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ROMANS 9
LESSON #12GODSPLAN FOR THE JEWS
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 9:33
OUTLINE OF ROMANS 9 – 11
DISPENSATIONAL ROM 9-11
SON OF GOD WITH POWER:
ROM 1:4 TO FULFILL PROPHECY
DISPENSATION — ISRAEL
| CHAPTER 9 | CHAPTER 10 | CHAPTER 11 |
| ELECTION | REJECTION | RECEPTION |
| UNCONDITIONAL | TEMPORARY | ULTIMATE |
| PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE |
| THE TIMES OF THE FORGOTTON FACE | THE TIMES OF THE HIDDEN FACE | THE TIMES OF THE SEEKING FACE |
| ISA 17:10
JER 3:21 DEU 32:18 |
HOS 5:15
ISA 8:17 EZE 39:23-24 |
HOS 6:1-2
1CH 28:9 EZE 34:11-16 |
DOCTRINAL:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARENTHESIS:
ISRAEL IS A NATION — NOT THE CHURCH
THE CHURCH IS THE BODY — NOT ISRAEL
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RESTORATION BY CHRIST
READ ISA 17:10 JER 3:21 DEU 32:18
READ ROMANS 9:1-13 THE JEWISH PROBLEM
VS. 1-3 PAUL’S ANGUISH FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE
VS. 4-5 PAUL ANALYZES THE JEWISH PROBLEM BY GIVING ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL’S PRIVILEGES
**WHAT ARE ISRAEL’S PRIVILEGES? (4-5)
1. THEY WERE ADOPTED AS SONS EXO 4:12
A. COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIP NOT ENJOYED BY OTHER NATIONS
2. THEY HAD THE GLORY OF GOD IN THEIR MIDST (THE TABERNACLE)
3. THEY HAD THE COVENANTS OF GOD
4. THEY HAD THE MOSAIC LAW
5. THEY WERE APPOINTED FOR SERVICE AND WORSHIP
6. THEY HAD THE PROMISES OF ABRAHAM
7. THEY HAD THE PATRIARCHS
8. THEY HAD THE BLOODLINE OF CHRIST
VS. 6-7 THE TWO KINDS OF ISRAEL
**WHAT ARE THE TWO KINDS?
1. NATURAL BORN ISRAEL
NATURAL BORN FROM ABRAHAM DOESN’T MAKE ONE HEIRS OF GOD’S COVENANT PROMISES. FOR EXAMPLE:THOSE OF ESAU AND ISHMAEL ARE NOT THE HEIRS OF PROMISE.
2. SPIRITUAL ISRAEL
HE IS NOT CONSIDERING THE GENTILES HERE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST
VS. 8-13 GOD’S ELECTION (CHOICE)
THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB GEN 25:21-23
GOD CHOSE THE YOUNGER JACOB TO BE HEIR OF THE PROMISE
**WHY?
BASED ON GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE AND SUPERLATIVE WISDOM AS WELL AS HIS SOVEREIGN WILL, HE KNEWTHE HEART RESPONSE OF EACH.
WHAT DOES “ELECTION” MEAN?
THE ACT OF CHOOSING WHEREBY GOD PICKS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OUT OF A LARGER COMPANY FOR APURPOSE OR DESTINY OF HIS OWN APPOINTMENT.
THE HEBREW MEANS DELIBERATELY MAKING A CHOICE AFTER CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ALL THEALTERNATIVES.
THE GREEK MEANS CHOOSING OUT FOR ONESELF FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING JOY IN.
ELECTION IS THE FRUIT OF SOVEREIGN DISCRIMINATING MERCY WITH ITS SOURCE IN GOD’S GRACEALONE ASSURING THE BELIEVER OF HIS SECURITY IN GOD’S LOVE
READ ROMANS 9:14-24 GOD’S MERCY AND HIS SOVEREIGN WILL
GOD’S MERCY AND PRE-DETERMINED HARDENING OF A PERSON’S HEART IS BASED ON HIS FOREKNOWLEDGEOF HOW THAT PERSON WILL REACT TO GOD.
HARDENING OF THE HEART IS GOD’S JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT BECAUSE OF MAN’S WILLFUL HEARTCONDITION.
GOD’S PLAN FOR THE JEWS:
GODS PLAN INVOLVES A CYCLE OF 10 STEPS:
1. GOD GIVES THE JEWS THE LAND.
2. THE JEWS POSSESS THE LAND GOD GAVE THEM.
3. THE JEWS FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD.
4. THE JEWS ARE BLINDED BY THEIR OWN GREED.
5. THE JEWS LOSE THE LAND.
6. THE JEWS ARE PERSECUTED BY GENTILES.
7. THE JEWS ARE PUT INTO BONDAGE TO THE GENTILES.
8. GOD DELIVERS THE JEWS WHEN THEY CRY OUT TO HIM.
9. THERE IS A TEST OF OBEDIENCE.
10. THE JEWS WANDER IN UNBELIEF BECAUSE THEY FAIL THE TEST.
THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS.
IN ALL OF ISRAELS HISTORY, THIS CYCLE WILL CONTINUE FOR 3 REPETITIONS:
FIRST REPETITION OF THE CYCLE:
1. GOD GIVES THE LAND TO ABRAHAM GEN 15:18.
2. JACOB POSSESS THE LAND (GEN 32:9 GEN 37:1)
3. DURING THE TIME OF JOSEPH, THEY FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD (GEN 37)
4. BLINDNESS IS UPON THE JEWS IN GEN 42:7-8.
5. DURING THE TIME OF JOSEPH, THEY LOSE THE LAND IN GEN 46:6.
6. THE JEWS ARE PERSECUTED IN EGYPT EXO 1:8-12
7. THE JEWS ARE IN BONDAGE IN EGYPT EXO 1:13-14
8. GOD DELIVERS THE JEWS FROM EGYPT UNDER MOSES (EXO 12:29-38)
9. THE TEST OF THE TEN SPIES (NUM 13:26-33)
10. A FAILURE OF THE TEST CAUSES WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS 40 YEARS (EXO 14:30-35)
THE SECOND REPETITION OF THE CYCLE:
1. GOD GIVES THE LAND TO JOSHUA (JOS 1:1-2)
2. THE JEWS POSSESS THE LAND UNDER JOSHUA (JOS 11:23)
3. THE JEWS FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD. (2CH 36:13-18)
4. THE PROPHETS PREDICT BLINDNESS (ISA 59:9-15)
5. THE JEWS LOSE THE LAND WITH THE FALL OF JUDAH (2CH 36:15-21 JER 20:4 JER 25:11 JER29:10)
6. THE JEWS ARE PERSECUTED BY GENTILES 2CH 36:17
7. THE JEWS ARE ENSLAVED IN THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY (2CH 36:20)
8. THE JEWS CRY FOR DELIVERANCE AND THEY ARE RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY (EZR 2:1) 516BC 445 BC 396BC
9. THE TEST IS THE INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST.
10. THE JEWS FAIL THE TEST AND ARE DISPERSED WORLD-WIDE IN 70 AD.
THE THIRD REPETITION OF THE CYCLE:
1. GOD GAVE THEM THE LAND IN 1948 WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION.
2. WITH W.W.II EXODUS, THEY POSSESSED THE LAND.
3. THEY FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD (FOR EXAMPLE IN 1957 WITH THE 6 DAY WAR)
4. THERE IS CONTINUED BLINDNESS ON THE JEWS AS A NATION TODAY.
5. THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL POSSESS MOST OF ISRAEL AND DRIVE OUT THE JEWS IN THE TRIBULATIONPERIOD IN THE FUTURE. JOE 1:6
6. THE WORLD WILL PERSECUTE THE JEWS DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD RULED BY THEANTICHRIST.
7. THERE WILL BE SLAVERY IN EGYPT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE JEWS IN THE TRIBULATION UNDER THEANTICHRIST. EZE 20:36.
8. THE JEWS CRY FOR DELIVERANCE AND GOD WILL PROTEST A REMNANT OF THEM IN PETRA, JORDANDURING THE LAST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.(REV 12:14)
9. THE TEST IS THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. ZEC12:10-11.
10. THE JEWS PASS THE TEST BY ACCEPTING CHRIST AT HIS SECOND COMING. THE CYCLES END.
APPLICATION:
GOD WORKS IN CYCLES SIMILARLY IN OUR LIVES. 1CO 10:11. CAN YOU RELATE HOW YOU HAVE SEENTHIS PRINCIPLE WORK IN YOUR LIFE?
WHO ARE THE ISRAELITES? ROM 9:4
THOSE WHO DESCEND FROM ABRAHAM THROUGH ISAAC, JACOB AND THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL ARECALLED ISRAELITES. THOSE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL ARE THE ONES GOD CALLS HIS”CHOSEN PEOPLE”. (DEU 7:6). GOD CALLS THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB “THECHILDREN OF GOD” (ROM 9:8-13). IN ISAAC SHALL “THY SEED BE CALLED”, GODSAID IN ROM 9:7.
EVERYONE DESCENDED FROM ABRAHAM IS NOT CALLED ISRAELITES, ONLY THOSE FROM ISAAC. ROM 9:6.THESE PEOPLE FROM ISAAC ARE CALLED ISRAELITES WHEN IN THE LAND AND JEWS WHEN THEY ARE NOTIN THE LAND. (EST 2:5)
THOSE WHO DESCEND FROM ABRAHAM THROUGH ISHAMAEL AND ESAU ARE ARABS OR EDOMITES. THEYREPRESENT THE FLESH NATURE (ROM 9:8,13)
WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD? GAL 3:26-29
THOSE DESCENDED FROM ISAAC ARE CALLED “CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE” BECAUSE THEPROMISE WAS GIVEN TO ISAAC AND NOT TO ISHMAEL.
THE GENTILES ARE GRAFTED INTO GOD FAMILY ACCORDING TO ROM 11:17.
SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING, IF YOU BELONG TO CHRIST YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD AND ARE OFABRAHAMS “TRUE” SEED. (GAL 3:29)
THEREFORE, THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE THOSE WHO KNOW CHRIST BY FAITH WHETHER THEY ARE JEW ORGENTILE.
GAL 3:7GAL 3:26
THE SPIRITUAL POSTERITY
GOD’S DEALINGS WITH THE JEWS IN THE PAST FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE
READ ISA 17:10-11 JER 3:21 DEU 32:18
READ ROMANS 9:25-33 PROPHETS FORETOLD A RESTORATION
VS. 25 HOS 1:10 READ VS. 27 ISA 10:22-23
**WHAT IS MEANT BY A REMNANT?
REMNANT MEANS A PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HEART FOR GOD WITHIN THE NATIONAL NATURAL BORN ISRAEL.
GOD’S SPIRITUAL REMNANT IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY
ELIJAH AND 7,000 1KI 19:18
ISAIAH AND THE PROPHETS 1SM 1:9
ESTHER, MORDECAI, EZEKIEL, DANIEL, ETC.
EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ETC
JOHN THE BAPTIST, SIMEON, ANNA, ETC. LUK 2:38
PAUL & JEWISH BELIEVERS TODAY ROM 11:4-5
144,000 JEWISH WITNESSES REV 7:4-8
THE PURPOSE OF GOD’S PLAN IS TO LEAD THE JEWS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH CHRIST
**WHY HAVEN’T THE JEWS COME TO CHRIST? (32-33)
THEY DID NOT SEEK GOD IN FAITH.
THEY STUMBLED OVER CHRIST (33)
CHRIST IS THE STUMBLING STONE, THE ROCK OF OFFENSE THAT WAS PREDICTED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
PSA 118:22
ISA 8:14-18 28:16
MAT 21:42-44
1PE 2:6-8
STUMBLING STONE = TO STRIKE BY STUBBING YOUR TOE ON
ROCK OF OFFENSE = A SNARE OR TRAP
**HOW DO WE KNOW CHRIST IS THE ROCK? READ 1CO 10:4
CHRIST AS THE ROCK
1. SMITTEN THAT THE SPIRIT OF LIFE MAY FLOW FROM HIM TO ALL
WHO WILL DRINK
EXO 17:6 1CO 10:4
2. TO THE CHURCH, THE FOUNDATION AND CHIEF CORNER STONE
EPH 2:20
3. TO THE JEWS AT HIS FIRST COMING, A STUMBLING STONE
ROM 9:32-33 1CO 1:23
4. TO ISRAEL AT HIS SECOND COMING, THE HEADSTONE OF THE CORNER
ZEC 4:7
5. TO THE GENTILE WORLD POWER, THE SMITING STONE CUT OUT WITHOUT HANDS
DAN 2:34
6. THE ETERNAL STONE THAT WILL GROW AND FILL THE EARTH IN THE MILLENNIUM
DAN 2:35
7. TO UNBELIEVERS, THE CRUSHING STONE OF JUDGMENT
MAT 21:44
SUMMARY OUTLINE: PROBLEMS OF THE GOSPEL ROM 9:1 – 11:36
I. GOD’S PAST DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 9:1-33
A. PAUL’S ANGUISH FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE ROM 9:1-3
1. HOW SOLEMNLY IT IS AVOWED ROM 9:1
2. HOW SIGNIFICANTLY IT IS ATTESTED ROM 9:1
3. HOW SOBERLY IT IS ASSESSED ROM 9:2-3
B. PAUL’S ANALYSIS OF THE JEWISH PROBLEM ROM 9:4-33
1. HOW HE SEES THE PROBLEM ROM 9:4-29
a. GOD’S GRACIOUS DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 9:4-5
b. GOD’S GOVERNMENTAL DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 9:6-29
1) BASED ON HIS SUPERLATIVE WISDOM ROM 9:6-13
2) BASED ON HIS SOVEREIGN WILL ROM 9:14-24
3) BASED ON HIS SPOKEN WORD ROM 9:25-29
2. HOW HE SUMMARIZED THE PROBLEM ROM 9:30-33
a. GENTILES ATTAINED RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH
b. JEWS ATTEMPTED RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT FAILED
1) EXPLAINED SPECIFICALLY ROM 9:31-32
2) EXPLAINED SCRIPTURALLY ROM 9:33
APPLICATION:
WHY HAS GOD PUT THIS PARENTHESIS ABOUT THE JEWS IN THIS BOOK? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TOKNOW ALL THIS?
1. ROM 1-3 IS ABOUT BEING A WITNESS TO THE UNSAVED
2. ROM 1-8 TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
3. THE JEWS ARE UNSAVED
4.THROUGH ROMANS WE SEE GOD’S PLAN FOR ALL OF MANKIND, NOT JUST THE GENTILES OR THE CHURCH
5.WE NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THE PLAN GOD REVEALS IN THIS BOOK. THAT’S WHY OUR THEME FORTHE BOOK IS SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS. THAT’S WHY WE ARE MEMORIZING KEY SCRIPTURES INROMANS, TO EQUIP YOU TO SHARE YOUR FAITH.
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 10
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 9
FROM WHAT YOU KNOW OF JEWS TODAY, LIST THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU THINK KEEP THEM FROMACCEPTING CHRIST AS THEIR MESSIAH
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 10
READ ROMANS 10:1-21
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELIEVING AND ORAL PROFESSION OF FAITHMENTIONED IN ROM 10:9-10?
WHAT DO YOU LEARN IN THIS PASSAGE ABOUT TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS?
WHAT DO YOU LEARN IN THIS PASSAGE ABOUT HOW TO BE SAVED?
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 10:9-11
