A 2-Part Study of

Israel’s Current State Before God,

Being Temporarily Set Aside During Today’s Gentile Age of Grace

Part 1 - Is Israel ‘Cast Away’ or Not?

In Romans chapters 9-11 Paul explains Israel’s current position before God, during today’s Gentile age of “the gospel of the grace of God” (Act 20:24). Many consider Romans 9-11 to be the most difficult part of Romans. ‘Context’ will be critical throughout the discussion in this paper, if we are to properly interpret what Paul is saying.

The vast majority of Bible believing Christians today think “the Olive Tree” of Romans 11 represents Israel and that “the church, the body of Christ” has been grafted into Israel. I will explain why this is not so. Once again, we need to see what exactly Romans 11 says in its full context.