... about Israel:
I say then, has God cast away
His people? Certainly not! For I also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.God has not cast away
His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against
Israel, saying,“ Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life” ?But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Even so then, at this present time there is
a remnant according to the election of grace.And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.What then?
Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but
the elect have obtained it, and
the rest were blinded.Just as it is written: “God has given
them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that
they should not see And ears that
they should not hear, To this very day.”And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them.Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always.”I say then, have
they stumbled that
they should fall? Certainly not! But through
their fall, to provoke
them to jealousy, salvation has come to the
Gentiles.Now if
their fall is riches for the world, and
their failure riches for the
Gentiles, how much more
their fullness!For I speak to
you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the
Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,if by any means I may provoke to jealousy
those who are my flesh and save
some of them.For if
their being cast away is the reconciling of the
world, what will
their acceptance be but life from the dead?For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.And if
some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a
wild olive tree, were grafted in among
them, and with
them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,do not boast against
the branches. But if
you do boast, remember that
you do not support the root, but the root supports
you.
You will say then, “
Branches were broken off that
I might be grafted in.”Well said. Because of unbelief
they were broken off, and
you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.For if God did not spare
the natural branches, He may not spare
you either.Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on
those who fell, severity; but toward
you, goodness, if
you continue in His goodness. Otherwise
you also will be cut off.And
they also, if
they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft
them in again.For if
you were cut out of
the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will
these, who are natural branches, be grafted into
their own olive tree?For I do not desire, brethren, that
you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest
you should be wise in
your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to
Israel until the fullness of
the Gentiles has come in.And so
all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from
Jacob;For this is My covenant with
them, When I take away
their sins.”Concerning the gospel
they are enemies for
your sake, but concerning the election
they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.For as
you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through
their disobedience,even so
these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown
you they also may obtain mercy.For God has committed
them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on
all.Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?”“Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?”For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11:1-36
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans11:1-36&version=NKJV
Israel, particularly unbelieving Israel =
Brown
Body of Christ, particularly his audience =
Blue
The World, Gentiles =
Grey
The Remnant =
Green
