Paul
the apostle asked the people in Rome,
“I
would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part
is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come
in”,
and
in
chapter eleven and verse twenty-six of Romans,
Paul referred to scripture again as he told the people in Rome,
“there
shall come out of Zion the Deliverer”
where
we read:
And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out
of Zion the Deliverer,
and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
The
verse begins, “And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out
of Zion the Deliverer,”
Paul
began with the words, “and
so all Israel”
which means “and in this manner each, every, the whole and everyone
who is of the family or descendants of Israel whose name means he
shall be a prince of God” “shall
be saved”
or “will be kept safe and sound and rescued from danger or
destruction”: “as
it is written”
which means“like and in the manner it is delineated on a tablet,
parchment or other material”, “there
shall come” which
means “there will arrive and be present unexpectedly” “out
of Zion”
or “from the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of
Jerusalem was but which means parched place” “the
Deliverer”
which refers to “the one who draws to himself to rescue”. Paul
referred to scripture as he declared that
“Israel”
will be “saved”
through the “Deliverer”
Jesus like everyone else who believes and trusts in Him.
The
verse continues, “and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:”.
Paul
added the words, “and
shall turn away” or
“will remove, turn away, and defect” “ungodliness”
which
refers to “want of reverence towards God and impiety” “from
Jacob” or
“separate and away from the progenitor or the Israelites whose name
means heel-catcher or supplanter”. Paul continued his reference to
the scripture as he declared how the “Deliverer”
Jesus would “remove impiety” from Israel as well.
When
we consider these words of Paul, we see how God was to send His Son
Jesus as the “Deliverer” of “Israel” and the entire world.
Israel as a nation will be “saved” because they shall eventually
know that God's Son Jesus is the Messiah and Lord, and they shall
believe in the same manner that is available to everyone today. The
prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Micah,
Zephaniah and Zechariah all wrote concerning Him. To be “saved”,
a person need only to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and know in
their heart that God raised Him from the dead while confessing with
their mouth that He is Lord. Repentance from sins produces
forgiveness when brought to Jesus, and the penalty of sin is death
which is why a “Deliverer” is necessary. May all who read
these words know this wonderful Savior Jesus whom God has sent to
“rescue”.
Next
time Paul shares with his believing readers in Rome, “my
covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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