Scripture for Today, 9-23-21: God's Promises - Gentiles Grafted Into Olive Tree

Psalm 52:8; Romans 11:17, 11:24

FOLLOW-UP: 9-23-21, At the end of Amir's message he refers to Israel as the 'FIG TREE' ... strange scripture says it's figuratively 'THE OLIVE TREE' ... he also excludes the Gentiles from being a part of the blessings of Israel.

Romans 11:11–24 Paul compares Israel to the natural branches of a cultivated olive tree and the Gentile believers to the branches of a wild olive tree. The natural branches (Israel) were broken off, and the wild branches (Gentiles) were grafted in (verse 17).

Therefore, the Gentiles have been made partakers of the promises and inherit the blessings of God’s salvation. It is important to understand how God called Israel to be His people and how they failed to fulfill that calling.

As the seed of Abraham, the children of Israel were chosen by God to be a separate people, holy to the Lord. God’s design was for them to be a light to the Gentiles so that they, too, might know God (Genesis 18:17–19; Isaiah 42, 49). Instead, the Israelites chased foreign gods and betrayed their calling (Ezekiel 23; Hosea 11).

But God, who knew they would do this, had already promised to restore His kingdom to Israel after they rebelled and then eventually repented (Deuteronomy 30:1–10).

So God sent His Son Jesus Christ to invite Israel to “repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2; 4:17). ​However, when Jesus revealed Himself as the promised Davidic King Who would restore Israel (Matthew 11—12; Acts 3:19–22), He was rejected by the Jews, exactly as Isaiah had prophesied (Isaiah 52—53).

Therefore, the Lord Jesus called His disciples to fulfill Abraham’s commission to bless the nations (Genesis 12:2–3) by preaching the gospel of the Kingdom to all nations until the end of this age (Matthew 28:18–20). Paul thus preached the gospel of the Kingdom to the Jews and was repeatedly rejected (Acts 13—28); so the Lord sent Paul to deliver His good news to the Gentiles, who in turn became Abraham’s seed by faith and heirs of the promises to Abraham and his seed (Galatians 3—4) by 'being grafted in.' Romans 11:11-24

This is what Paul meant in Romans 11 by the Gentiles being “grafted” into the “olive tree.” The tree thus signifies the collective people of God; the “wild branches” grafted in are Gentile believers; the “natural branches” that are cut off are the Jews in unbelief. Jewish believers remain in the tree, but are joined with Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11–22).

The Gentile Church hasn't replaced Israel - She has been made equal with Israel; so what Amir said is not correct.

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Days of Ezekiel
Isaiah 46:9-11; Luke 21:28, 31, 24:1-5, 6-35; Romans 13:11-13

9-3-21, Behold Israel with Amir Tsarfati --  Amir Tsarfati provides a Biblical perspective looking at this current world, it seems that much of it is falling apart. However, sometimes the bad times are not as bad as we think. What looks like global insanity actually fits exactly into what GOD prophesied 2,500 years ago in The Holy Bible.

The miraculous restorations of the land and the people of the Jewish state of Israel tell us that the time of the Lord’s return is likely very short. It also reminds us that in the midst of what appears to be a world run amuck, God is working out His plan. We are encouraged as we see fulfilled prophies of the past - and we know God's prophesies of the future will also be fulfilled. See 53 minute video here

The Lord God said, "...they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore." Ezekiel 37:25-27