#25: All Israel Will Be Saved and So Will All Mankind (Rom. 11:16-36)
#25: All Israel Will Be Saved and So Will All Mankind (Rom. 11:16-36)
Scripture: Romans 11:16-36
To illustrate that Israel’s “time-out” is merely temporary, not permanent, Paul uses the metaphor of wild olive branches (believing Gentiles) being grafted into a cultivated olive tree (Israel), whose branches have been broken off due to disobedience (in rejecting Messiah and His offer of kingdom inheritance). But Israel will repent and be re-grafted back into her national tree. Pastor Hollandsworth points out that “all Israel will be saved,” leading to all mankind being saved, for God’s objective is to commit all mankind to disobedience so He might have mercy on all.