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Romans
Chapter
10
{Verses
1-11: The failure of Israel to accept Jesus Christ as Savior}
2-3~~For
I {Paul} testify/'bear witness' {martureo} {Note: Agnoeo means to not know. In referring to God, it means to not know God. It is the word from which we get agnostic.}
4~~
For Christ . . . {is} the termination/end/cessation {telos} {Note: Dikaiosune is NOT salvation. It is usually translated 'righteousness'. But it is more than just righteousness. RBT translated it 'the total fulfillment of spiritual maturity. This verse is saying that the spiritual life of the Jewish Age was different than the spiritual life of the Church Age.
5~~For
you see, Moses wrote {grapho} {Note: Leviticus 18:5 does NOT say they will be 'saved' by means of the Mosaic Law. Instead it says they will live by them. They were a set of laws of morality for all humans - believers and unbelievers Alike. Morality is a lifestyle not a means of salvation. To distort morality into a way of salvation is blasphemous and disastrous.}
{Blasphemy
of The Unattainability of Salvation because the Cross has Yet to Occur} {Note: Paul is saying those who reject Jesus as the Messiah or Savior or Christ are in effect saying that we still need to have heaven send us a Messiah and this is blasphemy and those with Church Age doctrine understand this. SideNote: The reason the Jewish Age believers had to wait in Paradise was the 'unattainably of salvation'. They were NOT saved until Christ actually went to the cross. This principal recognized the free will choice of Jesus to back out right to the very end (Father take this cup from ME, nevertheless, Thy will be done). He knew what was coming and did not want to touch sin. But He agreed to touch sin and be judged for all sins - on behalf of YOU and me!}
{Blasphemy
of The Unavailability of Salvation} {Note: Paul is giving the principal of Deuteronomy 30:13 with the equivalent of Amos 9:2. The blasphemy here is that if the Messiah has not yet come and risen from the dead, then we still need him to do so!}
8~~Or,
in contrast, what does it {the Word} say?
{RBT
says that Verse 9 is the Protasis and Verse 10 is the Apodosis} {Note: Expressing with your mouth and believing in your right lobe are two sides of the same coin. For you can not declare Jesus to be Lord unless you first believe Jesus to be Lord (God knows your thoughts, you can not lie to Him). Salvation is by faith not of works.} {Note: Homologeo literally means 'saying the same thing'. And, that is how its meaning was derived. It means to state as in a courtroom case exactly what happened. So, it means to name, admit, or confess - but this is a candid honest declaration with no emotion involved in the process.}
11~~Therefore
the scripture says {Isaiah 28:16},
{Verse
12-21: The failure of Israel to Function as a Client Nation}
{Quote
from Joel 2:32} {Note: 'An ' in a sentence means that the action of the verb is conditional. It is similar to a third class conditional if. Sozo is then in the indicative case- the case of NO DOUBT. If they do, they Will absolutely be saved. Onoma here is a word used when you do not know much about the person you are addressing. And, here, salvation does not require much knowledge of Who and What the Lord is. You believe (here expressed as 'call on His name') and you are saved.}
14~~
Consequently, how shall they {unbelieving Gentiles}
15~~Finally,
how shall they {Note: The resurrection is an essential doctrine in the evangelism of the Jew today.} {Note: Apostello means to 'be sent out on a mission under the authority of someone else. And an Apostle is one who has been sent out by God under His authority. Here in context, is a missionary who is being sent out under the authority of God via the spiritual gift of evangelism that He has given him. What is the purpose of a missionary? To give the 'good news' of salvation by faith. That Christ has come, and died for all sins. That He is resurrected and we can now be in Union with Him, if we believe in Him.} {Note: Horaios is a word of time. It means beautiful in the sense of a basketball player sinking a basket as the clock runs out to win the game - what a beautiful shot. In context here, are the 'feet of the missionary'. Feet are the means of transportation in this day. So, how timely that the missionary is going where positive volition is right at the right time.}
{Documentation
of the Big Mental Block out} {Note: Hupakouo is made up of 'hup' which means 'under' or 'under the authority of' and 'akouo' which means to hear. So this means that they clearly heard the gospel but from negative volition they have rejected the message. So, hupakouo has come to mean to hear, understand, but with the negative - to NOT obey.}
17~~Consequently,
that faith/doctrine {pistis} . . .
{Debater's
technique and then a Quote from Psalms 19:4} {Note: Me and ouk are both negatives. A double negative in the Greek is a very strong negative.}
19~~But
I {Paul} say, Did Israel absolutely not {me ouk} {Note: The Jewish race is made up of a large percentage of very bright people. Human intelligence without God's righteousness often ends up operating on their 'human righteousness'. So, from their human talents grows arrogance. Yet in Paul's day they look out and see the gentile nations who are less intelligent and not part of God's promise to Abraham's seed, yet they are being blessed and the Jews are being cursed - so they did not think this is 'fair' and become jealous. Next, they get angry over the less intelligent gentiles being blessed by God, yet they suffer. Why? They reject the gospel of Christ. They reject that the Messiah has come. Therefore, the status of client nation to God has moved to Gentile nations - where it will remain until the end of the Church Age.}
20~~But
{next witness} Isaiah is so bold as to say, {Isaiah 65:1}
{The
Principal of Inversion} {Note: Because of the big blot out in Israel, the Jews and the Gentiles reverse their roles in the inversion. Gentiles become the client nation to God responsible for sending missionaries to other parts of the world. And, they provide a refuge to those Jews who are being persecuted in other parts of the World.}
{Note:
RBT says in Romans certain words (example given was 'dia' is often
mistranslated because of the case. In this verse, we have pros with an indeclinable noun (Israel). So we are provided a definite article to give the case and the correct translation - here pros is with the accusative case and means 'face to face with'.} ************************************************** This page is sponsored by Kenneth Sidley, CPA. This page is sponsored by Moxxor For Pain Free Living.
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