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ROMANS 11
LESSON #14
GOD’S FUTURE PLAN FOR THE JEWS

MEMORY VERSE: ROM 11:36
READ ROM 11:1-12 GOD’S FUTURE DEALINGS WITH THE JEWS–FROM GOD’S AND MAN’S PERSPECTIVESMIXED

**WHAT EVIDENCE DOES PAUL GIVE FOR PROVING THAT GOD HAS NOT CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE, THEJEWS, PERMANENTLY?
PAUL’S OWN CONVERSION (1)
GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN (2-4)
A REMNANT THROUGH HISTORY (5)
DIVINE DISCIPLINE (11)
BLINDNESS OF ISRAEL
ROM 11:20 TELLS US THE BLINDNESS IS BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF
READ MATTHEW 23:13-16, 23-39 MATTHEW 27:24-26
ACTS 2:23,36

**WHAT REASONS DO YOU THINK GOD CAUSED BLINDNESS TO COME UPON THE JEWS?
NATIONAL BLINDNESS OF ISRAEL TO JESUS CHRIST
1. KEEPING OTHERS FROM THE TRUTH (MAT 23:13)
2. COVERING UP SHADY DEALS WITH PIOUSNESS (MAT 23:14)
3. MAKING BIGOTS OF PROSELYTES (MAT 23:15)
4. TEACHING FALSE VALUES (MAT 23:16,23)
5  EXTERNALISM (MAT 23:27)
6. KILLING THE PROPHETS (MAT 23:34-35)
7. KILLING JESUS (MAT 27:24-26 ACT 2:23,36)
8. UNBELIEF (ROM 11:20)

**IS IT FAIR OF GOD TO CALL INTO ACCOUNT A PRESENT GENERATION FOR SOMETHINGTHEY’RE NOT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR?
NOT HUMANLY SPEAKING, BUT SOCIETY IS ALWAYS A RESULT OF PAST GENERATIONAL DECISIONS. ANDGOD DOES NOT OPERATE ON HUMAN STANDARDS.
VS. 12 THE GENTILES WILL BE GIVEN EVEN GREATER BLESSINGS AFTER GOD BEGINS TO AGAIN DEALWITH THE JEWS.
READ ROM 11:13-25 GENTILE WARNING!
VS. 16-17 PARALLELISM
THE FIRST FRUIT = JEWISH PATRIARCHS  (JER 11:16-17)
LUMP = ALL ISRAEL (WORLD) (NUM 15:20-21)
ROOT = JEWISH PATRIARCHS SUCH AS ABRAHAM (JOH 4:22)(ISA 11:9-11)
BRANCHES = ALL ISRAEL
TRIMMED BRANCHES = THE UNBELIEVING JEWS
NATURAL BRANCHES = BELIEVING JEWISH REMNANT
WILD OLIVE TREE = GENTILE BELIEVERS

**WHAT LESSONS CAN WE, GENTILES, LEARN FROM THE JEWS’ EXPERIENCE? (18)
BOAST NOT! TAKE HEED NOT TO FALL INTO THE SAME HYPOCRISY AND UNBELIEF AS THE JEWS DID.

**HOW LONG WILL THE BLINDNESS UPON THE JEWS LAST? (25)
UNTIL THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES WHEN GOD AGAIN DEALS WITH THE JEWS DURING THETRIBULATION PERIOD.
PAUL CALLS ISRAEL’S BLINDNESS AND ULTIMATE RESTORATION A MYSTERY (25) WHICH HE ISREVEALING HERE FOR US.
READ ROM 11:26-32 FUTURE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS
READ ZEC 12:1-13:1
ROM 11 IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DAVIDIC COVENANT
READ 2SA 7:12-16

PROMISES
THE LAND
A BLESSED NATION OF STRENGTH MI 4:7
RESPECTED LEADERSHIP ISA 1:26 ISA 14:2
READ ROM 11:33-36 PAUL’S BENEDICTION

SUMMARY OUTLINE PROBLEMS OF THE GOSPEL–ROM 11
III. GOD’S PROMISED DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 11:1-36
A. THE FAIRNESS OF GOD’S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 11:1-10
1. PAUL CITES HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE ROM 11:1
2. PAUL SITES HISTORY AS AN EXAMPLE ROM 11:2-10
a. GOD’S DEALINGS WITH THE BELIEVING MINORITY   ROM 11:2-6
b. GOD’S DEALINGS WITH THE UNBELIEVING MAJORITY   ROM 11:7-10
B. THE FARSIGHTEDNESS OF GOD’S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL   ROM 11:11-29
1. GOD ACTS DISAPPROVINGLY ROM 11:11-22
a. BUT WITH THE PROSPECTIVE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN MIND
b. AND WITH THE PRESENT REDEMPTION OF THE GENTILES IN MIND
2. GOD ACTS DISPENSATIONALLY ROM 11:23-29
a. IT IS WITHIN THE POWER OF GOD TO RESTORE  ISRAEL  ROM 11:23
b. IT IS WITHIN THE PURPOSE OF GOD TO RESTORE  ISRAEL ROM 11:25
C. THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD’S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL   ROM 11:30-36
1. THE MERCY OF GOD’S WAYS ROM 11:30-32
a. MERCY TO GENTILES AND JEWS ROM 11:30
b. MERCY TO THE WORLD ROM 11:32
2. MAJESTY OF GOD’S WAYS ROM 11:33-36
a. BEYOND ALL HUMAN INFERENCES ROM 11:33-35
b. BEYOND ALL HUMAN INTERFERENCES ROM 11:36

HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 12

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

APPLICATION OF ROMANS 11
WHAT HAVE WE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE END TIMES ACCORDING TO THIS CHAPTER?
HOW DOES THIS KNOWLEDGE CHANGE YOUR LIFE?
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 12
READ ROMANS 12:1-21
MAKE A LIST OF ALL THINGS THIS CHAPTER TELLS YOU “TO DO”
MAKE A LIST OF ALL THINGS THIS CHAPTER TELLS YOU “NOT TO DO”
ACCORDING TO THIS CHAPTER, WHAT IS GOD’S PERFECT WILL FOR YOU?

MEMORY VERSE: ROM 12:1-2