Dr. Couch, some of the Covenant and Reformed guys try to make Romans 11:26-27 somehow refer to the church. They call Zion and Jacob the new Israel. This doesn’t seem right. What do you say?
ANSWER: You are right. They are wrong! They are masters at being wrong, with their allegorical interpretation and replacement theology. The question is often raised about verse 26 which says: "And thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob." Does this mean every Jew who enters the kingdom; does it mean a representation of the Jews or only the remnant of the Jews who are representing each tribe of Jacob?
It would mean every Jew who enters the kingdom but also, only a remnant will be saved. Many of the unbelieving Jews will perish in the tribulation. But what is interesting here is that it seems Paul is quoting and referring to Isaiah 4:2-5:
The passage says that when the Messiah, the Branch, comes He will be "the adornment of the survivors of Israel." Isaiah writes, those who are left in Zion at the end of the tribulation, "he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem, will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem." The Lord will cleanse them (v. 4) and He will create over the entire area of Mount Zion a cloud by day, and a flame of fire by night (v. 5). And there will be a shelter (a Sukkah) to give shade from the heat by day (v. 6).
The survivors of Isaiah 4 are the remnant of all of the tribes of Israel who will be saved when the Messiah, the Deliverer, comes "and removes ungodliness from Jacob (the Jewish people)" (Rom. 11:26).
Replacement theology is a gross error and lie! Paul goes on and says the Jews will be saved for the kingdom set up in Zion because God's "gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable" (v. 29). God will not go back on His promises because He gave the Jewish patriarchs (the fathers) this promise (v. 28).
Dispensationalists are right; the Covenant guys are wrong!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
ANSWER: You are right. They are wrong! They are masters at being wrong, with their allegorical interpretation and replacement theology. The question is often raised about verse 26 which says: "And thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob." Does this mean every Jew who enters the kingdom; does it mean a representation of the Jews or only the remnant of the Jews who are representing each tribe of Jacob?
It would mean every Jew who enters the kingdom but also, only a remnant will be saved. Many of the unbelieving Jews will perish in the tribulation. But what is interesting here is that it seems Paul is quoting and referring to Isaiah 4:2-5:
The passage says that when the Messiah, the Branch, comes He will be "the adornment of the survivors of Israel." Isaiah writes, those who are left in Zion at the end of the tribulation, "he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem, will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem." The Lord will cleanse them (v. 4) and He will create over the entire area of Mount Zion a cloud by day, and a flame of fire by night (v. 5). And there will be a shelter (a Sukkah) to give shade from the heat by day (v. 6).
The survivors of Isaiah 4 are the remnant of all of the tribes of Israel who will be saved when the Messiah, the Deliverer, comes "and removes ungodliness from Jacob (the Jewish people)" (Rom. 11:26).
Replacement theology is a gross error and lie! Paul goes on and says the Jews will be saved for the kingdom set up in Zion because God's "gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable" (v. 29). God will not go back on His promises because He gave the Jewish patriarchs (the fathers) this promise (v. 28).
Dispensationalists are right; the Covenant guys are wrong!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
