Who is "ALL Israel" in Romans 11? 

My search for more interviews of Dr. Jason A. Staples brought up this good interview. Thank you!

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As an aside though prttinent is that though the church is the chosen, in Rom. 21:28, national Israel is called the elect, though they are still under the Law of Moses.

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It has always seemed to me that there is in the scriptures the Lord's preogative to conceal a matter, as it says in Proverbs. At present it appears that there is no way assimilated Jews could be saved. However what things are impossible with man are possible with God. In Zech. 13:8, it says that during the time of Jacob's Trouble, two thirds of the Jews get cut off and die, but the other third makes it to the end. But this does not mean especially that the 2/3s do not get saved through death.

Sure, fair enough, nuance is needed, Judeans are a subset of Israel. Does that mean the Gentile Church is a new Israel? Is that where it is going? How about then the distinction between Israel and the nations? Jesus called Nathaniel who is a Galilean a true Israelite, I am starting to wonder if it was because (among other things) he was also a Galilean from Cana...But Jesus also said that salvation is from the Jews...We also have distinct groups like Ethiopian Jews, Indian Jews, rumors of Igbo people of Nigeria and the Pashtuns of Afghanistan to be somehow lost tribes...

Where are the " dead in Christ"? 1 Thes 4:16

Israel was not a country or land. Dig deeper and beyond what you are told to believe.

"Jew" (Yehudi) is derived from Judah (Yehudah), one of the tribes of Israel. Modern Jews are the descendants of the Southern Kingdom of Judah (which included Jews and Benjaminites).

Paul tells us in Romans 9:6b, "For they are not all Israel who are of Israel ... " All Israel are the Israelites whose righteousness comes by faith as was done by Abraham. In verse 10:3, Paul tells us that the Israelites who are not saved, "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God." (Verses 10:12,13, Paul tells us, "For their is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For 'whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'") In 11:2b-6, Paul reminds us that Elijah complained to God that he must be the only Israelite faithful to Him. God told Elijah that there were 7000 men who remained faithful to Him. Paul comments, "Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work." In chapter 11, Paul uses the analogy (modified for religious instruction) about olive trees in which non-productive branches (unbelieving Jews) are cut off and productive branches (believing Gentiles) are grafted in. In verse 11:23, Paul tells us, "And [unbelieving Jews] also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again." All Israel is all of the believing, saved Israelites (predominantly called Jews for past 2 1/2 millenniums).

An Israelite is any person who is physically descended from the man, Israel (formerly known as Jacob). A Jew [Judahite], in the ethic sense, is any person who is physically descended from the man, Judah. Whilst all Judahites are Israelites, not all Israelites are Judahites. In other words, Judahites are a sub-group within the larger group of Israelites (just as all Cockneys (those born within the sound of Bow bells in Bow, east London) are Englishmen, not all Englishmen (myself included) are cockneys. A Jew, in the religious sense, is anyone who is an adherent of the religion (faith) of Judaism. An Israeli is anyone, regardless of ethic origin, who is a citizen of the nation-state of Israel. When Paul talks about ‘all Israel’ he is talking about those who are physically descended from the man Israel. That is not to say that only Israel will be saved (Jn.10:16; Acts.15:13-14) but that when Scripture refers to Israel it is talking about the physical descendants of Jacob/Israel and not to believing Gentiles or ‘the Church’ who are ‘the [grafted in wild olive branches] commonwealth of Israel’ (Eph.2:11-22) rather than Israel proper. Simonline🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤔🙏😀👍🇮🇱

So all Israël basically means: all the ( 12) tribes of Israël. This already started to happen in the first century from the time that the gospel was preached to the Gentiles, according to God's plan. The 10 tribes were ( still are) among the Gentiles and they were reached with the gospel. But... only those of them that believed the gospel ( believed in Jesus) got saved. Faith was and is still the requirement for salvation and not ancestry or race. God always had a remnant , people in Israël ( Old Covenant) who were faithful and obedient. They were the true Israël of God. And even today only a part will be saved: from Jews, from the 10 other tribes and from the Gentiles. Only those who believe. Blessings from the Netherlands.

I really don't understand this entire conversation but let me share my belief about Israelites, Jews, Paul and modern-day Christianity. Anyone here is welcome to share their thoughts. Firstly and historically, not all blood Israelites are Jews but all Jews are Israelites. When the Kingdom of Israel was divorced from Abba and taken into captivity these people were assimilated into other cultures where they ultimately lost their identity as children of Abba. When I say this, they may know that historically they were children of Israel but they knew they had been divorced from Abba and there was no way back to being in covenant with him. Some likely remembered such as the Samaritans and others likely completely forgot their heritage and just assumed they were gentiles. Let's back up some. Abba married all of Israel at the base of Mount Sinai. When Israel accepted the terms of Abba's covenant Israel became Abba's wife. After Israel split into two kingdoms - Israel and Judah - the Kingdom of Israel sinned significantly under what Abba called adultery by worshiping foreign gods. After many warnings Abba divorced Israel recorded in Jeremiah chapter 3 and sent them into slavery where they assimilated with other cultures. Many completely lost their identity as Israelites while others knew they were past Israelites but believed that once divorced from Abba they would never be allowed back into a covenant with him. Although Judah was taken into captivity they came back to the land and rebuilt the temple and kept their traditions as Jews and did not forget their heritage. Jews also knew the biblical laws on marriage that Abba could not remarry Israel. They still believe this today therefore they believe that they are the only chosen people left in covenant with Abba. Now we see the mystery of the Gospel come to play spoken of by Paul. So how could Israel be brought back into a covenant marriage relationship with Abba without Abba breaking his own marriage laws? “Then her former husband [Abba Yahweh] who divorced her [Israel] must not take her [Israel] back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh.” (Deut 24) Remember Hosea chapter 1? “For you are not My people, and I will not be your God.” The only way the wife (Northern Kingdom Israel) could be released of her fate of having been put away and divorced by Abba was for Abba (her husband) to die which would annul and dissolve the original marriage contract. Paul understood that when, using the law to explain, he reminded the Jews (who knew the law) that the law only has jurisdiction over a person until their death. When the person dies, any judgments, contracts, or obligations are then dissolved as Paul explains in Romans 7. Paul explains how the wife is freed from the “law of the husband” (the marriage contract), which had kept her out of the covenant relationship with her former husband as explained in Deuteronomy. So then if, while her husband [Abba] lives, she [Israel] marries another man [Baal or other gods.] , she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is FREE FROM THAT LAW, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. (Rom 7) Herein lies the mystery of the Gospel. Israel is eligible to marry Jesus / Yeshua which is the word manifested in the flesh. You may say Abba manifested in the flesh. Yeshua’s resurrection, therefore, is the crux of the matter! Without the resurrection, Israel would have been free to marry another, but not to the very one who promised himself to her FOREVER. Now having risen from the dead, the Old Husband was actually a NEW Husband. All of the lawlessness (her adultery) of the first marriage was literally buried with Yeshua (the Husband, Yahweh in the flesh). Now he was free to remarry his former wife without breaking his own instructions. His new marriage would be a NEW COVENANT/TESTAMENT with Israel! Read Jeremiah 31:31. Many of the scattered gentiles around the Middle East knew that they were historical Israelites that were divorced from Abba. Paul is spreading the good news that there is a restoration through Yeshua's death and Resurrection for these lost Israelites. “Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles [scattered Israel, out of covenant] in the flesh…that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world But now in Christ Yeshua you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Eph 2) The New Covenant is not a new basis of grace, but is rather a gracious, renewed marriage covenant between Abba and His divorced wife Israel (not the current nation of Israel) who had been scattered to the nations, just as Abba had promised would happen. Judah also committed adultery but was never divorced from Abba although she was just as treacherous as her sister Israel. Abba also promised that he would join the two houses back together as depicted in the imagery of a stick, broken in two, which becomes one again: “Thus says the Abba Yahweh: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”‘ (Ezekiel chapter 7) Therefore, Yeshua’s death on the cross annulled Judah’s marriage contract with Yahweh and thereby allowed for the House of Judah to have a new covenant with Yahweh (because their first marriage was marked by gross adultery) even though she was never divorced. Judah could have a new relationship with Yahweh and so too Israel could come back into fellowship with her husband. Yeshua gave Good News to both the House of Israel and to the House of Judah when he “came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.” (Eph 2:17) Through the work of Yeshua on the cross, the two houses now “both have access by one Spirit to the Father.” (Eph 2:18) And truly, those of the House of Israel are “no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,” (Eph 2:19) Thus, while the barrier to restoration has been removed, the reunification is not complete and will not be complete until the fullness of the nations/Israel comes in, as Paul explained to his Jewish brethren: “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob; and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” (Romans 11) Am I suggesting that only blood Israelites and blood Jews are eligible for salvation? Absolutely not. Abba set forth a precedent when the children of Israel were set free from Egypt by allowing other people to join Israel. “And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. A MIXED MULTITUDE also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. (Exodus 12:37-38) People, though not born Israelite, could become fully Israelite by joining in covenant with Abba. Being Israelite is a matter of faith and obedience. One of these persons is a very well-known Old Testament character, Caleb, who was one of the two spies sent by Moses to spy out the land of Palestine, who trusted in Abba and urged Israel to attack. The Bible consistently calls him a Kenizzite (Josh. 14:6), and we know they were one of the clans of Edom (Gen. 36:11). The significant thing about Caleb and these Kenites is that they were connected to tribes of Israel. Caleb was even a leader of a tribe. Hence, they had fully joined Israel, even to the point of being placed in a particular tribe. Historically Abba had an open door to those who came to Israel for refuge or who wanted to become Israelites. This precedent persists to the present day. Anyone who covenants with Abba through his son Yeshua joins spiritual Israel. If one does not join in covenant with Abba they are not considered part of Israel. Therefore, it can be said, “all Israel will be saved”.

Romans Chapter 11: In its New Covenant context... There is no Plan B of salvation outside of the New Covenant Church in this passage. Plan A is found in verses 23 and 24. In Romans 1:16 Paul said the Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews. This time period can be found in Matt. 10:5-7, and Acts 10:36-38, and Gal. 1:14-18. Many try to claim God never gave the Jews a chance to accept Christ, so there must be some Plan B of salvation before or during the Second Coming of Christ. Romans 1:16 proves they are wrong, since Paul said the Gospel went "first" to the Jews. Many ignore the fact that Peter addressed the crowd as "men of Judea", and as "men of Israel", and as "all the house of Israel" on the Day of Pentecost, when about 3,000 Israelites accepted the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary. The Gentiles were not grafted in until several years later. This passage proves Paul was right about the Gospel being taken "first" to the Jews. Were all of the Israelites "partially" hardened in Romans 11, or were part hardened and another part were not hardened? The answer is found in the "remnant" of Romans 11:5. Paul reveals two different groups of Israelites in Romans 9:6-8. There is an Israel of the promise, and an Israel of the flesh. This is part of the context of Romans 11. Paul speaks about the "remnant" of Israel in Romans 9:27. This is also part of the context of Romans 11. Paul starts Romans 11 with two different groups of Israelites. In verse one Paul reveals he is still an Israelite, even after his conversion. Then Paul refers to two different groups of Israelites during the time of Elijah. There were the Baal worshippers, and there was the faithful "remnant". In verse five Paul says there is also a faithful "remnant" of Israelites during his time. This must be the Israelites who have accepted Christ, as on the Day of Pentecost. Paul uses the two olive trees as a symbol of the New Covenant Church made up of believing Israelites, and believing Gentiles grafted together into the same tree. The unbelieving Israelites have been broken off but can be grafted back in through faith in Christ in verses 23-24. Verse 26 is the problem for many modern Christians. What does the verse actually say, and how is it changed by many in the modern Church. I have heard two of our nations famous preachers say the following. "And then all Israel will be saved..." I have heard another say the following. "And all Israel will be saved..." What does God's Word, recorded by the Apostle Paul actually say? Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: The English word "so" is translated from the Greek word "houto", which is an adverb of manner, instead of an adverb of timing. Some have changed the word from "so" to "then", in order to change the meaning of the verse. How will all of the "remnant" of Israel from Romans 9:27 be saved? The answer is found in the verses that precede verse 26 and are found below. Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. Rom 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? Paul quoted from the OT in referring to the Deliverer coming out of Sion to pay for sin. Did this happen at Calvary, or will Jesus die again for His people in the future? Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Verse 28 can only be understood by looking at how Paul started the passage. He started with two different groups of Israelites and he ends the passage in the same way. There are two different groups of "they" in verse 28. One group of "they" reject Christ and are the enemies of God, and another group of "they" are the election which accept Christ through hearing the Gospel and faith. Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. Based on Luke 21:24b-28, the times of the Gentiles comes to fullness at the Second Coming of Christ. This agrees with what Paul said in Romans 1:16 about the Gospel going “first” to the Jews.