The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 26 : The Restoration of Israel, part one (11:1–15)

SUMMARY: ISRAEL, THE ‘ELECT’ AND THE ‘HARDENED’ (11:1-10) – PAUL CLARIFIES AND DENIES A POSSIBLE IMPLICATION FROM HIS PREVIOUS COMMENTS – PAUL IS LIVING PROOF GOD HAS NOT FORSAKEN ISRAEL – THE ISSUE IS NOT JUST THAT PAUL WAS ONE JEW THAT WAS SAVED – GOD CHOSE ISRAEL AND THEREFORE WILL NOT REJECT THEM – CORPORATE ISRAEL IS THE RECIPIENT OF GOD’S ELECTION – IS IT POSSIBLE “ISRAEL” IN v. 2a REFERS TO SPIRITUAL SALVATION? – PAUL SUPPORTS HIS PREMISE FROM SCRIPTURE – APPEALS – PAUL’S QUOTE CONCERNING ELIJAH, GOD AND THE REMNANT – GOD’S ELECTION OF THE REMNANT WAS TESTIMONY OF HIS FAITHFULNESS TO ISRAEL – GOD’S GRACIOUS ELECTION PRESERVES A REMNANT – AT THE PRESENT TIME – ELECTION: BASED ON GOD’S CHOICE OR MAN’S FAITH? – WHAT THEN? – SUMMATION OF PAUL’S PREVIOUS ARGUMENTS – THE ELECT AND THE HARDENED WITHIN CORPORATE ISRAEL – STUPOR – THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL – PART 1 (11:11-15) – HAS CORPORATE ISRAEL FALLEN INTO A IRRETRIEVABLE SPIRITUAL STATE DUE TO HER REJECTION OF CHRIST? – GOD’S PURPOSE IN ISRAEL’S FALL: SALVATION TO THE GENTILES / JEALOUSY TO THE JEWS – DIMINISHING, LOSS – ISRAEL’S FULLNESS: PRESENT OR FUTURE? – PARENTHETICAL THOUGHTS CONCERNING PAUL’S OWN MINISTRY – PAUL GLORIES IN HIS MINISTRY TO THE GENTILES PARTIALLY TO SEE JEWS SAVED – PAUL IS REALISTIC ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HIS PARTICULAR MINISTRY – REJECTION AND ACCEPTANCE – REJECTION, CAST AWAY – RECONCILIATION OF THE WORLD – LIFE FROM THE DEAD – MILLENNIAL REBIRTH?