Israel's fall is a plan for the salvation of Gentiles

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Israel’s fall is a plan for the salvation of Gentiles (Romans 11:9-12)

Some people say that because Israel betrayed God, He sent Jesus to provide a new way of salvation, and some say that because the church rebelled against God's word and became a harlot and Babylon, he himself received the spirit of Jesus and established a new tabernacle.

Dispensationalism, which states that the method of receiving salvation is different in each era, is because there is no spirit of revelation.

Abraham also looked to the time of Jesus Christ and believed (John 8:56), Moses also looked to and believed in Christ (Hebrews 11:16), David was moved by the Holy Spirit and believed in Christ as Lord (Matthew 22:41-46), and the old testament All the prophets also searched the word of God, testifying in advance to the Lord who suffered through the Spirit of Christ and to the glory of Christ after his suffering, indicating who he is and when he will come. (1 Peter 1:10-11)

Therefore, it would be a big problem if people thought of Jerusalem as a holy place, as if Judaism was a big house, or if they thought that Protestantism was a copy of Catholicism.

Through the grace of the atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross, we must receive forgiveness of sins, become one with Christ in the Holy Spirit of truth, and approach God by calling Him Abba, Father.

We must be able to see that we are found in the bible, especially in Revelation chapters 7, 14, and 21-22, and that we are included in God's plan in Genesis 1.

Q. What did David pray for the ignorant?

“And David said, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them.”(Romans 11:9)

A. The dining table became a money exchange table and a cash counter.

A snare is a pitfall, a trap, a stumblingblock, and it is a reward for what you do.

In the end, in this era of market thinking, money becomes a snare and trap, a stumbling block, and is retribution.

In other words, money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10), so this is the situation of those who have now privatized the church.

After all, Christians should live by blessings, not by money.

For Christians, money is a means and can never be and should not be the goal.

If money is the goal, it has no value as a religion, let alone christianity.

What is important is the question of whether the dining table is a table for fellowship of the Word (Hebron) or a money counter.

The church has a pulpit and a Hebron communion table in front of it.

The people listening to the Word are seen sitting at the bread table of God.

This is what David meant when he sang that God prepares a table in the presence of enemies (Psalm 23:5).

Nevertheless, should it be a place where money is exchanged 30 times, 60 times, or 100 times in front of pulpit ?

This is truly deplorable.

Please, if you are the servants of the Lord, you should not allow the saints to calculate and make transactions with money before God.

It would be better for me to starve to death... (1 Corinthians 9:15)

Q. What is David’s prayer for the ignorant?

“Let their eyes be darkened,  that they may not see, and bow down their backs always.” (Romans 11:10)

A. This is not a prayer, but closer to a curse.

Their eyes are darken. Their back bends toward the ground.

I once saw a person who spent his entire life looking at the ground and then displaying things he picked up from the ground and it made me laugh.

If people only look at the ground, their brains will age quickly and they will be forced to crawl.

Aren't humans the only upright animals meant to live with their eyes looking at the sky?

Nevertheless, Paul laments that they have become an enemy of the cross of Christ and only pursue earthly things day and night, let alone heavenly citizenship.

Their destination is destruction, their belly is God, and the glory they seek is like trash, and they only think about earthly things (Philippians 3:19)

So Luther said that people's kitchens are their religion.

These days, people who appear on mukbangs are as popular as the president.

This is proof that it has become a world of land grabbers.

Jews, then and now, love money.

So the priests are also fed by selling sacrifices.

So, the Lord said to them, 'You sons of vipers, cursed are you like the serpants of old, and you will eat only dust'.

You should tell this to the pastor who says that Jews are blessed by God and make good money.

Aren't the eyes darken and hunched backs figurative of retired old people in Korean churches?

However, in the past, there was a pastor who, even though he was almost 100 years old, resisted the dissuasion of those around him and went on a mission to Russia.

Therefore, as you get older, do not be foolish, but try to live a little younger.

'Young people these days are cheesy, but it wasn't like that back in my day', if you say like an old guy, you'll be miserable.'

Let us live with eternal youth, fresh as a tree planted by a stream.

There are many cases where people harm their health to make money, and when they try to cure their illness with the money they earned, they end up spending all that money and dying before they can recover.

Even if you regret it, it is already too late and it is of no use.

So, with an interesting story someone say that a lot of people laugh in heaven.

It's like trying to fix the environment after ruining it because of economic development, and it's not working even if we put all the money we've earned in the meantime.

Q, Why did Israel fall?

“I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.” (Romans 11:11)

A. This is Paul’s statement about the purpose of Israel’s abandonment.

Paul is now speaking to the whole world about the fate of Israel.

Since this is the statement of the prophets and Paul who received revelation, it will inevitably come to pass.

If you say that Israel fell and could never get up again, that they were powerless and incapable of moving, that would not be the case.

Their fall is God's plan for the salvation of the Gentiles.

After the gospel goes out to the Gentiles, they counterattack against the Jews.

This is what makes Jews competitive and jealous.

Paul sees this as God's plan.

So, “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?” (Romans 11:12)

The Jewish people's stumbling became the wealth of the whole world through Christ, and because of their failure, the gospel was passed on to the Gentiles and they became rich in Christ.

So how much more will their fullness be? he ask back.

Fullness refers to the overflow of the Word. (Preroma) 

It refers to the state of becoming the grain of the Word.

Jews still think they obey the law.

However, when revelation comes to them, it changes to hearing the word.

Then their salvation is very simple.

As long as their temple is built and the high priest declares that Jesus Christ, whom we crucified, is the end of the law and that this temple is a shadow and the reality is Christ, the Son of God, salvation for the Jews will be accomplished in an instant.

There is no comparison with the salvation of Gentiles.

Therefore, take a look at how the center of the world is now moving from China to India, and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, is developing rapidly.

The center of the world, which started from Palestine, is now returning to Palestine.

When you return to the starting point, that is the end of the earth.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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