Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



But it is not as though the word of God has failed For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED." That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? "Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE." But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL." read more.
In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.” Verse ConceptsEvil KissingFalse GodsFaithfulness, Examples OfKissingRemnantSeven ThousandBowing To False GodsSurvivors Of Israel

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodAcceptance, divineAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Not ForsakingFar Be It!Prayer For Jerusalemisrael

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice. Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Purpose OfGrace, The Source OfSurvivors FavouredChosen DisciplesGraceGod's Grace

“Yet there will be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an oak
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The holy seed is its stump.”
Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; Verse ConceptsNot Defeatedisrael