Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
One lump (flesh descendants of Israel) two components.
Rom 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
God calls the Gentiles his people and calls Israel beloved again.... The question is WHEN. Hosea 1:11 tells us exactly WHEN this happened.
Hos 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
It happened when the children of Judah and the children of Israel were gathered together UNDER ONE HEAD. The first coming of Christ.
Also, I just noticed that Gomer's child Jezreel is a picture of Christ.... Great shall be the DAY OF JEZREEL!
Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
One lump (flesh descendants of Israel) two components.
- Vessels of Honor - Jews that are the children of the promise.
- Vessels of Dishonor - Jews that ARE NOT the children of the promise.
Rom 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
God calls the Gentiles his people and calls Israel beloved again.... The question is WHEN. Hosea 1:11 tells us exactly WHEN this happened.
Hos 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
It happened when the children of Judah and the children of Israel were gathered together UNDER ONE HEAD. The first coming of Christ.
Also, I just noticed that Gomer's child Jezreel is a picture of Christ.... Great shall be the DAY OF JEZREEL!
(Ezek 37:16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions)
(Ezek 37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.)
This one sticky business is related by Paul pointing to the further fulfillment, if Ezek 37:26-27 is fulfilled then so is 37:16-17.
(2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.)
(Ezekiel 37:26-27 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.)
Therefore the prophecy of Zeke and Hosea were coming to pass in Paul's day and is confirmed by both Peter and James in their letters to the diaspora (scattered) tribes:
(James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting)
Calls them first fruits as does John in the apocalypse.
(James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.)
^ One stick
(1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia)
(1 Pet 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light)
The new holy nation is comprised of people from the 12 tribes and the Gentiles.
The term peculiar people was previously only related to physical Israel which is now applied to the church of God.
(Deu 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.)
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