Lesson 118
Romans Chapter Nine
The Faithfulness of God to
Review:
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When God desired to bless humanity.
He chose to do so
through the channel of
I will speak with
I will give to
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One last thing; All
future hope for any real peace in the world is going to come via
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As important as it is to be properly oriented to the Church age; it is as vital
to see the proper place of
It is the key to the
past, it is the key to the future!
#2.
"and the glory" this reflects what is probably one of the
greatest miracle of Scripture!
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The glory is a sign of God's divine presence with
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God gave the people of
#1 it indicated
God's presence. Nu
14:14
#2
it reminded them that they were the object of God's guidance, provision and
protection;
Note:
Just think of the logistics of moving
600,000 men, not counting the families; total probably in excess of 2 million;
across a desert, no water, no twin arches, sand doesn't digest very well;
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There's another aspect related to the presence of God in the cloud in the
tabernacle/temple.
Because it is the
place for the functional presence of the Lord, of YHWH, the place of fellowship
with Him, the place was also called, the "tent of the meeting" and
the "tent of the testimony."
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The way of expressing fellowship, an ongoing relationship with God was through
tabernacle terms;
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Psa. 15:1 "abide in your tent"
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Psa. 23:6 "dwell in the house of the
Lord"
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Psa. 24:3-4 "His holy place"
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"tent of the testimony" Num.
#3.
"and the covenants" plural; Abrahamic with its provisions;
Palestinian, Davidic and the New; all flow out of it. [reviewed
at the beginning]
#4.
"and the giving of the law" Mosaic law to govern their social, political
and religious life.
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was a conditional covenant; if you do this I will do this.
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nation with a divinely given constitution is
#5.
"and the (temple) service";
latreia
= refers to the ceremonial ritual of
the tabernacle & temple;
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#6.
"the promises" ai, evpaggeli,ai,
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not only the things related to the provisions of the
covenants but also eschatologically the promise of a coming Messiah and His
rule and reign.
9:5 Continues the
Advantages
#7. "whose are
the fathers";
w-n oi` pate,rej
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refers to the patriarchs, the regenerate line; through which comes their true
heritage, Abe,
Isaac and Jacob;
#8.
(last and greatest)
"and from whom is the Christ according to the
flesh,"
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The Messiah the coming anointed one is from
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1:3 the Son, "a descendant of David according to the flesh."
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In Jn
What is said here can only be said of Deity?
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"Blessed" = euvloghto,j; verbal adjective; indicates one who is worthy of blessing, based on
their character!
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The whole phrase appears as it does here 2 other times, 2 Cor 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3
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We are blessed by God NOT on the basis of our personal merit; but on the basis
of our position IN CHRIST!
So what happened to
them; in spite of all of these blessings, What has
happened to
We find the answer
in the following context - Rom 9:6-13.
3. 9:6-13 God's faithfulness to
#1 not based on
their genealogy;
physical descent 9:6-10
Apparently, some
were already questioning whether God had failed to keep His Word to the
Israelites.
"But it is not as though God's word
had failed." (Romans 9:6a)
Don't conclude that there has been a change
in the promise to