INTRODUCTION:
1. Turn with me in your Bibles to Rom. 11:1-10.
2. Two weeks ago, we discussed Rom. 10:14-21.
3. We actually took two weeks to get through that, and we saw that there has been
Transition that has taken place, through it was a planned transition, even
Though we may not have totally understood it.
4. We saw that Yahweh had planned from the beginning that the whole Nation of
Israel was supposed to be a Holy Nation, and a Nation of Holy Priest’s unto
Him.
5. But we also see that the whole Nation of Israel rejected what Yahweh wanted
Them to receive, which was His Word, which I believe would have led them to
Their Messiah and High Priest.
6. We can actually see this, I believe, through out the life of the people as they
Were directed throughout their life to do certain things and go certain places.
7. For instance, in Gen. 12:1, we see that it says that Yahweh said to Abram, now
This is interesting, because there seems to be more that meets the eye, or maybe
More than we understand that is happening here.
8. The word said in the Hebrew is awmar, and it means to answer, to appoint and
To command, and you might say, So what? The Idea of this word meaning to
Answer is kind of interesting, because if you look at the verses prior to this in
Gen. 11:30-31, it says that the whole family was headed for Canaan, so in some
Sense Terah knew that they were to go to Canaan, but Terah stopped short and
Did not continue. Abram mat have been inquiring of Yahweh what to do, and
And Yahweh answered.
9. But, if you look at Acts 7:2, Stephen, who was about to get stoned for his
Testimony of Yahshua, told the High Priest that Yahweh appeared to Abram,
Now this this word appeared in the GK isn’t just a slip of the tongue, this word
Is a carefully selected word.
10. The word used is the GK word optanomai and is so selective that Stephen
Could have only meant one thing, and that was that Yahweh meant with
Abram, and Abram in some since saw Yahweh. The word used could have
Been replaced with other word, because this word means to gaze at with eyes
Wide open. This word in the GK is were we get our word optometrists, and
This is a doctor who examines the eyes to apply corrective measures to
People can see.
11. We see this, I believe, when Abram met with Melchizedek, also with the
Covenant Yahweh made with Abram, also it was the Angel of the Lord which
Most scholars believe to be the pre-incarnate Messiah, the same that met with
Moses, and was in the cloud at the sea that was holding Pharaoh and his army
At bay as the waters were being parted.
12. Why did I go so far in this explanation? Because, this next section of Scripture
Asks a very specific question that we are going to discuss, and we have to
Know the facts of what Yahweh is doing.
13. Read Rom. 11:1-10, Pray!
I. Has Yahweh rejected His people. V1-10
A. Now some say yes He has, some say only temporary, others we have replaced
Them.
1. In verse 1 Paul poses the question. (Did Yahweh reject His people, now
Paul didn’t say should He have, Paul asks the question Did He?)
a. One of the reasons I like Paul’s teachings. (Is that Paul uses Scripture to
be able to teach what Yahweh is really doing and what He has been
doing all along)
1). Having said that. (Paul starts off by referring to Jere. 33:24-26 to talk
About a very sensitive subject in his day about Israel)
2). Now the Title of Jere. 33. (Is Israel’s restoration, and the sub section
Has to do with Yahweh’s covenant with David which starts off in
Verse 14, so let’s start there)
3). Jeremiah was given words to speak to Israel. (Saying that the days are
Coming when Yahweh will fulfill the promises that He had spoken to
The House of Israel and the House of Judah, and in verse 15 says that
He will cause a Righteous Branch to sprout up for David and He will
Administer justice and righteousness in the land, and in those days
Judah will be saved (Yahshua) and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and
This is what she will be named Yahweh our Righteousness)
4). Look carefully at Jere. 33:17. (David will never fail to have a man
Sitting on the throne of the House of Israel, and look at verse 18 and
The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me
To offer burnt burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and make
Sacrifices)
5). Now let’s look carefully at this. (In this passage, we can see that
Yahshua would be the Branch of Righteousness, the Natser (branch)
From Jesse or David, but what about this Levite Priests? This word
For man in the Hebrew is specific in nature, Scripture could have
Used adam which could be translated mankind, but this Hebrew word
Is eesh and refers to a man as an individual man, as is as we discussed
Two weeks ago directs us to Yahshua and His linage from Mary’s
Side)
6). But look at Jere. 33:20-22. (Yahweh says that if they are able to break
His covenant the day and His covenant with the night where they
Cease to come at their regular time, then His covenant with David will
Have been broken and David will no longer have a son reigning on the
Throne, and the Levitical priests will no longer be His ministers)
7). But, look at this next section of Jere. 33:22. (So too, He will make the
Descendants of His servant David and the Descendants of the Levites
Who minister to Him to be innumerable, and this is a quote from Gen
22:17-18 about making Abraham’s offspring as numerous as the stars
In the sky and as numerous as the sand on the sea shore)
8). Now, look at Jere. 33:24-26. (If Yahweh fails to keep His covenant with
The day and the night where they no longer appear at regular times
Then He might also reject the seed of Jacob and of My servant David
Not taking from the descendants rulers over the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but then says that He will restore
Fortunes and He will have compassion on them)
9). So, then the question comes up who is He talking about? (Turn with me
If you will to Gal. 3:16, it says that the promises spoken to Abraham
Were for Abraham’s seed not seeds, the promise is there the singular
Seed, not plural seeds, and that singular seed is Messiah, and this is a
Reference to Gen. 12:7, the Hebrew uses seed as in singular)
10). So, you might ask, how does this involve us? (Look at Gal. 3:27-29, it
Says that as many as have been baptized into Messiah have put on
Messiah as a garment, and if you belong to Messiah then you are the
Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise)
b. Okay that was Rom. 11:1, Paul continues in Rom. 11:2. (Paul answers the
question, Has Yahweh rejected Israel, and his answer is Absolutely not,
says that he is an Israelite, and a descendant of Abraham from the tribe
of Benjamin)
1). Paul quotes the prophet Elijah. (Turn with me to 1 Kings 19:10,
Appearantly, Elijah had the same question and had made some
Assumptions about what Yahweh was doing, and I believe we all feel
Like this from time to time, and this passage is a good one to turn to
So we can be reminded that it is not about us as individuals, Yahweh
Is still of the throne, we are not)
2). Listen to Elijah’s proclamation. (I, and me alone, have been zealous for
Yahweh of Hosts, but all of the Israelites have abandoned Your
Covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the
Sword, and I alone am left, and they are looking to kill me)
3). Paul also points out in Rom. 11:4. (Yahweh’s answer to Elijah found in
1 Kings 19:18, that there were 7,000 in Israel who had not bent their
Knee to Baal and every mouth has not kiss it)
4). Paul not only says that there are others. (But teaches about a remnant
That have been chosen by grace, and explains that because it is by
Grace it makes it not by works, or we could say, those who have
Believed)
5). Look at Duet. 29:4. (Moses is telling Israel, that even up to that time
Yahweh had not given them a mind to understand, and eyes to see,
Even though they had seen all of these miracles, they failed to believe)
6). And it really goes back to. (They sought after their salvation by works
And not by faith, and Yahweh wants us to rely on Him for our
Salvation because the works of our hands are as filthy rags, and will
Not get us to be righteous)