“And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.” Verse 23.
20. What will be the final result of the gospel?
“And so all Israel shall be saved.” Verse 26.
21. Before Gentiles become Israelites, in what condition are they?
“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles, ... at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.” Eph. 2:11, 12.
Note.—If, in order to be saved, Gentiles must become Israelites as is everywhere asserted, then when converted from their Gentile ways to the ways of Israel, they certainly must have faith in Christ, and their lives must conform to the moral law which God gave to Israel, otherwise it would not be the commonwealth of Israel, but of the Gentiles. The writing of the law in the heart is one of the provisions of the new covenant with true Israel. See Jer. 31:31-34; Heb. 8:8-12.
22. How are God's remnant people described?
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12.
23. Whose names are in the foundations of the holy city?
“And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” Rev. 21:14.