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Would
you explain the reason that Jews are regarded as enemies of the gospel
for our sakes, but beloved for the fathers’ sake (Rom. 11:28) regarding
election?
The
Jewish people have become “enemies of the gospel” for the Gentiles’ sake
(benefit), because Israel’s opposition to the Messiahship of Yeshua
is what caused the gospel to go out to the Gentiles originally. For the
sake of Gentile salvation, the Jews have become the enemies of the gospel.
Had the Jews accepted the gospel and the Messiahship of Jesus, then it
would not have been necessary for God to create the new entity called
the Church. But the Jews are “beloved for the fathers’ sake,” meaning
that they have never lost their covenantal standing, and, therefore, the
Abrahamic Covenant made to the “fathers” (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) still
stands. For that reason, in the future, there will be a national salvation
of Israel.
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