Lesson 146
Romans Chapter Eleven
The Faithfulness of God
Grace and the Future of
This
passage does not teach that the national promises to
While
believing Gentiles share in the blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen.
12:3b) as Abraham's spiritual children on the basis of faith (Gal. 3:8-9), they
do not permanently replace
[Gen.
12:2-3;
- Not only do you have a major difference in when the Lord
returns but also a major difference in answering the question what happened to
all the O.T. promises made to
Theologians
today, when dealing with
-
have a future = premillennialist
-
have no future = Amillennialist
- What is the Tie/thread that is common to both
Salvation
by faith; it is that by which Abraham is the father, the pattern for believers;
in other words all are connected to the root the same way, by faith.
Conclusion
There are a few important truths are taught in this text
which we should pull together in conclusion.
(1) Privileges and blessings bring greater responsibility,
but they do not indicate superiority.
(2) Grace gives the believer a new perspective on failure
and a new perspective on "success."
(3) The failures of men in the past are a warning to us in
the present.
(4) Ones response to the offer of salvation through Jesus
Christ will determine whether they eternally enjoy His kindness or eternally
endure His severity.
The
goodness and severity of God can best be seen or illustrated by the two comings
of our Lord.
Throughout
all eternity, each one will either enjoy His kindness or endure His wrath.
The
difference is determined by one's belief or unbelief in Christ.
Essentially our text at this point falls into two major
divisions.
We can thus summarize the structure in this
way:
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Concluding praise in response to the wisdom and works of God -- Verses 33-36
God's Plan/Purpose re:
In
- Paul wanted to make sure his readers, not just the
Gentiles in general, but brethren, believers, were informed about the mystery
concerning the relationship of
What
is the mystery referred to here??
The
purpose then that Paul is expounding with this mystery is to prevent pride and
to bring about humility on the part of the believing Gentile reader and by
application all believers of the C/A.
Once
they and by application us today grasp the message we will surely refrain from
prideful attitudes, so much so that we in fact will bow down in worship the God
of all grace. 11:33-36
In
Paul's view, such conceit or arrogance is based upon ignorance and not
knowledge.
In
order to achieve this goal
The
fullness of the Gentiles coincides with the Rapture of the Church.
- The phrase "times of the Gentiles" refers to
the entire period of Gentile domination over the Jews, beginning with the
Babylonian captivity (2 Chron. 36:1-21) and ending with Christ's return to
earth to reign at the 2nd advent.
[Lk. 21:24]
The
opening of vs:26 "and so" can be
either temporal or correlative or in any times threads of both.
The
temporal idea indicates sequence; see that quite clearly; v.25b-26a "that
a partial hardening has happened to
The
correlative idea indicates "in this manner."
What
is the purpose of the Tribulation? the time of Jacob's
trouble? the
time of God's wrath poured out?
The
judgment of
Notice
also that Christ's coming is associated not with
Following
this judgment God will then remove godlessness and sins from the nation as He
establishes His New Covenant with regenerate Israel (cf. Jer 31:33-34. Ezek. 37)