What does it mean that Gentiles are grafted into the olive tree in Romans 11?
When Israel rejected everything and God turned to the Gentiles through Paul, He broke off Israel from feeding on the root and fatness of their father Abraham. Gentiles, pictured as a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them to partake of that same root and fatness.
Les explains that Israel did not appreciate her position, so God broke off some branches. The wild olive tree represents the Gentiles, who were grafted in among the remaining branches. When Israel rejected everything, God turned to the Gentiles through the apostle Paul and began to call out the Body of Christ. This made it possible for Gentiles to partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree—the root and fatness of their father Abraham—taking Israel’s place. Later, the receiving of Israel will be life from the dead, pictured in Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
More Questions
What does Romans 11 teach about Israel's branches and the Gentiles being grafted in?
In Romans chapter 11, God broke off the branches of natural Israel and grafted in the Gentiles.
Who is Romans 11:17 addressing when it talks about the wild olive tree being grafted in, and who is the good olive tree?
In Romans 11:17 Paul is speaking to Gentiles, who are pictured as a wild olive tree that has been grafted in among the Jews (the good olive tree) and now shares in the root and the fatness of the olive tree.