What does Romans 11 say God will do with Israel and the Gentiles?
Romans 11 describes Israel rejecting everything, so God will strip the branches from the tree—Israel, rooted in Abraham—and graft in the Gentiles. It also addresses the casting away of them, showing God's judgment on Israel and His grafting of Gentiles into the Abrahamic promise.
Les explains that Romans 11 is an account of how Israel had rejected everything, and God is going to literally strip the branches from the tree, which is Israel, rooted in Abraham, and graft in the Gentiles. He points to Romans 11:15, which begins, “For if the casting away of them,” tying this casting away and Gentile grafting to what God promised through the Apostle Paul in Romans chapter 11. This also connects back to the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised that all the families of the earth would be blessed.
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
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Does the reconciling of the world in Romans 11 mean the whole world will be saved?
The reconciliation language connected to the casting away of Israel does not mean the whole world is going to be saved.