The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs VII
He shall stand up against the kingdom of the enemy; therefore is the enemy eager to destroy all that call upon the Lord. For he knoweth that in the day on which Israel shall believe,[12]
Verse Romans 11:15. _BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD_] If the rejection of the Jews became the occasion of our receiving the Gospel, so that we can even glory in our tribulations, though they themselves becam...
FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM - If their rejection as the special people of God - their exclusion from their national privileges, on account of their unbelief. It is the same as “the fall of them;”...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. CHAPTER 11 (“The Jewish Question”, by A. C. G., gives a complete exposition of this great chapter.) _ 1. God Hath not Cast Away His People. (Romans 11:1 .)_ 2. Israel's Apost...
THE INGRAFTING OF THE GENTILES. From Romans 9:1 onwards, Paul has written as a Jew to Jews; here he turns to the other half of the Church (see Introd. § 3). ROMANS 11:13. But to you Gentiles I say. P...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
Now I speak to you Gentiles. You well know that in so far as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my office, for somehow I want to find a way to move my own flesh and blood to envy of the Genti...
CASTING AWAY. See Acts 27:22 (loss), and compare Exodus 32:11. RECONCILING. See Romans 5:11. RECEIVING. Greek. _proslepsis._ Only here. BUT. if not (Greek. _ei me)_. LIFE. App-17
_the casting away_ Not the cognate word to that in Romans 11:1-2. But there is no practical difference in the words: it is the _reference_that differs here. There he denies that _Jews as such_were thr...
ἈΠΟΒΟΛῊ, Acts 27:22 only. Romans 11:15-16 are parenthetic, justifying the statement of purpose in 14 and repeating the idea of 12. ΚΑΤΑΛΛΑΓῊ ΚΌΣΜΟΥ. Cf. Romans 5:10-11;...
The relative positions of Jews and Gentiles, which have just been described in brief, are now elaborated, to show that they both Stand or fall on the same principle, of GOD’s grace and man’s faith; ba...
E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that b...
ΑΠΟΒΟΛΉ (G580) изгнание, ΚΑΤΑΛΛΑΓΉ (G2643) примирение (АРС, 186-223; TDNT; _см._ Romans 5:10). ΠΡΌΣΛΗΜΨΙΣ (G4356) принятие....
THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD— See ch. Romans 5:11. _But life from the dead,_ means "to the world; to us Gentile Christians; the world, reconciled and enriched by the casting off of the Jews." When we...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:11-24. I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. Romans 11:12 Now if their fal...
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM. The apostle had denied that they were...
__ Justification-National 18 The proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, beginning in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, spread to the limits of the land (Act_1:8), and reached beyond it to...
RECONCILING OF THE WORLD] In the bringing in of the Gentiles, the world began to enjoy that reconciliation which Christ gained for it by dying for all mankind: cp. 2 Corinthians 5:19; Ephesians 2:13....
ISRAEL'S REJECTION NOT FINAL. A WARNING TO THE GENTILES In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free to cho...
ST. Paul now addresses the Gentiles. They should hope for the restoration of Israel, because of the blessing it will bring the world, and because Israel still bears God's name (Romans 11:13). They sho...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD’S PLAN FOR *ISRAEL’S FUTURE 11:1-32 THE RESULTS OF THE *JEWS’ FAILURE TO OBEY GOD 11:1-12 V1 So, I tell you th...
RECONCILING OF THE WORLD. — The gospel could not be preached to the Gentiles until it had first been offered to and rejected by the Jews. Hence the casting away of the Jews might be said to have cause...
(11-24) In this section the Apostle goes on to consider further the bearings of the rejection, and here, first (Romans 11:11), he considers the more hopeful side of it as regards the Jews themselves;...
(13-16) In this I am speaking to you Gentiles. It is you who will benefit by the restoration of the Jews. And this is the real reason why, as Apostle of the Gentiles, I make the most of my office. I d...
CHAPTER 23 ISRAEL'S FALL OVERRULED, FOR THE WORLD'S BLESSING, AND FOR ISRAEL'S MERCY Romans 11:11 THE Apostle has been led a few steps backwards in the last previous verses. His face has been turned...
f. From the personal explanation of Romans 11:13 f., which interrupts the argument, Paul reverts to the ideas of Romans 11:12. To save _any_ Jew was a great object, even with an apostle of the Gentile...
OTHERS GRAFTED IN BY FAITH Romans 11:13 Paul never abandoned the hope that ultimately Israel would come back to God in Christ. He believed that God's promises pointed in that direction, and that, tho...
This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], (n) but life from the dead? (n) It will come to pass that when the Jews come to the Gospel,...
Have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. That is, their fall is not irreparable, or so as never to rise again: but by their offending, salvation (through the liberal mercy of God) is...
God has not then, absolutely speaking, rejected His people; but it is perfectly true that He has hardened and rejected a portion of them. Yet there are two restrictions to be noted here: This chastise...
In truth, it will not be till the national conversion of Israel take place, that the work of God shall reach its perfection among the Gentiles themselves, and that the fruit of his labor as their apos...
are a more particular application to St. Paul's ministry of the ideas expounded Romans 11:11-12; for this ministry had a decisive part to play in accomplishing the plan of God sketched in these two la...
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. (12) Now if the fall of them be th...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
15._For if their rejections, etc. _This passage, which many deem obscure, and some awfully pervert, ought, in my view, to be understood as another argument, derived from a comparison of the less with...
Hereupon the question is immediately raised, has God then rejected His people? To this Chapter 11 is the answer. The apostle gives three proofs that it is by no means the case. Firstly, he is himself...
FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM,.... This argument, as before, in Romans 11:12, is from the lesser to the greater, showing that as the Gentiles received present advantage through the rejection of the...
For if the casting away of them _be_ the reconciling of the world, what _shall_ the receiving _of them be_, but life from the dead? Ver. 15. _Be the reconciling_] Not as a cause, but as an occasion....
_For_ As if he had said, Their general conversion ought to be desired, because of the admirable benefit which will come to mankind thereby: _for if the casting away of them_ Their rejection, as signif...
OF THEM; the Jews. OF THE WORLD; the Gentiles. LIFE FROM THE DEAD; as a glorious resurrection....
FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM BE THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD, WHAT SHALL THE RECEIVING OF THEM BE BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD? The apostle in the entire section now following addresses himself to his Ge...
An admonition to the Gentiles:...
ISRAEL YET TO BE RESTORED We have seen in Romans 9:1 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contrast to law: now...
I am talking to Gentiles - because I am the apostle to the Gentiles. I am filling my appointed office. 14 If I can provoke some Jews into returning to God and being saved (they are my kinsmen in the...
FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM IS THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD, WHAT SHALL THE RECEIVING OF THEM BE, BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD? "CASTING AWAY OF THEM" -"them" here refers to the unbelieving segment of t...
11-21 The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconc...
This verse contains an argument to prove the calling of the Jews; not a new one, but that repeated which you had before, ROMANS 11:12; the substance is the same, only the terms differ: there he spake...
For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? [Again we have a passage wherein "the apostle," as Meyer expresses it, "ar...
Romans 11:15 For G1063 if G1487 their G846 away G580 reconciling G2643 world G2889 what G5101 acceptance G4356 but...
GOD'S PURPOSE WITH REGARD BOTH TO THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES (11:1-36). Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that those...
GOD HAS ESTABLISHED A TRUE ISRAEL BASED ON THE REMNANT WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO THE MESSIAH, WITH THE FALSE ISRAEL BEING AT LEAST TEMPORARILY CAST OFF, TO BE RESTORED IF THEY TURN TO THE MESSIAH AND REJO...
THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLIVE TREE (11:13-24). ‘The Olive Tree' is the name of Israel specifically given to it by God. In Jeremiah we are told “YHWH called your name ‘a green olive tree', fair, with g...
‘For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what will the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?' And if he is successful in stirring the Jews to seek the Messiah this can...
2. _The Rejection of Israel is not Final._ In this section is presented the prospective solution of the great historical problem, discussed in this part of the Epistle. Here Paul becomes a prophet; r...
Romans 11:15. FOR introduces the reason for Romans 11:13-14; his labor was in view of the more blessed results indicated in the close of this verse. THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM, _i.e._ _,_ the exclusion...
THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM (η αποβολη αυτων). Objective genitive (αυτων) with αποβολη, old word from αποβαλλω, to throw off (Mark 10:50), in N.T. only here and Acts 27:22.THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
CONTENTS: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: The...
Romans 11:1. _Hath God cast away his people?_ The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the...
FOR WHEN THEY WERE REJECTED. This returns to the reasoning of Romans 11:12. See notes on Romans 11:11. The unbelieving Jews have become "undigested Jonahs," running from God. IT WILL BE LIFE FOR THE D...
_I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?_ THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL I. How occasioned. 1. They stumbled at Christ. 2. Were rejected because of their unbelief. II. How overruled. 1. F...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:15 If the REJECTION of the majority of Israel has meant that many Gentiles (THE WORLD) have been reconciled to God through Christ, then surely the ACCEPTANCE of th
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:11 God’s saving righteousness is seen in the salvation of Israel at the end of history, and in his saving plan for both Jews and Gentiles. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:15.—The apostle awaits a boundless effect of blessing on the world from the future conversion of the Jews, which will be as life from the dead. Romans 11:16.—FIRSTFRUIT de...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 (4) _The_ _Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. _St. Paul, painfully recognizing the fact of the pr...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11. In Chapter s 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation...
2 Corinthians 5:18; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 1:21; Daniel 9:24;...
The casting away [η α π ο β ο λ η]. In contrast with receiving. Only here and Acts 27:22, where it means loss. Here exclusion from God's people. Reconciling of the world [κ α τ α λ λ α γ η κ ο σ μ ο υ...
MISSIONS IN THE EPISTLES Romans 10:11; _Romans 11:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study as a whole will give some idea of the missionary vision as set forth in Paul's Epistles. 1. THE SCOPE OF MISSIONA...
Life from the dead — Overflowing life to the world, which was dead....