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Originally Posted by LetUsReason
Due to their rejection of their Messiah, God's plan for Israel has been paused as He instead introduced His plan for the church, a mystery hidden to the Old Testament audience. Although the Jews are temporarily "placed on the shelf", when the fulness of the Gentiles be saved, and God's time for the church is complete, the rapture will take place and God's time clock for Israel will again be restarted to conclude Daniel's 70th Week. It will take the horrors of the Great Tribulation in order to drive the Jews to repentance, which a remnant will do at the end of this time, prompting Christ's return to save them and pour out upon them the fountains of living water, Old Testament (and New Testament) idioms for the New Covenant or the Spirit outpouring. So, when we see clear OT prophecies of "all Israel" being saved, we know exactly when this refers to. It has nothing to do with the church, and everything to do with the Second Coming and establishment of the Millennial Kingdom.
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How about....
no. A million times no.
(Could not resist.)
This passage destroys all of that explanation:
Ep 2:12 That
at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace,
who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that
he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For
through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore
ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Don't rebuild the wall in your mind! 