I said nothing of the sort. Have you taken leave of your senses? No one can enter by "the power of the flesh" -- neither Jew nor Gentile.I can't engage you in matters concerning the New testament as I believe you have not entered into that kind of life and understanding. You are stuck in the OT and what the flesh can do...and how God deals with mankind OUTSIDE of Christ.
The fact that you only see Gentiles entering in by the power of the flesh says an awful lot.
I'm also not interested in your judgment of me. You can think me mad if you like, but I'm not the person here making statements contrary to Scripture as you have.
I said they had been blinded and cut off the tree; and they will be grafted back on, if indeed they are truly of Israel to begin with.Not everyone has received the Spirit. And this is the truth...not a slight. My observations are meant to convey accuracy and understanding and not ruffle the pride of a man. There is a bigger picture to appreciate here. We are in a time where God has rejected the fleshly Israelites as being His people. But you will not see that of course.
You are making things up. Please get a grip on your over-active imagination. I believe God is Love. God loves everyone. The whole purpose of Israel was to help bring the Gentiles to salvation. Is this not the reason Jesus found his disciples, all Jews, who were already his sheep. so they could help spread the Gospel to the entire world? Was that not also the reason there were 70 members of the Sanhedrin -- to show how Israel was to act as a nation of priests to the Gentiles? Surely.You will not see that there is a spiritual calling on ALL people....no fleshly prerogatives. It is by faith...not DNA.
Pride? Why do you keep talking about pride? Perhaps your pride was wounded by my posting Scriptures that contradicted some of your posts? A simple "oops" would have ended this conversation. Ask yourself where your idea came from that people in the Old Testament never had the Holy Spirit in them? Ask yourself why you posted something like that? Why did you want to believe that? Why did it perturb you when I cited Scriptures to show they could?
Why would I?Have you converted to Judaism? Why not?
The wild branches would include any Gentiles grafted in, either as converts to Judaism, as righteous Gentiles who do not convert, or as Christians in the New Testament era. As far as what I believe, I believe there were 144,000 original souls in Israel. That means by the time of Moses, many had already been grafted in by being converts to Judaism; but by no means was conversion to Judaism ever any kind of requirement.The Gentiles that were among the "mixed multitude" (erev rav) became Jews...or at least their offspring did. Is that what you think the "wild branches" are?
I still ask you if God ever asks the impossible from anyone. Why so reluctant to answer a simple yes or no?