God Did Not Reject His People
The Identity of Israel in Paul's Letter to the Romans, Chapter 11

A paper by Alan Gilman
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Through the centuries there has been much antagonism between those who base their faith upon the teachings of the New Testament and the Jewish people. This is largely due to a most common interpretation of the New Testament's use of the term "Israel" that makes it synonymous with the Church.

Romans chapter 11 clearly demonstrates Paul's understanding that, consistent with the teaching of the Old Testament, Israel is to be understood as the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, a covenant people of God, whose promises of spiritual restoration have never been transferred or revoked.

This 17-page paper begins by looking at a key statement elsewhere in Romans that seems to support a re-definition of the tern "Israel." This is followed by a verse-by-verse analysis of Romans 11.

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