REMOVAL THEOLOGY:
The people of God are branches on a certain olive tree. When the New covenant came, those who did not believe in Christ were removed from that tree and those that did believe were allowed to remain. In addition, branches from other olive trees (gentiles) were taken and added to this special tree. This tree is Israel, the people of God, but now it is not based on race but on the heart and Spirit.
Romans 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
"They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God"
Today Israel is comprised of natural born Israelites as well as all other races of people. What they all share in common is they follow Jesus Christ as the Messiah. All who do not are broken off and are no longer a part of this Israel. Natural born Israel, or Jews are only Israel by blood but not by Spirit. Call it spiritual Israel if you wish. It's the only way to be of true Israel anymore.
Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Without Christ you are a gentile in God's eyes. "those who are of the flesh, these are not the children of God" as Paul clearly teaches.
Gill:
"for they are not all Israel, which are of Israel; that is, they which are the descendants of the patriarch Jacob, whose name was Israel; or who are of the Israelitish nation, of the stock of Israel, belonging to that people; they are not all ?? ?????, "the Israel", by way of emphasis, as in Psa_25:22, or the "Israel of God", Gal_6:16, the Israel whom Jehovah the Father has chosen for a peculiar people; which Christ has redeemed from all their iniquities; which the Spirit of God calls with an holy calling, by special grace, to special privileges; the seed of Israel who are justified in Christ, whose iniquities are so pardoned and done away, that when they are sought for they shall not be found, and who are saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: or in other words, though they are "Israel after the flesh", 1Co_10:18, yet not after the Spirit; though they are by nation Israelites, they are not Israelites "indeed", as Nathanael was, Joh_1:47; they are Jews outwardly, not inwardly; they have not all principles of grace, uprightness, and sincerity in them: now to these spiritual Israelites, or seed of Abraham, were the word of God, the promises of God concerning spiritual and eternal things made, and upon these they had their effect; and therefore it could not be said that the word of God had taken none effect; though the whole body of Israel after the flesh were cut off and rejected. Some copies, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "who are Israelites"; and the Ethiopic version, "they are not all Israel who came out of Egypt"."
Clarke:
"Abraham is the father of many nations; and his seed is not only that which is of the law, but that also which is of the faith of Abraham, Rom_4:16, Rom_4:17. The Gentiles were included in the Abrahamic covenant as well as the Jews; and therefore the Jews have no exclusive right to the blessings of God’s kingdom."
Barnes:
"Not all Israel - Not all the descendants of Jacob have the true spirit of Israelites, or are Jews in the scriptural sense of the term; see the note at Rom_2:28-29."
Wesley:
"The sum is, God accepts all believers, and them only; and this is no way contrary to his word. Nay, he hath declared in his word, both by types and by express testimonies, that believers are accepted as the "children of the promise," while unbelievers are rejected, though they are "children after the flesh." All are not Israel - Not in the favour of God. Who are lineally descended of Israel."
God once chose a people. Those people chose to serve other gods. God chose to unchoose, and invite anyone who would accept Him as God. Israel is an olive tree that had many branches. God removed all branches that refused to accept the Messiah. Branches from other trees (gentiles) that accepted the Messiah were grafted to Israel. The new chosen people, the new Israel is composed of all races. Ethnicity is no longer a qualifier. Faith in Jesus Christ qualifies anyone.
"Israel" was a name that belonged to no one until God re-named Jacob and thus all of Jacob's children shared in that name. Just as God took that name and placed it on Jacob, he can take it away and give it to someone else! That's what happened. Now there are the racial, former Israelites and the new every-race Israel commonly known as spiritual Israel.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Christian gentiles are no more strangers but are fellowcitizens with those who weren't gentiles ie: Christian Israelites/Jews. This is gentiles joining Israel to be fellow Israelites, all being in Christ the corner stone.
What makes someone an Israelite is no longer the outwardly meaning the flesh, your bloodline or parents. You can only be an Israelite if you are one spiritually, of a circumcised heart and that ONLY can be achieved by being in Christ. At one time all people were gentiles, then God chose 12 brothers and decided that they would father a new people, and after God divorced these people for Adultery he sent his Son to die for the sins of all peoples, all now equal, no chosen race of people any longer. Now to be a member of Israel one must be in Christ.
Who and what Israel is now has been redefined by God. Israel now is not blood related by spiritually related. All who accept Christ are Israel. All who do not, are no longer Israel.
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Gentiles can become Jews through an inwardly change or spiritual change.
The olive tree is Israel, specifically who qualifies to be Israel. Things have changed and Paul is telling us about the changes. Namely, belonging to the tree is based only on Faith in Christ. Being born a Jew doesn't mean you get to stay a part of Israel. So, any natural branches who are ethnic Jews that believe in Christ are left on the tree and any who deny Christ are removed.
The wild branches are gentiles. Believing gentiles are grafted or added to Israel. Gentiles that don't accept Christ are not grafted. If a believing gentile stops believing, they will be removed. If any unbelieving Jew accepts Christ, they are re-attached to the tree.
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. (the idea of replacement theology which Paul says is not true)
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
They were broken off not to be replaced by newly grafted branches but solely because they were non believers in Christ. Gentiles being added to this tree is not why other branches were removed.
Replacement theology is scripturally incorrect according to Paul. The true theology would be "Removal Theology" because people are removed from the tree due to unbelief.
Gill:
Romans 11:19
Thou wilt say then,.... This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, and in favour of their boasting;
Barnes:
The branches were broken off ... - The objection is, that the branches were broken off in order that others might be grafted in. To this Paul replies in the next verse, that this was not the reason why they were rejected, but their unbelief was the cause.
Replacement theology is false. Removal theology is truth.
The people of God are branches on a certain olive tree. When the New covenant came, those who did not believe in Christ were removed from that tree and those that did believe were allowed to remain. In addition, branches from other olive trees (gentiles) were taken and added to this special tree. This tree is Israel, the people of God, but now it is not based on race but on the heart and Spirit.
Romans 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
"They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God"
Today Israel is comprised of natural born Israelites as well as all other races of people. What they all share in common is they follow Jesus Christ as the Messiah. All who do not are broken off and are no longer a part of this Israel. Natural born Israel, or Jews are only Israel by blood but not by Spirit. Call it spiritual Israel if you wish. It's the only way to be of true Israel anymore.
Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Without Christ you are a gentile in God's eyes. "those who are of the flesh, these are not the children of God" as Paul clearly teaches.
Gill:
"for they are not all Israel, which are of Israel; that is, they which are the descendants of the patriarch Jacob, whose name was Israel; or who are of the Israelitish nation, of the stock of Israel, belonging to that people; they are not all ?? ?????, "the Israel", by way of emphasis, as in Psa_25:22, or the "Israel of God", Gal_6:16, the Israel whom Jehovah the Father has chosen for a peculiar people; which Christ has redeemed from all their iniquities; which the Spirit of God calls with an holy calling, by special grace, to special privileges; the seed of Israel who are justified in Christ, whose iniquities are so pardoned and done away, that when they are sought for they shall not be found, and who are saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: or in other words, though they are "Israel after the flesh", 1Co_10:18, yet not after the Spirit; though they are by nation Israelites, they are not Israelites "indeed", as Nathanael was, Joh_1:47; they are Jews outwardly, not inwardly; they have not all principles of grace, uprightness, and sincerity in them: now to these spiritual Israelites, or seed of Abraham, were the word of God, the promises of God concerning spiritual and eternal things made, and upon these they had their effect; and therefore it could not be said that the word of God had taken none effect; though the whole body of Israel after the flesh were cut off and rejected. Some copies, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "who are Israelites"; and the Ethiopic version, "they are not all Israel who came out of Egypt"."
Clarke:
"Abraham is the father of many nations; and his seed is not only that which is of the law, but that also which is of the faith of Abraham, Rom_4:16, Rom_4:17. The Gentiles were included in the Abrahamic covenant as well as the Jews; and therefore the Jews have no exclusive right to the blessings of God’s kingdom."
Barnes:
"Not all Israel - Not all the descendants of Jacob have the true spirit of Israelites, or are Jews in the scriptural sense of the term; see the note at Rom_2:28-29."
Wesley:
"The sum is, God accepts all believers, and them only; and this is no way contrary to his word. Nay, he hath declared in his word, both by types and by express testimonies, that believers are accepted as the "children of the promise," while unbelievers are rejected, though they are "children after the flesh." All are not Israel - Not in the favour of God. Who are lineally descended of Israel."
God once chose a people. Those people chose to serve other gods. God chose to unchoose, and invite anyone who would accept Him as God. Israel is an olive tree that had many branches. God removed all branches that refused to accept the Messiah. Branches from other trees (gentiles) that accepted the Messiah were grafted to Israel. The new chosen people, the new Israel is composed of all races. Ethnicity is no longer a qualifier. Faith in Jesus Christ qualifies anyone.
"Israel" was a name that belonged to no one until God re-named Jacob and thus all of Jacob's children shared in that name. Just as God took that name and placed it on Jacob, he can take it away and give it to someone else! That's what happened. Now there are the racial, former Israelites and the new every-race Israel commonly known as spiritual Israel.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Christian gentiles are no more strangers but are fellowcitizens with those who weren't gentiles ie: Christian Israelites/Jews. This is gentiles joining Israel to be fellow Israelites, all being in Christ the corner stone.
What makes someone an Israelite is no longer the outwardly meaning the flesh, your bloodline or parents. You can only be an Israelite if you are one spiritually, of a circumcised heart and that ONLY can be achieved by being in Christ. At one time all people were gentiles, then God chose 12 brothers and decided that they would father a new people, and after God divorced these people for Adultery he sent his Son to die for the sins of all peoples, all now equal, no chosen race of people any longer. Now to be a member of Israel one must be in Christ.
Who and what Israel is now has been redefined by God. Israel now is not blood related by spiritually related. All who accept Christ are Israel. All who do not, are no longer Israel.
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Gentiles can become Jews through an inwardly change or spiritual change.
The olive tree is Israel, specifically who qualifies to be Israel. Things have changed and Paul is telling us about the changes. Namely, belonging to the tree is based only on Faith in Christ. Being born a Jew doesn't mean you get to stay a part of Israel. So, any natural branches who are ethnic Jews that believe in Christ are left on the tree and any who deny Christ are removed.
The wild branches are gentiles. Believing gentiles are grafted or added to Israel. Gentiles that don't accept Christ are not grafted. If a believing gentile stops believing, they will be removed. If any unbelieving Jew accepts Christ, they are re-attached to the tree.
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. (the idea of replacement theology which Paul says is not true)
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
They were broken off not to be replaced by newly grafted branches but solely because they were non believers in Christ. Gentiles being added to this tree is not why other branches were removed.
Replacement theology is scripturally incorrect according to Paul. The true theology would be "Removal Theology" because people are removed from the tree due to unbelief.
Gill:
Romans 11:19
Thou wilt say then,.... This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, and in favour of their boasting;
Barnes:
The branches were broken off ... - The objection is, that the branches were broken off in order that others might be grafted in. To this Paul replies in the next verse, that this was not the reason why they were rejected, but their unbelief was the cause.
Replacement theology is false. Removal theology is truth.
