Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII
Nor did Samuel, who had done so many surprising things, disregard David the beloved of God: yet they were both prophets, and the one was high priest, and the other was king. And when there were only seven thousand holy men in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal,[20]
Verse Romans 11:4. _BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD_] The answer which God made assured him that there were _seven thousand_, that is, _several_ or _many thousands_; for so we must understand the wo...
THE ANSWER OF GOD - ὁ χρηματισμός ho chrēmatismos. This word is used no where else in the New Testament. It means an oracle, a divine response. It does not indicate the manner in which it was done,...
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 ELECT REMNANT. Paul comes to the third part of his proof that God's word to Israel has not fallen through, despite the national rejection of Jesus Christ. ROMANS 11:1; ROMANS 11:2_ A._ That God h...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
So then, I ask, "Has God repudiated his people?" God forbid! I, too, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not repudiated his people whom long ago he mar...
ANSWER OF GOD. Divine response. Greek. _chrematismoa._ Only here. Compare Acts 11:26. UNTO. to. MEN. App-123. Quoted from 1 Kings 19:10....
_the answer of God_ Lit. THE ORACULAR ANSWER. The words "_of God_" are an explanatory addition. _I have reserved_, &c. 1 Kings 19:18. The Heb. is, "And I have left in Israel seven thousand; all the k...
Ὁ ΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΌΣ subst.: here only in N. T.; cf. v[208] Matthew 2:12; Acts 10:22; Hebrews 12:25; LXX[209] 2Ma 2:4, app. in the sense of an oracle = χρησμός: but here, in direct reference to ἐντυγχάνειν,...
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...
The failure of Israel does not even now constitute a rejection by GOD. As in former times of apostasy there is a faithful remnant in whom the faithfulness and graciousness of GOD is still seen. And in...
ΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΌΣ (G5538) пророчество, божественное изречение или ответ (NDIEC, 1:77; 4:176). Это слово подчеркивает место расположения; устрашающим, вероятно, является именно непрямой характер божественног...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:1-10. I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:2 God did not cast off his people wh...
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM? [ ho (G3588) ch...
__ 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...
11:4 Baal. (a-23) 'Baal' has the feminine article. It was adored in Syria in masculine and feminine characters....
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...
RESERVED TO] RV 'left for.' TO _the image of_ BAAL] RV 'to Baal.'...
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...
TO THE IMAGE OF BAAL. — The name “Baal” is here, as frequently in the LXX., in the feminine gender, and it is to account for this that our translators have inserted the word “image.” How the feminine...
CHAPTER 22 ISRAEL, HOWEVER, NOT FORSAKEN Romans 11:1 "A PEOPLE disobeying and contradicting." So the Lord of Israel, through the Prophet, had described the nation. Let us remember as we pass on what...
λέγω οὖν : the οὖν intimates that it is with the conclusion reached in chap. 10 before his mind that Paul puts the following question: the unbelief of Israel naturally suggested it. μὴ ἀπώσατο ὁ θεὸς...
ὁ χρηματισμός : the word is related to χρηματίζω (Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:22; Acts 10:22; Hebrews 8:5) as χρησμὸς to χράω : it means the oracle, or answer of God.
A REMNANT SAVED BY GRACE Romans 11:1 In the worst days of Hebrew apostasy there was always an elect handful that did not go astray after other gods. It was so in the days of Elijah; and it was a comf...
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...
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have (b) reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] (c) Baal. (b) He speaks of remnants and reserved people who...
“ _But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant according to...
The _partial_ character of the rejection of God's people is proved, first by the conversion of St. Paul himself (Romans 11:1); then by the existence of a whole Judeo-Christian church (Romans 11:2-6)....
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2) God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not...
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...
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...
BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM?.... The divine response, or oracle, the בת קול, "Bath Kol", or voice from heaven; the still small voice of the Lord, which Elijah heard, 1 Kings 19:12: I HA...
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to _the image of_ Baal. Ver. 4. _The image of Baal_] Τη Βααλ, to that lady, as our...
_But what saith the answer_ Recollect the answer which God gave to this doleful complaint; _I have reserved to myself_ To maintain my honour and true worship, I have preserved by my providence and gra...
BAAL; the name of an idol which many, in the days of Elijah, worshipped. 1 Kings 18:22....
BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM? I HAVE RESERVED TO MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO THE IMAGE OF BAAL....
An example from history:...
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...
God has not cast us away. Take the case of Elijah - makes intercession to God against Israel - NOTE: "Wot ye not" What does this mean? 3 Israel has killed all the prophets - I am the only one left....
BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM?. HAVE LEFT FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN, WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL. "THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM?" -another proof that the O.T. is the inspired wor...
1-10 There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, who had righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ. These were kept according to the election of grace. If then this election was of grace, it...
THE ANSWER OF GOD; the word properly signifieth the oracle, or answer of God given in the tabernacle from the mercy-seat; but it is generally taken for any Divine answer, or direction received from Go...
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. [Jezebel and Ahab, in their zeal for the Phoenician god, Baal, had apparently...
Romans 11:4 But G235 what G5101 response G5538 say G3004 (G5719) him G846 reserved G2641 (G5627) Myself...
Paul then illustrates the fact that not the whole of Israel has been cast off by reference to 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 19:18. It was in the portion read in the synagogues under the headin...
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'S PURPOSE FOR ISRAEL IS BEING FULFILLED THROUGH A REMNANT (11:1-10). Paul now deals with the question as to whether Israel has been ‘cast off'. And his reply is ‘certainly not', and this reply is...
Romans 11:4. BUT WHAT SAITH THE DIVINE RESPONSE. The word answering to ‘divine response' occurs only here in the New Testament. But in a number of cases (see marginal references) the cognate verb occu...
1. _The Rejection of Israel is not Total._ This section opens with the question (‘Did God cast off His people?'), which the whole chapter answers in the negative, and which Paul discusses with a feeli...
THE ANSWER OF GOD (ο χρηματισμος). An old word in various senses like χρηματιζω, only here in N.T. See this use of the verb in Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:22; Luke 2:26;...
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...
WHAT ANSWER DID GOD GIVE HIM? This quotes 1 Kings 19:18 as the answer. SEVEN THOUSAND MEN. _The Expositor's Greek Testament_ says: _"God_ has reserved the seven thousand; He has reserved them for _Him...
_God hath not cast away His people._ GOD HATH NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE This is proved by-- I. The known facts of their history--Paul and his companions in the faith. II. The secret operations of th...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:3 God assured Elijah that he had preserved a REMNANT who still followed him (1 Kings 19:18). As in Paul’s day and today, a remnant of Jews
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:1.—Μὴ�; Did God cast off His own people? Observe the aorist. When God accepted a universal Church from all nations in Christ, did He by so doing cast off His own people the...
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...
1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 10:19; 2 Kings 10:20;...
To Baal — Nor to the golden calves....