Romans 11:13-36

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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December 16, 2011


 *(From: ROMANS #15 - 11:13-36)*


 *E. 11:13-36 GOD’S FUTURE PLAN FOR ISRAEL: A WARNING TO GENTILES*

*1. 11:13-16 THE GREATER BLESSINGS OF ISRAEL’S ACCEPTANCE*

*a. 11:13a **But I speak to you, the nations. *HuMIN de LEg*o*, tois
ETHne-sin.


 *b. 11:13b-14 PAUL: USES HIS POSITION TO PROVOKE ISRAEL*

*Inasmuch then as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my :ministry;*

eph’ HOson men OUN ei-mi eG*O* ethN*O*N aPOSto-los, t*e*n di-a-koNIan [1248]
mou doXAz*o* [1392];

*14 **if by any means I may provoke to jealousy **them that are **my
:flesh, and save some of them.*

ei p*o*s pa-ra-z*e*L*O*s*o* [3863] mou t*e*n SARka, kai S*O*s*o* [4982] tiNAS
ex auT*O*N.


 *c. 11:15 CONTRAST BETWEEN ISRAEL’S REJECTION AND COMING ACCEPTANCE*

*For if the casting away of them is a reconciling of a world,*

ei gar h*e* a-po-boL*E* [580] auT*O*N ka-tal-laG*E* [2643] KOSmou,

*What is their receiving but life from the dead?*

tis h*e* PROSl*e*m-psis [4356] ei m*e* z*o*-*E* [2222] ek nekR*O*N?


 *d. 11:16 And if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also; and if the root
is holy, the branches are also.*

ei de h*e* a-parCH*E* [536] haGIa [40], kai to PHUra-ma [5445]; kai ei
h*e*'RIza [4491]
haGIa, kai hoi KLAdoi.



   *2. 11:17-24. WARNING: WILD GENTILE BRANCHES CAN BE CUT OFF*

*a. 11:17-18 GENTILES TO FACE REALITY*

*But if some of the branches were broken off,*

Ei DE ti-nes t*o*n KLAd*o*n ex-eKLASth*e*-san [1575],

*and you, being a wild olive, was grafted in among them,*

su de, ag-riElai-os *o*n, e-ne-kenTRISth*e*s [1461] en auTOIS,

*and did become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive
tree;*

kai sun-koi-n*o*NOS [4791] t*e*s 'RIz*e*s t*e*s piOt*e*-tos [4096] t*e*s
eLAIos [1636] eGEnou;

*18 **glory not over the branches: but if you glory,*

m*e* ka-ta-kauCH*O* [2620] t*o*n KLAd*o*n: ei de ka-ta-kauCHAsai,

*not you bear the root, but the root you.*

ou su t*e*n 'RIzan basTAzeis [941], alLA h*e* 'RIza se.


 *b. 11:19 You will say therefore, Branches were broken off, that I be
grafted in.*

eREIS oun, Ex-eKLASth*e*-san [1575] KLAdoi, HIna eG*O* en-ken-trisTH*O*
[1461].


 *c. 11:20 Well; by their unbelief were they broken off, and you stand by
the faith.*

kaL*O*S; t*e* a-piSTIa ex-eKLASth*e*-san, su de t*e* PIstei ESt*e*-kas
[2476].


 *d. 11:21 GOD’S JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL: CAUSE FOR GENTILES TO WALK SOFTLY*

*Be not high-minded, but fear: for if :God*

m*e* hu-ps*e*LA PHROnei [5309], alLA phoBOU: ei gar ho TheOS

*spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare you.*

t*o*n kaTA PHUsin [5449] KLAd*o*n ouk ePHEIsa-to [5339], ouDE sou PHEIse-tai
*.*


 *e. 11:22 GOD’S JUDGMENTS: DETERMINED BY OUR CHOICES*

*Behold then God’s goodness and severity:*

I-de oun chr*e*sTOt*e*-ta [5544] kai a-po-toMIan [663] TheOU:

*toward them that fell, severity; but toward you,*

ePI men tous peSONtas [4098], a-po-toMIa [663]; ePI de se,

*God’s goodness, if you continue in :goodness: otherwise you also shall be
cut off.*

chr*e*sTOt*e*s TheOU, eAN e-piMEIn*e*s [1961] t*e* chr*e*sTOt*e*-ti: ePEI
kai su ek-koP*E*s*e* [1581].


 *f. 11:23 ISRAEL: POTENTIAL FOR RESTORATION*

*And they also, if they continue not in the**ir** unbelief,*

ka’ KEInoi de, eAN m*e* e-piMEIn*o*-si t*e* a-piSTIa,

*shall be grafted in: for :God is able to graft them in again.*

en-ken-trisTH*E*son-tai [1461]: du-naTOS GAR es-tin ho TheOS PAlin
en-kenTRIsai auTOUS.


 *g. 11:24 GRAFTING BACK NATURAL BRANCHES: EASIER THAN THE WILD*

*For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive :tree,*

ei gar su ek t*e*s kaTA PHUsin [5449] ex-eKOp*e*s ag-ri-eLAIou [65],

*and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree;*

kai paRA PHUsin e-ne-kenTRISth*e*s eis kal-liElai-on;

*how much rather shall these, which are the natural branches,*

POs*o* MALlon HOUtoi, hoi kaTA phuSIN,

*be grafted into the**ir** own olive tree?*

en-ken-trisTH*E*son-tai t*e* iDIa eLAIa [1636]?


 *3. 11:25-36 RESTORATION FOR ISRAEL: WHEN CHURCH COMPLETED*

*a. 11:25-27 ISRAEL HARDENED: UNTIL THE TIMES OF NATIONS FULFILLED*

*For I would not, brothers, have you ignorant of this :mystery,*

Ou gar THEl*o* huMAS ag-noEIN, a-delPHOI, to musT*E*ri-on [3466] TOUto,

*lest you be wise in your own conceits,*

HIna m*e* *E*te en he-auTOIS PHROni-moi [5429],

*that a hardening in part has befallen :Israel,*

HOti P*O*r*o*-sis [4457] aPO MErous t*o* Is-ra*E*L GEgo-nen,

*till what **time** the fulness of the nations be come in;*

ACHri hou to PLEr*o*-ma [4138] t*o*n ethN*O*N eiSELth*e*;

*26 **and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,*

kai HOUt*o*s pas Is-ra*E*L s*o*TH*E*se-tai: kaTH*O*S GEgrap-tai,

*The Deliverer shall come out of Zion; He shall turn away ungodlinesses
from Jacob:*

H*E*xei ek Si-*O*N ho 'ruOme-nos; a-poSTREpsei [654] a-seBEIas [763] aPO IaK
*O*B:

*27 And this is the covenant unto them from me,*

kai HAUt*e* auTOIS h*e* par’ eMOU di-aTH*E*k*e* [1242],

*When I shall take away their :sins.*

HOtan aPHEl*o*-mai [851] tas ha-marTIas [266] auT*O*N.


 *b. 11:28 ISRAEL: A BELOVED ENEMY*

*As to the gospel, they are enemies for you**r** **sake:** *

kaTA men to eu-agGEli-on [2098], echTHROI [2190] di’ huMAS:

*but as to the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ **sake.*

kaTA de t*e*n ek-loG*E*N [1589], a-ga-p*e*TOI diA tous paTEras.


 *c. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of :God are not repented of. *

*a-*me-taMEl*e*-ta [278] gar ta chaRISma-ta kai h*e* KL*E*sis [2921] tou
TheOU.* *


 *d. 11:30-31 GOD’S DECREE: TO WORK MERCY TO ISRAEL THROUGH THE CHURCH*

*Just as YOU in **the** past were disobedient to :God,*

H*O*Sper gar huMEIS poTE *e*-peiTH*E*sa-te [544] t*o* The*O*,

*but now have obtained mercy by the disobedience of these,*

nun de *e*-le*E*th*e*-te [1653] t*e* TOUt*o*n a-peiTHIa [543],

*31 thus have these also now been disobedient,*

HOUt*o*s kai HOUtoi nun *e*PEIth*e*-san [544],

*that by the mercy **shown** to you they also may now obtain mercy.*

t*o* hu-meTEr*o* eLEei HIna kai auTOI nun e-le-*e*TH*O*sin.


 *e. 11:32 For :God has shut up :all unto disobedience, that he might have
mercy upon :all.*

suNEklei-sen [4788] gar ho TheOS tous PANtas eis aPEIthi-an [543], HIna
tous PANtas e-le*E*s*e* [1653].


 *f. 11:33 THE WISDOM OF GOD: DESIGNED THE WAY OF GRACE*

*O **the** depth of riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!*

*O* BAthos [899] PLOUtou [4149] kai soPHIas [4678] kai GN*O*se-*o*s [1108]
TheOU!

*How unsearchable his :judgments, and untraceable his :ways!*

H*o*s a-ne-xeRAUn*e*-ta [419] ta KRIma-ta auTOU, kai a-ne-xichNIas-toi [421]
hai hoDOI auTOU!


 *g. 11:34-35 GOD’S WISDOM: EXCEEDS THE COUNSEL OF MEN*

*For who has known **the** Lord’s mind? or who has been his counsellor?*

Tis gar EGn*o* noun [3563] KuRIou? *e* tis SUMbou-los [4825] auTOU eGEne-to?

*35** Or who has first given **to** him, and it shall be recompensed him
again?*

*e* tis proEd*o*-ken [4272] auT*O*, kai an-ta-po-doTH*E*se-tai [467] auT*O*?


 *h. 11:36a For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all the things.*

HOti ex auTOU, kai di’ auTOU, kai eis auTON, ta PANta.


 *i. 11:36b/c To him the glory unto the ages. Amen.*

auT*O* h*e* DOxa [1391] eis tous ai*O*nas [164]. aM*E*N.


 *NOTE:* No other portion of Scripture so clearly lays out the relationship
between Israel and the church. No where else in the Bible does the Holy
Spirit guide a writer to lay out God’s mind on His elective purposes for
bringing salvation to the world.


 Is Israel better than other nations? No. God told Moses that His people
were perhaps more stubborn and stiff-necked than other nations. But His
purposes demanded a nation to work out salvation strategy for the world –
and He *loved* Israel, and chose Abraham as the father of this nation,
along with Isaac and Jacob.


 Is there a danger for non-Jewish nations to misunderstand this whole
strategy of God, and falsely arrogate to themselves a wrong conclusion?
Absolutely!


 This whole picture of grafting with true and wild olive branches into a
good tree bears careful scrutiny and meditation. Paul is the apostle to the
Gentiles, while himself a Jew. Jesus is a Jew after His human descent – yet
at the same time is the *only-begotten* Son of God.


 God is granting Him a bride – a *One New Man* – made up of Jew and
Gentile. We will look back in the Millennium in our glorified bodies, and
fully understand the marvelous wisdom of God set forth in these three
chapters. Perhaps for neither Jew nor Gentile will we fully understand this
wisdom ahead of time.


 The Deliverer – Jesus – Yeshua – shall come forth from Zion. All of this
is “heady” revelation, and will require much breaking of human tradition
for *all* sides to understand.


 Look on our Website *www.2rbetter.org** *under “Embryonics” and click on
“Reuben.” Here is a little insight why the Church needs to understand her
Jewish Roots, and the Judeo-Christian Ethic! Daniel Juster points out why
the Messianic Jewish Movement needs to be grafted into the roots of her
spiritual daughter the Church!


 Answers are *not* easy to come by in all of this. But – let us persevere –
hunger and thirst after God and His Truth, and the Holy Spirit will
graciously open up to us the depths and riches of His wisdom, grace and
love. J.A.Watt



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