Apostle PAUL, in speaking to us Gentiles (we who are not Jews), says we are like branches of a wild olive tree, and here's why:
Romans 11:16-21
King James Version
16 For if the firstfruit be holy,
the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy,
so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off,
and thou,
being a wild olive tree,
wert grafted in among them,
and with them partakest of the root
and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root,
but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then,
The branches were broken off,
that I might be grafted in.
20 Well;
because of unbelief they were broken off,
and thou standest by faith.
Be not highminded,
but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches,
take heed lest he also spare not thee.
It is obvious.
We Gentiles are the "wild olive tree" grafted among the "natural branches", to partake of the "root and fatness of the olive tree".
The Jews are the "natural branches".
We must find NO conceit within ourselves, just because our Jewish brothers are having a difficult time.
We got in, because some of them broke off.
That verse is an admonition, lest it get to our head , about another verse the apostle spoke of, previous to that:
Romans 11:25
King James Version
25 For I would not,
brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
That phrase, "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in", has been "trailing" me FOUR times today already, so I know it's time to address it here, and possibly, in the next post.
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