All right, we are in Romans chapter number 11 tonight and the title of the sermon is
simply this, it's a survey of Romans 11 or I can just title it the Israel of God.
The Israel of God.
Now look down at your Bibles at Romans chapter 11 and verse number 1 it says, I say then
hath God cast away his people God forbid for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham
into the tribe of Benjamin.
Now before we get into the actual chapter in and of itself, let me start off by giving
a bit of an introduction of what I'm referring to here.
Now we as a church we hold to the doctrine of what's called replacement theology, right?
And what that simply means is that we believe according to the Bible that believers, not
the church because the church doesn't exist, local churches exist, but we as believers
have replaced the nation of Israel as being God's chosen people.
In the Old Testament the physical nation of Israel was the elect, they were the elect,
they were God's chosen people, the physical nation in and of itself, but at the death
of Christ the Bible tells us that he hath broken down the middle wall partition between
us and of twain hath made one new man.
And in fact the Bible also tells us in the Gospels that Jesus Christ said unto them that
he basically has cast them away, the Bible says that he took the kingdom from them and
gave it to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Now what nation does that consist of?
Well it doesn't consist of Europe, it doesn't consist of Africa, it doesn't consist of America
for sure, you know?
What nation is this referring to?
Well it's a nation made up of believers, okay?
So the change that we see there, the transformation that we see there from Old to New Testament
is that now this nation is made up of just believers whether you're black, white, Hispanic,
you know, Asian, no matter what race you're a part of you can be part of that nation.
And in fact the Bible also tells us that we are that chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation that we should show forth the praises of him who hath called us out of darkness
into his marvelous light.
And in fact in that same chapter it tells us that this is a spiritual house.
So just as in the Old Testament you had the priesthood made up of those who are of Israel,
physical nation, but not just of Israel, of the house of what?
Aaron, the tribe of Levi, in the New Testament it's not like that anymore.
Now it's a spiritual house, not someone of Levi, not someone of the house of Aaron, but
of the house of God, okay?
And so this concept and this doctrine is taught very distinctly, very clearly throughout the
New Testament.
This is a major theme that we see in the New Testament, it's very clear.
You read throughout the New Testament whether it's in the gospels, the epistles of Paul,
you'll constantly run into this, but specifically you will run into it a lot in the book of
Romans, okay?
And partly I was thinking about this, why is it that the apostle Paul covers this subject
so thoroughly in the book of Romans?
Why do you see it in Romans 2?
Why do you see it in Romans 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11?
Why is it we constantly see it?
Well, if you remember, Rome was that empire that ruled over the Jews, right?
But then you have people who are Romans who are now getting saved.
But yet you still have Judaism very much prevalent throughout this time, and you know what, Judaism
teaches racism against everyone else.
They teach that they're better than everyone else.
And so Paul is writing to the Romans telling them, hey, I know they claim to be a Jew,
but they're not.
In fact, though you're a Roman, you're more Jew than them, okay?
We see that in Romans chapter number 2.
But here's the thing.
In spite of all the insurmountable evidence that we see in the New Testament that the
Jews are not God's chosen people, you still have people today that will say, they'll hold
on to that last bit of hope, right?
And you know, you have clear scriptures in Ephesians 2, in the book of Galatians, the
book of Hebrews, and it's just like God's just constantly telling us this, but yet you
still have Christians who will say, well, hold on a second, Romans 11, 26 says, all
Israel shall be saved.
So look, they're willing to even admit, yeah, the Jews are going to hell, for sure.
They're not Christians.
They don't believe on Christ.
Yes, he came into his own, his own received them not, but God still has a plan for them.
And that plan is that in his third coming, in his third coming, they're going to look
upon him when he comes on his white horse, you know, they're going to cry out, oy vey,
and trust Christ as their savior.
You know, that's it.
And in fact, they think that God has dedicated an entire seven-year period just for them.
You know, the time of Jacob's trouble, okay, it's your fault.
You know, but this is false, okay?
This is a false doctrine, and this is something that we constantly have to teach, constantly
have to reinforce, because there's people in our church who obviously may believe in
replacement theology, but they may not know what to do with Romans 11.
People like to go to Romans 11 to try to prove that the Jews are God's chosen people, but
actually Romans 11 is the most damning chapter, in my opinion, to this whole false doctrine
of Zionism.
Now go back to Romans chapter number 10.
Look at verse number 17, of course we're talking about the gospel here, and the gospel is being
thoroughly covered in Romans chapter 10 verse 9, all the way up until verse 17.
Look at verse 17, it says, So then faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the word of
God.
But I say, Have they not heard?
Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their word into the ends of the
world.
But I say, Did not Israel know?
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish
nation, I will anger you.
But as Zias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not, I was made
manifest unto them that asked not after me.
Now this is quoted from Isaiah chapter 65, and in Isaiah 65 verses 1 through 5, Isaiah
is actually specifically saying, this is a rebellious people, and why are they rebellious?
Well if you go back and read Isaiah 65, you see that they were serving a false god.
Now if they're serving a false god, can we say that they're serving the true and living
god?
No.
If they're serving a false god, what are they guilty of?
Idolatry.
If they're serving a false god, they're serving devils, they're not serving the true god,
therefore they're not god's people.
Whose people are they?
Oh you know, the devil?
And that's actually reiterated in John chapter 8.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lust of your father will ye do.
Verse 21 says, But to Israel he saith, all the day long I have stretched forth my hands
unto a disobedient and gainsane people.
Now dispensationalists, dipsticks, and even those who maybe don't adhere to the full blown
retardation of dispensationalism, well take it to verse 1, it says, I say then hath God
cast away his people?
God forbid!
And just, that's it.
You know?
God hath not cast away his people, God forbid!
And they just completely ignore everything else.
We need to read everything, amen?
I say then, hath God cast away Israel?
Is that what it says?
No it actually says, his people.
Cause here's the thing, God did cast away Israel, he just didn't cast away his people.
Now how do you know that?
Look at verse 15, for if the casting away of them, be the reconciling of the world.
So do we see a contradiction here?
Is there a contradiction?
Cause he's saying he's casting them away, and then in verse number 1 he says, he did
not cast them away.
No, what he's saying is that he hath not cast away his people who are saved people.
You see, one thing we have to understand is that in the Bible, there are two Israels.
There's two Israels.
You know, look at chapter 9, go back to chapter 9, and look at verse number 6, not as though
the word of God hath taken any effect, for they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.
Verse 7, neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children?
But in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
That is, they which are the children of the flesh.
These are not the children of God.
But the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
For this is the word of promise, at this time will I come and Sarah shall have a son.
And not only this, but when Rebekah also hath conceived by one, even by our father Isaac.
For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good evil, good or evil, excuse
me, that the purpose of God according to the election might stand, not of works, but of
him that calleth.
Go back to Romans chapter 11.
So we see that there are two Israels.
What are the two Israels?
Israel according to the flesh, and then you have the Israel of God.
Oh, that's not found in the Bible.
Go to Galatians chapter 6, verse 15 says, peace be upon the Israel of God.
And look, we can't say that God has two people.
That wouldn't coincide with Romans 11 one and Romans 11 15.
Because in Romans 11 one, he's telling us, I haven't cast away my people.
Yet in verse 15, talking about Israel, he says that they're cast away for the reconciling
of the world.
So what is the only conclusion we can come to that there are two Israels, those who are
according to the flesh and those who are actually the Israel of God.
Okay.
And it's further reinforced.
Look what it says in verse number one, it says, I say then have God cast away his people,
God forbid, for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin.
There you go.
Yeah, but here's the thing.
This is Paul speaking and he saved.
So there goes that argument.
It actually reinforces what we believe, right?
Because he's actually saved and he's basically saying that people who are Israelites according
to the flesh, but if they're Israelites, as far as the Israel of God is concerned, God
has not cast them away, but he had cast away those who are Israel according to the flesh.
Look what it says in verse number two, God have not cast away his people, which he what?
For knew.
Now that word should ring a bell with you.
Shouldn't it?
Go to Romans chapter number eight.
Look at Romans chapter eight, Romans chapter eight and verse 29.
It says for whom he did for know, right?
He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son.
Let me ask you a question.
Are the Jews of today being conformed to the image of Jesus?
No, they're actually being conformed to the image of the Antichrist, which is another
Jesus.
Okay.
To the image of a son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren, moreover whom
he did predestinate, them he also called, whom he also called, them he also justified
and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
So when Romans 11 tells us that God had not cast away his people, he's talking about those
whom he foreknew, which are referring to save people, those whom he justified.
He goes on to say, why ye not, go back to Romans 11 verse two, God hath not cast away
his people, which he foreknew, why ye not what the scripture saith of Elias, how he
maketh intercessions to God against Israel.
Now, here's another contradiction.
Because isn't, isn't Elias a part of Israel?
But yet he's making the distinction between Elias, who's a saved man, and Israel.
Think about that.
And look, this chapter, along with the latter end of Romans chapter 10, Paul the Apostle
is bringing out the, the, the dream team here.
Talk about Moses, Isaiah, Elias, and we haven't even gotten to what David says.
He's bringing the all-star, you know, team here, the special forces.
Why?
Because of the fact that the Jews very, they're very much, they, they, they, they respect
these prophets.
So even their own prophets, Moses, especially, right, Isaiah, David, and Elias are actually
against them.
So tell me this, how can there be just one when you have Elias actually praying against
Israel?
You know, you have this thing amongst Zionist Christians, they're like, pray for Israel,
pray for Israel.
You know, I mean, you know, Elias did pray for Israel.
The only difference is, is he prayed against them.
Okay.
How he maketh intercessions to God against Israel.
Hey, Elias would not be a popular Christian or a speaker in independent fundamental Baptist
churches of today.
Okay.
If he were to get up and behind the pulpits of the independent fundamental Baptist churches,
the vast majority of them of today, they would, they would think he's, he's an anti-Semite.
Like oh, you hate Israel and you, yeah, he hates them so much that he actually makes
intercessions against them.
You know what that means?
In the spirit, he's like praying against them.
Look what it goes on to say, verse three are saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets
and dig down thine altars and I am left alone and they seek my life.
Hmm.
They have killed thy prophets.
Well, that sounds familiar.
Go to Matthew chapter 23, Matthew chapter 23 and look at verse 29 of Matthew chapter
23.
Now in the New Testament, you have this religion of Judaism, very prevalent.
You see this all over the gospels and the religious leaders of Judaism are known as
the Pharisees, right?
The Pharisees, Sadducees, the scribes.
These are people who are responsible for moving the people to reject Jesus Christ.
Okay.
These are the spiritual leaders who reject Christ.
They hate Christ.
These are people who actually adhered not to the law of Moses, though they claim to,
they adhere to the traditions of their fathers, right?
Look at verse 29, woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because he build the
tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous and say, if we had been in
the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets.
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the children of them which kill
the prophets.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Look at what it says in verse 33, ye serpents, ye chosen generation, no, actually ye generation
of vipers.
What's a viper?
Oh, it's a snake.
What does that remind you of?
The serpent in Genesis chapter three.
What does that remind you of?
The devil.
What can we compare that with?
John chapter eight, ye are of your father, the devil.
See how the Bible just matches up perfectly.
It's so clear.
It's so distinct.
So when Elias is talking about, hey, they've killed thy prophets in the new Testament,
Jesus is preaching to their descendants of those who killed the prophets.
Go back to Romans 11.
Lord they have killed thy prophets, who, Israel.
Lord they have digged down thine altars, who, Israel.
Lord I am left alone and they seek my life, who, Israel.
Look we need, we can't just stop at verse number one, there's some juicy stuff all over
this chapter.
Okay.
Look what it says in verse four.
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.
So that very statement helps us to understand that those who are not part of that seven
thousand were bowed on their knees to Baal.
That basically shows us that the Israel, according to the flesh, were not serving God, they were
serving Baal.
Therefore they cannot be God's people if they're serving the devil.
Okay.
Now this is a very pivotal and important verse right here, verse four, okay, because it says
I have reserved to myself seven thousand prophets.
And that's going to help you to understand verse 26 of all Israel being saved.
Okay.
We'll get back to that in just a bit.
Verse five.
So he's saying this, look, hey, even, you know, in Elijah's day, there were seven thousand
prophets who had not bowed the knee to Baal, who were not part of the Israel according
to the flesh, who were not rejecting God, they were not bowing the knee to Baal.
And then he gives the immediate application to themselves of that day.
Look what it says in verse five.
Even so, even so, then at this present time, also there is a remnant according to the election
of grace.
So he says, look, just as there's seven thousand prophets who had not bowed the knee to Baal,
back in Elijah's day today, there's also a remnant, not that it's according to the election
of grace.
What does that mean?
That they're saved.
Just as Moses was saved, just as Isaiah was saved, just as Elijah was saved.
There's also a remnant, not just in Elijah's day, but also even in this day as well.
But is it according to the covenant?
Does it say according to the covenant that I made with their fathers?
No.
In fact, it says according to the election of grace.
Because of the fact that at this point, you have the people of God are made up of those
who are according to the election of grace, those who are saved.
Look at verse six.
And if by grace, then there's no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works, then there's no more grace, otherwise work is no more work.
Just kind of re-emphasizing the fact that it's not of works.
Now why would it do that?
Well, because of the fact that the Jews believe that it's by works.
They believe that everlasting life was achieved by keeping the law of Moses.
Oh, that's different than works.
It's the same thing.
You have to work to keep the law of God.
And they believe you had to keep the law of God in order to be saved.
They believe you have to be circumcised in order to be saved.
They believe you have to be a seed of Abraham, you have to keep the law of Moses.
They would put heavy burdens on them and they wouldn't even lift up one of their fingers.
Why?
Because they believed it was by works.
They had this self-righteous, holier than thou attitude.
Look at verse seven.
What then?
I like that.
What then?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it and
the rest were blinded.
I love this verse.
Because people like to say that the Jews are the elect.
And they like to put that label on the Jews for every single time that it's mentioned
throughout the New Testament.
That's how they squirm their way around Matthew 24.
They're gathering together his elect, referring to saved people.
They'll say that it's referring to the Jews and they'll put that label to every Christ-rejecting
Jew that's found in the New Testament.
But there's a big problem with that.
Why?
Because verse seven says that Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but
the election hath obtained it.
That would be a major contradiction.
If the elect were Israel, how is it that Israel hath not obtained but the election hath obtained
it?
What makes perfect sense is the election is referring to saved people.
And it says there that the rest were blinded, the rest of Israel were blinded.
Look at verse eight.
According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they
should not see and ears that they should not hear unto this day.
Now look what it says there.
Does it say that they've given themselves a spirit of slumber?
No, it says that God gave it to them.
What's that called?
We had an entire conference this week called Make America Straight Again, and it was founded
upon the doctrine of the reprobate doctrine.
And what is the reprobate doctrine?
It's the doctrine that teaches that God can give someone over to a reprobate mind.
And what does reprobate mean?
It means they're rejected, reprobate concerning the faith.
In other words, they can't believe.
I don't think that God would ever do that.
He just did it right there in verse eight.
God hath given them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, ears that they should
not hear unto this day.
Now is it any coincidence that in chapter 10 and verse 17 it says, so then faith cometh
by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
And yet here in Romans chapter 11 and verse number eight, it says ears that they should
not hear.
Hear what?
The gospel, so that they can believe by faith.
Would God do that?
Look at John chapter 12.
Go to John chapter 12.
John chapter 12 and look at verse 37.
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him.
This is talking about the Jews.
That the saying of Isaiah is the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath
believed our report and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Therefore they could not believe because that Isaiah said again, he hath blinded their eyes.
So why is it that they could not believe?
Because God had blinded their eyes and hardened their heart that they should not see with
their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them.
There you go.
You know, the vast majority of Jews today are reprobate.
That's just it.
The vast majority of the nation of Israel, individuals, I'm talking about the nation's
reprobate.
We understand that.
Okay.
I don't think anyone can argue that.
The nation is reprobate.
But you know what?
The vast majority of the individuals are also reprobate as well.
Why?
Because God has given them a spirit of slumber.
Eyes that they should not see, ears that they should not hear and be converted and God can
heal them because he doesn't want to save them because they rejected him.
Now are there individual, are there pockets of people out there that can be saved that
are Jews?
Absolutely.
Maybe you're watered down Jew who's just like not going to the synagogue and you know,
I don't know.
Just is not very grounded in Judaism.
Yeah, possibly.
But I guarantee you the vast majority of them are reprobate.
Okay.
Look at verse number nine.
It says of Romans 11, and David saith, let their table be made a snare.
Who's their table?
Yeah.
Who's their table?
Israel.
You know, people get mad at us because we have these imprecatory prayers towards faggots,
towards false prophets because we want these people to die and go to hell quickly.
I'm just following David's example.
Let their table, I'm not even as specific as David either.
Let their table be made a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense unto
them.
What is a recompense?
In other words, let them reap the fruit of their doings is what he's saying.
Let their eyes be darkened.
What does that mean?
Well, we just saw in verse number eight, darken means so they cannot see, right?
That they may not see and bow down their back all the way.
Now, you know, we can't expound on this completely without going to Psalm 69 where this actually
comes from.
When you see a New Testament rendition or a quotation, you need to go back to get the
complete meaning, amen?
Go to Psalm 69.
Psalm 69.
This is the complete, you know, unfiltered version of what we see in the New Testament.
Now, look, Paul the apostle didn't just cut it off because he's just like, oh, this is
too controversial.
I can't quote it.
The people knew what he was talking about because he specifically said David said this.
So that means the people of that day can go back to what see what David said and really
tell us how you really feel about it, right?
Look at verse number 22, let their table become a snare before them that they would should
have been for their welfare.
Let it become a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened that they see not and make their loins continually to shake.
Pour out the indignation upon them and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate and let none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, who?
Jesus.
So what is the recompense that David is talking about here?
He's talking about the fact that they crucified Jesus and they talked to the grief of those
whom thou has wounded, add iniquity unto their iniquity.
What does that mean to add iniquity unto their iniquity?
Well Romans 2 puts it this way, let them, you know, the treasure of wrath unto the day
of wrath.
Just make your damnation that much the worse is what that's referring to.
To add iniquity unto their iniquity, you know, people who have the greater sin will receive
a greater condemnation.
That's what he's talking about there.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be ridden with the righteous.
Now he got his prayers answered because when it says let them be blotted out of the book
of the living, he's actually asking the Lord, let them become reprobate.
Because you either get your name blotted out of the book of life if you die without Christ
or if you become a reprobate before you die.
So people who are reprobate actually get their names blotted out of the book of life while
they're here on this earth.
That's what the Bible says that they're twice dead plucked up by the roots.
Their names are blotted out.
People who tamper with the word of God, they remove verses, they try to add verses.
The Bible tells us that their names are blotted out of the book of life.
So David is saying here, let them be reprobate.
Don't let them be saved.
And you know what?
God answered that prayer.
In fact, look at verse 19 says, thou has known my reproach and my shame and my dishonor.
My adversaries are all before me.
Reproach has broken my heart.
I am full of heaviness and I look for some to take pity, but there was none and for comforters,
but I found none.
They gave me also gall for my meat and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Who's that talking about Jesus.
Now David is the one quoting this in the spirit, but it's basically a prophecy of Jesus Christ.
So the day that he's referring to, according to Romans 11 is Israel.
Okay.
So he's just caking on this condemnation upon the physical nation of Israel.
Okay.
Look at verse 11.
Let's go back to Romans chapter 11.
Now a lot of people even like to quote verses 11 through 15 to kind of just kind of soften
the blow.
The fact that God has just cast them away to deny God's chosen people.
But we really got to, when you read it, you got to pay attention to what you're reading
here.
Look at verse 11.
I say to them, have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid.
So they're saying, look, they didn't stumble that they should just fall.
But look what it goes on to say, but rather through their fall.
So did they fall?
Yes.
What he's stating here is that they didn't fall just for no reason.
There is a purpose behind their fall.
And what was the purpose?
It says, but rather through their fall, salvation is come unto the Gentiles for to provoke them
to jealousy.
So he's saying, yes, you know, they're not falling for just for no reason, just because
God just wanted them to fall.
God's not a Calvinist.
You see what I'm saying?
There's a purpose behind it.
They rejected him, therefore, he's going to use their fall, right, to bring salvation
unto the Gentiles.
Look at verse 12.
Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the
riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness.
Now I want you to notice first that he says that they've fallen and they've been diminished.
Okay.
But then he talks about their fullness.
Now what is their fullness?
What is that referring to?
Well, if you talk to the dipsticks, they're going to tell you that the fullness is when
they see Christ coming on the white horse in Revelation chapter 19.
And that's how they get saved, you know, all Israel shall be saved.
But that's not what it is.
Because when it tells us here their fullness, it's basically telling us, as we saw in verse
number 7, the rest were blinded.
And in fact, look at verse 25, it says that blindness in part has happened to Israel.
So if you have something in part, what does that mean?
It means it's not full.
So because there's blindness in part, that means part of Israel is not saved.
Part of Israel is still reprobate.
Here it's talking about the fullness of Israel, right?
When all Israel shall be saved.
And I'll explain what that means in just a bit.
Look at verse 13, for I speak to you Gentiles, and as much as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
I magnify mine office.
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are in my flesh and might save
some of them.
Well, look, Paul, he still had a heart for his brethren according to the flesh.
He wanted to save them, right?
And in fact, we see that through the book of Acts, you know, he was even willing to
disobey God to get the Jews saved.
What do you mean by that?
Because God gave the great commission to get out of Jerusalem.
And what did Paul keep doing?
He kept going back to Jerusalem.
He said, go to the Gentiles.
Now, given he was the one who's going to the Gentiles more than the other apostles, but
even he had his moments throughout his three missionary trips where he would constantly
go back to Jerusalem, always go back to Jerusalem and want to see them saved.
Okay.
Now look at verse number 15, for if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,
what shall the receiving of them be?
Now, I'm going to chase a rabbit here, but it's a good rabbit, okay?
Verse 15 says for if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world.
Now let's talk about the reprobate doctrine real quick, okay?
You know, like I was talking to Pastor McMurtry and we're talking about the reprobate doctrine
where we're at the airport and we're basically just explaining where we're talking to each
other about it and just, you know, just talking doctrine about the reprobate doctrine.
Then we're going to Jeremiah chapter six and just kind of just reinforcing what we believe
and stuff.
And he brought up this point.
He said, yeah, you know, some people even bring up, he's like, what's that verse?
And basically what the verse he was referring to was, but I keep under my body and bring
it into subjection lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should
be a castaway.
And he was explaining how castaway, the Greek word there, is the same word for reprobate.
And it is.
I'm not going to argue with that.
That's what it is.
But these people who love the fags and they're just these fag hags who just, you know, they're
just these love these filthy perverts, you know, they don't want to, they just have this
hard time understanding that people could get past the point where you can no longer
be saved.
And I even had a person, this idiot that I used to work with, this fool who brought the
same scripture to my attention of keeping under your body, bringing it into subjection,
lest by any means when I preach to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Now during that time I was not studying Greek, but he was telling me, you know, in the Greek
it's reprobate, in the Greek it's reprobate, in the Greek it's reprobate.
And I was like, you don't even know Greek.
What are you talking about?
How do you even know that?
Do you speak Greek?
But later on I thought, I found out, yeah, he's right.
It does say reprobate for castaway.
But here's the difference.
Reprobate means what?
Rejected.
And the Bible defines for us through context what exactly is being rejected and what are
they being rejected concerning what?
So when it talks about fags, when it talks about these wicked homosexual pervert dogs
and it says that they're reprobate, it actually says that they're reprobate concerning the
faith.
So they're rejected concerning the ability to believe.
So these people want to use that against us, right?
They want to use reprobate.
Oh, you know what it says, let's say I myself should be a reprobate and I myself should
be a castaway.
Okay, let's use that same definition, buddy, for castaway in verse number 15 regarding
your beloved Jews.
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, you know what that means?
Your precious Jews are reprobate, even according to you.
They're castaway, they're reprobate.
That's what that's referring to, okay?
What shall the receiving of them be?
And look, these Christians have this weird way of studying the Bible where they only
like to quote like half of the verse.
That's just like their favorite part.
You know, they just quote the parts that they like and they don't quote anything else.
Because they're like the receiving of them, they're going to be received.
And then, you know, Revelation 19, when he comes on the white horse, they'll be received
because they're going to obey Jesus Christ coming on the white horse.
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?
So who are the ones that are going to be received?
Those who are dead.
You say, what are you talking about?
Oh, you know, the Jews who have died in times past who were saved, what shall the receiving
of them be?
It's called the resurrection.
That shall be the receiving of them, life from the dead.
And in fact, in Daniel chapter 12 verse 13, the last verse of the book of Daniel, it tells
us what?
It says, Daniel shall stand in the last days, he shall stand in his lot.
What is that talking about?
It's talking about what we see here.
He shall be received, life from the dead.
So is he saying that he's going to receive Christ rejecting Israel?
These bunch of Moloch worshiping, devil worshiping, Baal worshiping, you know, warmongers, pedophiles,
Judaic observers, these Torah observant Jews, someone give me another name, give me something
else, these skullcap wearing, Jerry curled sideburn, Jews, is that who that's talking
about?
No, the receiving of them, them is referring to those who are already dead.
Those who had died in the Old Testament, who are of Israel, not those who are Christ rejectors
today.
Okay.
It makes sense, doesn't it?
You know, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving
of them be?
But life from the dead, those are the ones that Jesus is going to receive.
Those are the ones are the ones that he's going to resurrect.
The ones he's going to rapture are those who have already died.
They're in Christ.
And guess what?
They're no longer Jew.
Okay.
Look at verse 16, for if the first fruits be holy, the lump is also holy.
And if the root be holy, so are the branches.
What is he saying?
The tie that we have to Christ is the fact that we're saved.
Okay.
That's what he's saying.
Look, if the branches, excuse me, if the first fruits be holy, the lump is also holy.
Why?
Because Christ.
And if the root be holy, so are the branches.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild olive tree, I like that
name, were grafted, graft in among them, and with them partake us of the root and fatness
of the olive tree, boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root be.
But who's the root?
Jesus.
What is it telling us there?
The same thing it's telling us in Ephesians chapter two, verse eight through nine.
You know, where it talks about, for by grace are you saved through faith, and that not
of yourselves, not of works, lest any man should boast.
You know, the fact that we are in Christ, we can't boast of that.
The fact that we're part of the chosen generation, we cannot boast of that.
We did nothing to earn that.
Okay.
If any man glory, let him glory in the cross of Christ.
Let him glory in the Lord.
Why?
Because we don't bear the root, but the root be.
Verse 19, thou wilt say then, the branches were broken off, that I might be graft in.
Well, well, that's true.
Well, because of unbelief, they were broken off.
So why were they broken off?
Why did they become reprobate?
Because they chose not to believe.
And thou standest by faith, be not high minded, but fear.
For if God spare not the natural branches, take heed, lest he also spare not thee.
Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God on them which fell, severity, but toward
thee goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou also shall be cut off.
Now, when it's referring to these branches, it's not referring to individuals.
What is it referring to?
Nations.
And nations can be cut off.
They can become reprobate just as the nation of Israel became a reprobate.
Okay.
Verse 23, and they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graft in, for
God is able to graft them in again.
For if thou were cut out of the olive tree, which is wild by nature, and were graft contrary
to nature into a good olive tree, how much more shall these which be the natural branches
be graft into their own olive tree?
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should
be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fullness
of the Gentiles be come in.
So we saw in verse number seven that the rest were blinded, right?
Referring to Israel.
And then it says in verse 25 that blindness in part is happened unto Israel until the
fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
So this side of the millennial reign, we will never see a perfect Israel.
Because blindness in part is happened unto Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles
be come in.
Now, you know, I've heard the interpretation that, you know, all Israel being saved is
referring to the coming of Christ, the first coming, when he came, he died on the cross.
And I don't necessarily have a problem with that.
I wouldn't necessarily believe that.
Just because we see the phrase here, the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
And you compare that with Revelation chapter 13, you compare with Luke chapter 16, the
times of the Gentiles, this is a time period that takes place that covers a span of three
and a half years.
From the rapture thereafter into the millennial reign, okay?
You say, well, how do you know that?
How do you know that the fullness of the Gentiles is referring to that?
Well, because of verse 26 gives us the result of the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the
deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Now, look, ungodliness was not turned away from Jacob when Christ came in Bethlehem's
teenager.
Ungodliness was not turned away from Jacob when Jesus Christ died on the cross, right?
Obviously he died and he died for the sins of the world.
But here's the thing, all Israel was not saved, okay?
In fact, when it says all Israel shall be saved, that word saved doesn't mean justified
either.
Sorry to break it to you.
Every time the Bible says saved, it doesn't mean like justified, okay?
So how do you know that this is not talking about salvation and justification?
Well, because of the fact that you have multiple times throughout the New Testament where the
word saved is being used and it's not in reference to justification.
So what does it mean?
Well, if you remember, I told you to remember verse 4, I have reserved to myself 7,000 men
who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
What's another word for saved?
To reserve something, right?
If I tell you, hey, I'm going to be late, save me a seat.
What am I saying?
Reserve me a seat.
So in Elijah's day, you had 7,000 people who were saved, amen?
They were reserved.
God put them aside and they were reserved because they had not bowed to the image of
Baal.
In Paul's time, there was a remnant who was saved, they were reserved.
And you know what?
In the end times during a millennial reign, all Israel, not just in part, but their fullness
right?
All Israel shall be saved.
All Israel shall be reserved.
Because at that point, ungodliness is removed from Israel.
Because what do you have Jesus doing at the beginning of the millennial reign?
Those men who didn't want me to reign over them, slay them before me.
You know, I want to hear someone old-eyed beer talk about that verse.
What does that mean, pastor?
Isaiah ran into this verse, what does this verse mean?
Who is he talking about, preacher?
He's talking about the Jews.
He's going to slay them.
Go to Jeremiah chapter 6.
Jeremiah chapter 6.
Let's look at a couple of things here, just to further prove this point.
Now in the book of Jeremiah, you have Israel being given over to idolatry.
And look, many generations of Israel became reprobate as a nation.
You know, then he would have to start over with a new generation, and they had the opportunity
and the responsibility to trust the Lord and believe on the Lord as a nation, right?
And look what it says here in verse number 28 of Jeremiah 6, excuse me.
It says, they are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders.
They are brass and iron, they're all corruptors, referring to the nation of Israel.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire, the founder melteth in vain.
It says here, melteth in vain, for the wicked are not plucked away.
So when he's talking about the founder, who is the founders, who is that referring to?
When it says the founder melteth in vain, who is that talking about?
The Lord.
You got to understand who's he referring to.
What is he talking about when the founder melteth in vain?
It's talking about the fact that God is judging Israel.
He's pouring fire on them.
He's allowing them to be judged.
He's allowing them to be overcome by a foreign enemy.
But what is he saying?
The founder melteth in vain.
What does this mean?
He's like, it's just a waste.
Why is it a waste?
Well, a founder who is melting brass, gold, silver is doing it to remove the dross from
the silver, from the gold.
But you know what?
If you cannot remove the dross, if you cannot remove the impurities, if you cannot remove
the filth, guess what?
The founder melteth in vain.
So what happens when you melt in vain?
Verse 20 to verse 30, reprobate silver, shall men call them because the Lord has rejected
them.
I can't take the impurities from these things.
So reprobate silver, it's useless.
Why?
Because the wicked are not plucked away.
They're not being taken out.
I think you're reading too much into that.
Go to Proverbs chapter 28, excuse me, Proverbs chapter 25, Proverbs chapter 28 is a good
chapter too though.
You can read that later.
Proverbs 25, look at verse number four, we see this principle here.
Look what it says in verse number four of Proverbs 25, take away the dross from the
silver and there shall come forth the vessel for the finer.
Right?
Now, look at verse number five and let's look at it through the lens of the millennial reign.
Take away the wicked from before the king and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Bam.
And what do we see at the millennial reign?
We see ungodliness being removed from Israel.
So what Israel failed to do in Jeremiah chapter six, because the founder was melting in vain
because the wicked were not plucked away.
We see Jesus Christ succeeding in the millennial reign.
So he removes the dross.
So at that point they're no longer reprobating, amen.
The nation is not reprobate, why?
Because reprobate is already removed.
And the Bible tells us here that when you take away the wicked from before the king,
King Jesus, his throne shall be established in righteousness.
What does that mean?
It means all Israel shall be saved.
All Israel shall be reserved.
All Israel will be the elect, okay?
All Israel will be there.
Their fullness is at the millennial reign, is what that's referring to, okay?
Go back to Romans chapter 11.
This is good stuff, amen.
So it says here, and so all Israel shall be saved as it is written, there shall come out
of Zion the deliverer, Jesus, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
For this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes.
The Jews are enemies because they want to hinder the gospel.
But as touching the election, those who are saved, they are beloved for the Father's sake,
for the gifts and callings of God are without repentance, for as ye in times past have not
believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief.
Even so have these also now not believed that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
So what is this talking about?
Well, it's referring to those who are even in Israel who have not bowed the knee to Baal,
but you know what?
They're not saved as of yet.
They still have an opportunity to be saved, right?
The nation as a whole has become reprobate, but there are individuals, there's still individuals
today that can be saved that are Jews.
But it's very far, few, and in between.
It doesn't happen very often, okay?
And we'll stop right there.
So what is Romans chapter 11 teaching us?
It's basically teaching us, you know, there's no hope, basically, for this nation because
it's already become reprobate, you know?
And Baptists just need to just humble themselves and just say, you know what?
Just forget it.
We're wrong.
They're done.
And stop trying to use Romans 11 as your proof text because that's the most embarrassing
thing that the chapter that you can use because it's so damning to their doctrine.
All over.
Look, we got Moses has our back, Isaiah has our back, Elijah has our back, David has our
back, and Paul has our back.
Why?
Because they're explaining here that the fullness, the election, the Israel of God are saved
people and these people, the fullness, when all Israel shall be saved, it's not until
the millennial reign, okay?
And look, I'm okay with that.
When you talk about, you know, Israel and the Jews and you're referring to those who
are dead, who are going to be in the millennial reign, amen to that.
That's true.
But don't say that the Jews are God's chosen people of today.
That's a false doctrine, okay?
That's pretty much it.
Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer.
Father, we thank you so much for your word.
Thank you for Romans 11.
I've read it through many times throughout the years, but it's just still so powerful,
still so packed in with so much truth, and thank you, Lord, that in the New Testament,
your people, your chosen generation, your royal priesthood, the holy nation could be
made up of just believers.
And thank you so much for that.
And you know, we shouldn't boast of that.
Let us glory in the cross of Christ, let us glory in the Lord, and not boast in ourselves
because we're not bearing the root but the root of us.
And I pray, God, that you'd help us to continue to learn and grow in this area.
And bless all there is.
Bless the fellowship to follow.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Hallelujah.