2018-10
2018-10
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 22: "Israel's Coming Salvation" (Isaiah 27:1-13)
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 22: "Israel's Coming Salvation" (Isaiah 27:1-13)1The Destruction of Evil (Isaiah 27:1)
1 In that day, the Lord will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.Israel’s Position as God’s Vineyard (Isaiah 27:2-6)
2 In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard: 3 I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. 4 I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. 5 Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me.” 6 In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.The Purpose behind God’s Judgment (Isaiah 27:7-11)7 Has the Lord struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her? 8 By warfare and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows. 9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing. 10 The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. 11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.The Returning Remnant (Isaiah 27:12-13)12 In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one. 13 And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.Concluding Thoughts from Isaiah 24-27
• God Is in Control• God’s Sovereignty Includes Judgment and Salvation• God Calls Us to Peace• Great Days Are Coming!
1 The following outline is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
“Freely Given” (Exodus 25:1–9)
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
“Freely Given” (Exodus 25:1–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 21, 2018
Exodus 25:1–9 (NIV) 1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 5 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; 6 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 7 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
1. The Lord is worthy of our gifts (vv. 1–2a).
2. The Lord is worthy of gifts that are freely and cheerfully given (v. 2b; 35:5)
3. The Lord is worthy of our most precious and valuable gifts (vv. 3–5; 35:5–7)
4. The Lord is worthy of useful and purposeful gifts so that he may be worshiped (vv. 6–7; 35:8–9).
5. The Lord is worthy of a sanctified place for his presence among his people (v. 8).
6. The Lord is worthy of being worshiped according to his instructions (v. 9).
Main Idea: The God who redeemed us and entered into covenant with us is worthy of the very best gifts that we can give so that he may be worshiped.
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
“Transformed Thinking” (Romans 12:2)
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
“Transformed Thinking” (Romans 12:2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 21, 2018
Romans 12:2, NIVDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1. Do not allow yourselves to be forced into the mold of the world’s way of thinking and living (v. 2a).
2. Instead, by the grace of God, continually strive to be transformed into new godly ways of thinking and living (v. 2b).
a. This transformation can only come through internal renewal by the Holy Spirit.
b. This transformation results in discovering and doing the will of God.
*The will of God is good, pleasing to God, and perfect.
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 21: “Judah’s Song of Deliverance” (Isaiah 26:1–21)
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 21: “Judah’s Song of Deliverance” (Isaiah 26:1–21)
Judah’s Praise (26:1-6)1
Secure in Peace (26:1-4)
1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. 2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. 3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
Down to the Dust (26:5–6)
5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust. 6 Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
Judah’s Prayer (26:7-21)
The Divinely Smoothed Pathway (26:7-9)
7 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. 8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. 9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Impenetrable Blindness (26:10-11)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord. 11 Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
The Divinely Ordained Peace (26:12-15)
12 Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. 13 Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor. 14 They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them. 15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
Out of the Dust (26:16-19)
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer. 17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, Lord. 18 We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life. 19 But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
Secure from Wrath (26:20-21)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. 21 See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
1 The outline for this lesson is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007) and J. A. Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996), 212.
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
“Confirmation of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:1–18)
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
“Confirmation of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:1–18)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 14, 2018
Exodus 24 (NIV)
24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2 but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”
3 When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” 4 Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”
8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13 Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.”
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
1. The Covenant with the Lord is Ceremonially Confirmed (vv. 1–11)
a. The participants in the ceremony (vv. 1–2)b. The presentation and acceptance of the covenant’s terms (v. 3)c. Official recording of the covenant’s terms (v. 4a).d. Ceremonial ratification of the covenant (vv. 4b–8)
i. Sacrifice: burnt offerings and peace offerings on altar made of natural stones (set up, not built and carved).ii. Ceremonial application of the blood to the altar.iii. Official reading and acceptance of the covenant (covenant vows).iv. Ceremonial application of the blood to the people.
e. Ceremonial covenant meal of fellowship (vv. 9–11).
2. The Worship of the Lord Is Determined by His Word (vv. 12–18).
a. The Lord’s Invitation to Moses and Moses’s Ascent (12–14).b. The Lord’s Majestic Presence on the Mountain with Moses (vv. 15–18).
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
"Christian Praxis" (Romans 12:1)
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
"Christian Praxis" (Romans 12:1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 14, 2018
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your true and proper worship. (Rom. 12:1 NIV)
1. A Gospel Foundation2. A Loving Exhortation3. A Living Sacrifice4. A True Worship
Main Idea: God deserves and demands all of us.
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 20: “God’s Victory over His Enemies” (Isaiah 25:1–12)
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 20: “God’s Victory over His Enemies” (Isaiah 25:1–12)1
1. Praise to God (25:1–5)
a. God Has Demonstrated His Faithfulness (25:1–3)
Isaiah 25:1–3 NIV1 Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. 2 You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. 3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
b. God Has Protected His People (25:4–5)
Isaiah 25:4–5 NIV4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall 5 and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
2. Description of God’s Restoration and Blessings (25:6–12)
a. God Will Establish Fellowship with His People (25:6–7)
Isaiah 25:6–7 NIV6 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
b. God Will Comfort His People (25:8–9)
Isaiah 25:8–9 NIV8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. 9 In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
c. God Will Remove His People’s Enemies (25:10–12)
Isaiah 25:10–12 NIV10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled in their land as straw is trampled down in the manure. 11 They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. 12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
1The outline for this lesson is taken from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
“Israel’s Guardian Angel” (Exodus 23:20–33)
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
“Israel’s Guardian Angel” (Exodus 23:20–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 7, 2018
Exodus 23:20–33 (NIV)
20 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
1. The Lord promises to guard and guide his people to their ultimate destination (20–23).
a. The Lord sent an angel to guard and guide his people (20).b. The Lord expected his people to listen to and obey his angel, because the angel carried God’s name and was God’s representative among the people (21).c. As they obeyed the Lord’s angel, the Lord promised to protect them, defeat their enemies, and bring them to their appointed home (22–23).
2. The Lord expects exclusive worship and obedience from his people (24–33).
a. Exclusive Worship (24): God rightly expects exclusive loyalty from his people.b. There are Covenant Blessings for Loyalty (25–31).
i. Basic Necessities: Food and Water (25)ii. Physical Health: No plagues/diseases (25)iii. Fertility (26)iv. Long Life (26)v. Victory in the face of Enemies (27–28)vi. Progressive Possession of the Land (29–30)vii. Expansive Territory (31)
c. A Renewed Call for Vigilance against False Worship (32–33).
i. No covenants with pagan peoples in the land (32).ii. No agreements or allegiance given to pagan gods (32).iii. No association or cohabitation with pagan peoples (33).
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
“The Infinite Wisdom of God” (Romans 11:33–36)
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
“The Infinite Wisdom of God” (Romans 11:33–36)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 7, 2018
Romans 11:33–36 (NIV)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” 36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
1. 3 Exclamations: God’s Salvation Plan for History Is Infinitely Wise (v. 33).
a. O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
b. O, how unsearchable are his judgments!
c. O, how his paths are beyond tracing out!
2. 3 Questions: God’s Infinitely Wise Plan Is Not Fully Capable of Being Understood by Finite People unless He Chooses to Reveal It (vv. 34–35).
a. Who has known the mind of the Lord?
b. Who has been God’s counselor?
c. Who has ever given to God [in advance] that God would be indebted to them and need to repay them?
3. 1 Declaration: Everything That Is and That Happens Has Its Source, Support, and End in God (v. 36a).
a. All things are…
i. From him - sourceii. Through him - supportiii. For him – end/goal/purpose
4. 1 Doxology: Our Infinitely Wise God Is Worthy of Eternal Glory (v. 36b).
a. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Main Idea: The revelation of God’s salvation-historical plan for Jews and Gentiles should cause us to marvel at his infinite wisdom and fall down in worship before the all-knowing, all-sovereign God.
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 19: “The Little Apocalypse”: The Earth’s Destruction (Isaiah 24:1–23)
The Earth’s Destruction (24:1–23)* 1. General Aspects of the Destruction (24:1–6)
a. The Lord Is in Charge (24:1)
24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants—
b. The Lord Doesn’t Play Favorites (24:2)
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
c. The Lord Judges Thoroughly (24:3–6)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
5 The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
2. Specific Aspects of the Destruction (24:7–23)
a. Gloom and Despair (24:7–13)
7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
8 The joyful timbrels are stilled,
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
9 No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city lies desolate;
the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,
its gate is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
b. Glory to God (24:14–16a)
14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous One.”...
c. Universal Upheaval (24:16b–23)
...But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!”
17 Terror and pit and snare await you,
people of the earth.
18 Whoever flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
19 The earth is broken up,
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls—never to rise again.
21 In that day the Lord will punish
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished after many days.
23 The moon will be dismayed,
the sun ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great glory.
* The outline for this study was drawn from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Theological and Historical Survey (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
“All Israel Will Be Saved” (Romans 11:25–32)
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
“All Israel Will Be Saved” (Romans 11:25–32)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 30, 2018
Romans 11:25–32 (NIV) 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” 28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
1. Israel’s current hardening is partial and temporary (v. 25).
a. It is partial because there is a remnant that is being saved in the present time. b. It is temporary because God is currently demonstrating his mercy to the Gentiles. But this temporary hardening will give way to a great salvation among the Jewish people.
2. Israel’s future salvation is promised and guaranteed by God’s mysterious grace (v. 26a).
a. Future—“will be”—after the full number of Gentiles (elect) have come in.b. Full—“all”—all Israel will be saved.
i. As in the present time, not all Gentiles are believing in Jesus, but there is a fullness of Gentiles that is being drawn to Christ in salvation.ii. So also, in the future, this promise is not necessarily a guarantee that every single ethnic descendant of Abraham (or of Jacob) will be saved.iii. This is a promise that a great number, a vast majority, of Israelites will at some point in the future receive a softening and drawing that will result in their salvation.
c. Faith—the Gospel demands that this future salvation of Israel cannot happen apart from faith in Christ.
3. This future salvation of Israel is confirmed by OT Scripture.
a. As it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. (Rom. 11:26 NIV)
i. Isa 59:20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins," declares the LORD. ii. Isa 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.
b. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." (Rom. 11:27 NIV)
i. Isa 59:21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD.ii. Isa 27:9 By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing. iii. Jer. 31:31–34 31"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, " declares the LORD. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
4. This future salvation of Israel is rooted in God’s unswerving faithfulness to his promise and his election (vv. 28–29).
5. The future salvation of Israel manifests God’s impartiality to all people, as the capstone of the drama of salvation history (vv. 30–32).
6. The revelation of this profound theological mystery has a specific purpose: to promote humility among the Gentile believers and remind them that they stand only by grace.