Who did God put in Israel's place when He removed them from the root?
God put the Gentiles in Israel’s place. When Israel rejected everything and was broken off from feeding on the root and fatness of Abraham, God turned to the Gentiles through the apostle Paul and began calling out the Body of Christ. The wild olive tree Gentiles were grafted in and now partake of the root.
Les explains from Romans 11 that Israel did not appreciate their position, so God broke off some branches. The wild olive tree, representing Gentiles, was grafted in among them and partakes of the root and fatness of the olive tree. When Israel rejected everything, God turned to the Gentiles through the apostle Paul and began to call out the Body of Christ. So as He removed Israel from feeding on the root and fatness of their father Abraham, He put the Gentiles in their place. This fits the broader passage: Israel’s casting away brought reconciling of the world, and their future receiving will be life from the dead, as 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;