Hi , TexUs , would like to see verses for that , and I have posted this on many forums and yet , No one has given clear cut verses , good luck , dan p
dan p, I understand you are looking for verses that say Gentiles are part of Israel.
The prophets and the righteous people of the Old Testament had faith. Since Jesus Christ came, everyone is called to have faith...in Jesus Christ.
The Bible tells us branches were cut off and Gentiles were grafted in. Here is an explanation of Gentiles being part of Israel, from the Bible:
Romans 11
[sup]13[/sup] I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry [sup]14[/sup] in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. [sup]15[/sup] For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? [sup]16[/sup] If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. [sup]17[/sup] If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, [sup]18[/sup] do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. [sup]19[/sup] You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” [sup]20[/sup] Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. [sup]21[/sup] For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
[sup]22[/sup] Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. [sup]23[/sup] And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. [sup]24[/sup] After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
Here is scripture about faith of those from the Old Testament:
Romans 4 (New International Version, ©2010)
Romans 4
Abraham Justified by Faith
[sup]1[/sup] What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? [sup]2[/sup] If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. [sup]3[/sup] What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[sup][
a][/sup] [sup]4[/sup] Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. [sup]5[/sup] However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. [sup]6[/sup] David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
[sup]7[/sup] “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
[sup]8[/sup] Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
[sup]9[/sup] Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. [sup]10[/sup] Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! [sup]11[/sup] And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. [sup]12[/sup] And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. [sup]13[/sup] It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. [sup]14[/sup] For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, [sup]15[/sup] because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
[sup]16[/sup] Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. [sup]17[/sup] As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.
And:
Galatians 3
[sup]6[/sup] So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
[sup]7[/sup] Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. [sup]8[/sup] Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” [sup]9[/sup] So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
