tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18863144.post115987291699903368..comments2023-12-04T09:13:27.283+00:00Comments on .: A Possible Simple Structure of Rom. 9Timothy Goughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15500818449255330651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18863144.post-1159996302159269352006-10-04T22:11:00.000+01:002006-10-04T22:11:00.000+01:00Hello Dave, >>>You are absolutely right thart Paul...Hello Dave,<BR/><BR/><I> >>>You are absolutely right thart Paul starts with his kinsmen physical Israel -but he then moves on to say in verse 7 that not all Israelites are true Israel<<< </I><BR/><BR/>Paul is simply distinguishing Israel as a whole and believing Israel within Israel as a whole. In short, Paul was making a difference between the remnant Jews and the Jews as a whole. Biblically, IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18863144.post-1159914824757681032006-10-03T23:33:00.000+01:002006-10-03T23:33:00.000+01:00Edgar,You are absolutely right thart Paul starts w...Edgar,<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right thart Paul starts with his kinsmen physical Israel -but he then moves on to say in verse 7 that not all Israelites are true Israel -so part of the argument here is that belonging to God's people is not through physical descent from Abraham. Then in verse 8 the children of the promise are counted as descendents -so the question is whether this verse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18863144.post-1159904074137007362006-10-03T20:34:00.000+01:002006-10-03T20:34:00.000+01:00>>>This is to explain the systematic assertion tha...>>>This is to explain the systematic assertion that though Jesus, and His new covenant, those individuals chosen to make up spiritual Israel, are no longer confided to physical Israel but are found in both Jews and Gentiles, united by faith in Christ.<<<<BR/><BR/>Israel in Romans 9 cannot be spiritualized, ie., spiritual Israel composing of all believers in Christ. To do so is to violate the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com