Rom. 11:25-27.
I. Israel's restoration reveals the mystery.
mystery = musterion = secret, something unknown until revealed
a. Israel's hardening is partial.
hardening = porosis = covering with callous, dulled perception
b. Israel's hardening is temporary.
c. Israel's hardening will end in salvation.
What does "all" mean?
Who is "Israel"?
-Gal. 3:28, 6:16
-Ezek. 20:33-38
"God used the shepherd figureher, apt since He was their Great Shepherd. As a shepherd, God brings His sheep home their fold, has them file in, separating sheep from goats, passing under His shepherd's rod to be noted and checked for injury. He will bring them into the bond of the New Covenant by giving them His Spirit with life. This is Israel's final salvation. God will se that no rebel, no one without the renewing by His Spirit in salvation, will come back to Palestine to have a part in the messianic kingdom. All whom He permits to return will serve Him, in contrast to those who serve idols. The purging takes place during the 'time of Jacobs distress,' during the Great Tribulaiton."-MacArthur Study Bible
-Rev. 7:3-4; 14:4
II. Israel's restoration is confirmed by Scripture.
-Is. 59:20-21, 27:9
a. The Deliverer will come.
-Heb. 12:22
b. The covenant is fufilled.
-Gen. 15:17-18
c. The sin of the nation will be removed.
aphaireo = take away, remove, cut off
Matt 26:51, Heb. 10:4
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