Types of Models
What replaces Israel?
The church
God’s original intent was a unified focus of religion within each nation. (True or False)
True
The mystery that Paul is revealing in Romans 11:25–27 centers on how all Israel is to be saved. (True or False)
True
God doesn't always perfectly executes all of His decrees and purposes. (True or False)
False
What still exist after Christ’s second coming, and will be restored to worship the Lord?
The nations
What model speaks about how Israel has been replaced by the church?
Replacement
Where did God punished the rebellious pride of man?
At Babel
What people as a nation reject the salvation that is in Christ, God has been working on making Gentiles part of His family?
Jews
Is there a future day described when the Lord (Jesus the Messiah) will reign over all the nations of the earth from Jerusalem?
Yes
What is the role of nations in God’s plan of redemption?
The goal of nations is to know God, and for his love to spread to every corner of the earth.
What type of model sees the nation of Israel as a type, and its fulfillment in the antitypes of Christ and the church?
Fulfillment
What three concepts can the storyline of Scripture be summarized in?
Creation, Fall, Redemption.
What nation is God’s chosen people to be a blessing to all nations?
Israel
People from everywhere will gather in Jerusalem, in the land that was promised to the Jews, and will be ruled by what two kings?
Davidic and Messianic King
The promises made to Israel will be fulfilled by that same nation, because the church is made up of _________ _______.
Redeemed people
What model for the nations sees Israel acting as a template depicting how God will bring blessings to all nations of the earth.
Microcosm
What concept talks about how Scripture testifies to God’s creation of nations as a good and natural extension of His creation of man?
Creation
In what verse does Paul describe a partial and temporary blindness that Israel has been experiencing from Paul’s day until now?
Romans 11:26-27
Israel exists as one nation among many during the end times. What will the nation, as a whole do?
The nation will turn to the Lord in the end times
The fall of man meant that the nations failed to be what?
They failed to be exclusively God focused according to the original intent of their creation.
What book of the Bible makes it clear that God’s command to Israel in the current age is to believe in Christ for salvation and that God’s redemptive purpose for the church is for it to be composed of believers in Christ, Jew and Gentile?
Acts
Define nations.
People groups who each share a common physical heritage (ethnicity), social cooperation (government), and land (territory).
How does Paul conclude his argument regarding God's plan for salvation in Romans 11:31–32, and what role does he play for the Jewish people within that plan?
Paul declares that God intends for all of His people to be saved by using the disobedience of both Jews and Gentiles to show mercy to all. Paul foresees a future, promised salvation for Israel, where the nation as a whole will be grafted back and saved by the same mercy shown to the Gentiles
God indeed has a future plan for Israel, and it is based on what two main facts?
(1) God still has unfulfilled promises to Israel to keep, and (2) God acts according to His character, in such a way that He does what He says He will do.
How have theologians gone about making sense of Israel’s relationship to the church?
The church hasn't replaced Israel; the church is a "re-connected" family where people from all over the world are grafted into the same olive tree, and everyone who loves Jesus is part of God's special family.