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Shalom, Trekson (AND Hitch).
WHOA, Nelly! Let's back up here!
Verse 21 is NOT current reality!!! The problem is that we MISUSE the words "saved" and "salvation," today! How they are used and interpreted in the OT is correct; how Paul used the verses in Romans 10 is correct, but HOW WE'VE INTERPRETED WHAT PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT IS WRONG!!! Paul is NOT talking about personal Justification by God in Romans 10:13! He's talking about the national RESCUE of Isra'el! Paul is talking about HIS PEOPLE, HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, HIS FAMILY in Romans 9:1 through 11:36!!! It's not right to twist the Scriptures like that!
All my life, I've heard Romans 10:13 as part of the "Romans Road to Salvation." (I'm a PK to an Independent, Fundamentalist, Fellowship Baptist preacher, after all.) I've had to struggle with this when I was trying to get a handle on a correct interpretation of Scripture. I don't take people to Romans 10:13 anymore when dealing with them about justification. I take them to 2 Corinthians 5:21, instead. That's a far more accurate way to show them what Yeshua` did for them.
Romans 10:13 is quoted from Yo'el's prophecy in Joel 2:32:
Joel 2:15-3:2
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
3 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
KJV
These verses are talking about LITERAL, NATIONAL DELIVERANCE of Y'hudah, Yerushalayim, the LAND, and God's PEOPLE, His HERITAGE ISRA'EL! Not individual, personal justification by God! HE'S TALKING ABOUT RESCUE!!! And, THAT is what "salvation" means. It is NOT talking about what many call "salvation" today.
Vs. 7 & 21 are both current reality
WHOA, Nelly! Let's back up here!
Verse 21 is NOT current reality!!! The problem is that we MISUSE the words "saved" and "salvation," today! How they are used and interpreted in the OT is correct; how Paul used the verses in Romans 10 is correct, but HOW WE'VE INTERPRETED WHAT PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT IS WRONG!!! Paul is NOT talking about personal Justification by God in Romans 10:13! He's talking about the national RESCUE of Isra'el! Paul is talking about HIS PEOPLE, HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, HIS FAMILY in Romans 9:1 through 11:36!!! It's not right to twist the Scriptures like that!
All my life, I've heard Romans 10:13 as part of the "Romans Road to Salvation." (I'm a PK to an Independent, Fundamentalist, Fellowship Baptist preacher, after all.) I've had to struggle with this when I was trying to get a handle on a correct interpretation of Scripture. I don't take people to Romans 10:13 anymore when dealing with them about justification. I take them to 2 Corinthians 5:21, instead. That's a far more accurate way to show them what Yeshua` did for them.
Romans 10:13 is quoted from Yo'el's prophecy in Joel 2:32:
Joel 2:15-3:2
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
3 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
KJV
These verses are talking about LITERAL, NATIONAL DELIVERANCE of Y'hudah, Yerushalayim, the LAND, and God's PEOPLE, His HERITAGE ISRA'EL! Not individual, personal justification by God! HE'S TALKING ABOUT RESCUE!!! And, THAT is what "salvation" means. It is NOT talking about what many call "salvation" today.