Medina to follow his new “religion” or the “way of the book.” When the Jews and Christians rejected Muhammad, he retaliated and the Islamic Caliphate was born; subsequently, millions upon millions of Jews, Christians, men, women, children, have been butchered by Islam via the edge of the sword until temporarily stopped in 1929.
Satan, incessantly seeking praise and worship due Elohim, our Creator God, became the god of Islam by fiat as Islam is the World’s largest religious cult of death and Hell providing Satan-Allah the praise and worship denied him in the Kingdom. IRAN SERVES SATAN!
The Kingdom War, initiated by Satan before Time began, is causation for our creation in Time and is currently played-out through Islam and their hatred for Elohim’s chosen people, the children of Jacob (Israel). This is why Israel is virulently hated by Islam/Iran and this why Israel’s extinction is the life-long goal of Islam; the incessant strife and wars between Islam and Israel, Israel’s allies, are nothing more than a carry-over of the Great Kingdom War manifesting itself in the Realm of Time via the demonic for the entire Earth to witness in conjunction with the faithful angelic creation that did not follow Satan in the rebellion. It is Islam that allies with Russia and China, the Axis of demonic evil, who will soon come against Jerusalem, Israel and this confrontation will initiate a limited nuclear war; this will initiate Messiah’s 2nd-Advent and the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus our Messiah. MARANATHA LORD!
Briefly, explain the relevance of the 144,000 Jewish witnesses in Revelation 7?
The 144,000 anointed Jewish witnesses in Revelation 7 are representative of the 12-Tribes of Israel who will fulfill what Israel failed to fulfill during Messiah’s First-Advent; that is, Elohim sanctified the children of Israel as messengers and caretakers of His divine words; Elohim sanctified the children of Israel as progenitors of Messiah via Jacob’s son, Judah; Elohim sanctified the children of Israel as progenitors and proselytizers of the New Covenant as proclaimed in Jeremiah 31;31-34 and Ezekiel 36:26-27; Elohim sanctified the children of Israel as servants of the Gospel and the Great Commission which was to be taught and provided to “every family of the Earth” as Israel was to be Elohim’s blessing and fulfillment of what Elohim had promised through Abraham and the coming Messiah in Genesis 12:3b; unfortunately, Israel rejected the New Covenant’s Gospel; Israel rejected their Messiah and murdered Him upon a tree via Pilate and demanded that Messiah’s blood be upon them and the children; Israel rejected the Great Commission; therefore, Elohim turned to the Gentile and gave the Great Commission, the Gospel, the New Covenant, to the Gentile and placed the children of Israel under judgment until the fullness of the Gentiles have entered the Kingdom of Elohim (Romans 11:25).
The 144,000 spoken of in Revelation 7 will be a belated fulfillment of what Israel was foreordained to be and the “remnant” of Israel that is saved through the Tribulation Era will be the “remnant” spoken of by Isaiah (Isaiah 10:22) and reiterated by Paul (Romans 9:27). Elohim will honor His covenants and promises made to Israel’s children; this, NOT for Israel’s glory but for the righteousness and holiness and faithfulness of Elohim as Elohim does not lie but does exactly as He has promised irrespective of Satan’s success among the defiled of humanity (Numbers 23:19). There will be a “remnant” of Israel’s children who come to faith in Messiah Jesus during and in the final days of the Tribulation Era.
A warning to the Jew/Israelite who believes heritage or genealogy ensures their salvation from death in Hell apart from faith in Messiah…
The Gospel message was foreordained to be taught to Jacob’s children to whom Messiah came specifically (Matthew 15:24) but Jacob’s children rejected both Messiah and the Gospel (Matthew 23:37) and consequently thwarted their ordination as ministers of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20); therefore, the Gospel, the Great Commission, were given to the Gentiles until the fullness of the Gentiles have entered the Kingdom (Romans 11:25; Acts 13:46). The Jew/Israelite finds this truism offensive but Elohim is not concerned about your feelings or your opinions.
The New Covenant, as established in Messiah’s blood at Golgotha (Matthew 26:28), was taken from the Jew/Israelite and given to the Gentile and the Gentile remains in custody of the New Covenant this very day while Israel’s children overwhelmingly exist in Judaism (a works religion)-Atheism-Apostasy-unbelief and are blindly and obstinately seeking death in Hell due their rejection of Messiah Jesus; for this reason, only a “remnant” of Israel’s children will escape the “second death” in Hell (Revelation 20:11-15) and that redeemed Jewish/Israeli remnant is primarily represented by Tribulation survivors proselytized by the 144,000 faithful Jewish witnesses as documented in Revelation 7 (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27).
Why the repetitive strife between Islam (the Muslim World) and Israel?
Islam is representative of Satan in Time and the spiritual war between Satan and Elohim that was initiated before Time was created. Islam is a product of adultery between Abraham and Hagar while the child of promise is Isaac through Sarah, not Ishmael through Hagar; therefore, the struggle between Israel (Jacob, the son of Isaac) and Ishmael’s descendants finds its genesis in unfaithfulness and strife i.e., sin. The entirety of Scripture details this war between Satan and Elohim and expounds upon why the Messiah appeared in Time; specifically, “to destroy the works of Satan” through the Gospel (1 John 3:8b), a Gospel ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10).
Israel is the eschatological Land of promise through which Elohim will sum-up all things through Messiah, the Millennial Kingdom, the judgement of Satan (Revelation 20:10) and the judgment of unrepentant humanity (Revelation 20:11-15), the creation of a New Earth and New Heaven and the establishment of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21-22); therefore, Israel will remain and will soon come under a nuclear attack initiated by the demonic coalition of Russia-China-Islam/Iran v. Jerusalem, Israel…this will initiate the 2nd-Advent of Messiah Jesus; therefore, Israel will remain irrespective of Allah’s (Satan’s) intent.
Jews and Israelite’s insist that the New Covenant was given only to Israel; therefore, the Gentile is excluded; what is the truth? (Ezekiel 36; Jeremiah 31)
Discussion,
The promise to Abraham by Elohim is inclusive of “every family of the Earth;” this, long before Jacob and the 12-Tribes (Genesis 12:3b). Israel was foreordained to be ministers of the Gospel, the Great Commission and Messiah came directly to them for this specific purpose (Matthew 15:24), but Israel rejected their Messiah and conspired to murder Him upon a tree while exclaiming that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children (Matthew 27:25); Israel rejected the Gospel and the Great Commission (Matthew 23:37); therefore, Elohim pivoted eschatologically and gave the Gospel and the Great Commission to the Gentile (Romans 11:25; Acts 13:46); therefore, only a “remnant” of Israel’s children will escape the “second death” in Hell due their unbelief, rejection of Yeshua as Messiah (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27); apparently, Torah is not a path to righteousness (Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:20) other than as a roadmap pointing Israel to their need for Messiah by faith (Galatians 3:24).
Concerning the political/ideological/theological chasm existing between those who support the Nation of Israel and those who support Palestine/Gaza/HAMAS (Islam)…
For the Record concerning the current conflict between Israel v. Palestine (HAMAS), Lebanon (Hezbollah), Iran (their terrorist, Islamic proxies), Yemen (Houthis) and the political-ideological divide existing within the United States…KNOW YOUR ENEMY!
Concerning Islam,
The demonic root of Palestine’s HAMAS; Lebanon’s Hezbollah; Iran’s other terrorist proxies; Yemen’s Houthis, is the religious cult of Islam. Islam’s “Allah” is Satan masquerading as an angel of light via the Arabic moon god. Islam was founded by a 7th-Century nomadic demon-possessed pedophile murdering thief named Muhammad who plagiarized the Torah to construct the Quran. Islam is a demonic cult of death.
Islam’s root is the act of adultery between Abraham and Hagar producing the “wild ass” of a man named Ishmael, the father of the Islmaelites, who are the progenitor of the false prophet, Muhammad. Islam is Satan’s presence within the Realm of Time and physics.
Concerning Allah’s (Satan’s) objectives,
Allah’s (Satan’s) objective is the complete annihilation of Israel’s children and the nullification of the unconditional property covenant Elohim entered into with Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 13:15) as the “Land of Israel” is essential eschatological real estate relevant to the introduction of the Messiah whose primary purpose for entering the Realm of Time was “to destroy the works of the Devil (Allah)” (1 John 3:8b) via a divine battle strategy known as the Gospel of Grace which was first pictured in Genesis 3:21 but ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10).
Messiah’s purpose for entering the Realm of Time,
Messiah entered the Realm of Time due to an unfathomable angelic rebellion, a rebellion orchestrated by Satan-Allah, that manifest in the Kingdom of Elohim, a rebellion that necessitated a repository for that Kingdom War apart from the Kingdom which under girded the initiation of the Genesis Creation Narrative; this, as Elohim endeavors to restore order and peace to His Kingdom while simultaneously maintaining volitional love with His cherished angelic creation as He deals with the wiles of the Devil via selfless love and sacrifice via the Gospel.
Allah’s obsession with Israel,
Allah’s obsession with the children of Israel and the Land of Israel concerns Satan’s desire to make Elohim a liar concerning Elohim’s divine, sovereign, promises beginning with Genesis 3:15-21, continuing through Noah, Shem, Abraham; the Hebrew Tribes, Sinai, through Judah, through the prophets, through Messiah into the Age of Grace; the Crucifixion; the Gospel and Great Commission; the New Covenant Church; the Tribulation; the Millennial Kingdom; the judgment of Satan, the Beast, the False prophet, the fallen-rebellious angels/demons interned in Hell, forever; the Judgment of the Condemned intertwined with the purification of the Earth by fire; the creation of a New Heaven and a New Earth and ultimately the eternal placement of the New Jerusalem where the redeemed in Messiah will serve Him in resurrected bodies, forever.
Allah’s tactics,
Allah-Satan has pursued his goal of proving Elohim a liar through the failures and demonic compromise of the Adamic/Noahic generations resulting in the annihilation of humanity save eight; the failures of Israel’s children to honor Elohim’s covenants, their unbelief/rejection of Messiah, their unfaithfulness with Baal/Molech.
Allah-Satan sought to defile/deter the Messiah through demonic temptation and the horrors of Roman Crucifixion; Allah-Satan was integral to Herod’s slaughter of innocence to murder the Messiah; Allah-Satan assumed he had won victory at Golgotha; Allah-Satan inspired Titus-the 10th-Roman Legion’s destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD; Allah-Satan conspired with Hitler concerning “The Final Solution” and the Jewish Holocaust; Allah-Satan, through his demons, possesses the heart, soul, mind, of every Islamist whose obsessive-compulsive objective in life is the death of every Israeli man, woman and child and the custody of Israel’s property into the hands of Allah’s servants, a Land bordered by the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Allah’s objective through Islam is the death of anyone who rejects the false prophet Muhammad and his demonic religion of Islam.
Spiritual-Political ramifications of Allah’s presence in Time and Politics, today…The United States…
As we witness the unfathomable rise and presence of antisemitism in the United States and around the World, understand that all we see in the conflict between Israel’s IDF and the armies of Islam is SPIRITUAL in nature; this conflict is nothing more than a physical manifestation of the ongoing Spiritual conflict between good v. evil, Elohim v. Satan.
Also, know that every man and woman who supports the armies of Islam, whether they be represented by Palestine – Jordan – Iran – Lebanon – Yemen or any other Nation – State throughout the World, these are servants of Satan. This is why those in the United States who march for Palestine supporting the terrorist organization of HAMAS and express fervent hatred for Israel; these, overwhelmingly belong to a Political Party that advocates for the murder of babies in the womb; the uncensored and undeterred expansion of sexual perversion throughout American society via LGBTQ objectives which specifically target America’s children and seek the destruction of the Biblical family unit (Allah loathes the Biblical family); this is why Marxism and Progressivism and Abortion and BLM and ANTIFA and DEI and reverse discrimination AKA Affirmative Action mandates, are worshiped like gods among those who identify with the Democrat-Progressive-Marxist-Secular Humanist Party of the United States; therefore, know your enemy.
You will know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:15-20). Elohim is victorious through Messiah Jesus (Revelation 5:5).
Question was asked in a religious forum “…why [are] these people of Israel still keeping the ten commandments even though the covenant was faulted[?]”
Explanation,
Israel’s children rejected Messiah Yeshua sent to them (Matthew 15:24) and chose self-righteousness through law-keeping (Torah Law-Sinai-Moses) as opposed to faith in the One who kept the Law for us (Matthew 5:17) and offers us His righteousness imputed-gifted into and over our lives by faith in Him as Messiah; this, in exchange for our sin via New Covenant promise (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 8:7); therefore, Israel has stumbled over the Stumbling Stone laid in Zion (Romans 9:32); therefore, only a remnant of Israel’s children will escape the “second death” in Hell due unbelief (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27; Rev 20:11-15); for this error, Israel’s children have been placed under Judgment, the Gospel taken from them and given to the Gentiles until the fullness of the Gentiles have entered the Kingdom of Elohim (Romans 11:25). This divine reality is relevant and observable to this very day. Yeshua is the only Way to life in the Kingdom of Elohim and this divine reality is an immutable Truth for Jew, Israelite, Gentile (John 14:6).
30 What shall we say, then That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is.
Christians support Israel because our Messiah is Jewish emanating from the Tribe of Judah and our daily lives and our eternity are wholly in His hands. Elohim chose Israel, Judah, to enter the Realm of Time and Elohim poured His heart into Jacob’s children. Israel, Jerusalem, is the Center of the Earth and Elohim’s sovereign choice concerning His eschatological plan for Time and Eternity; therefore, what Elohim loves, Christians love; what Elohim supports, Christians support.
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