{"id":46044,"date":"2021-04-29T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T08:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=46044"},"modified":"2025-05-16T22:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:49:19","slug":"will-all-israel-be-saved-according-to-romans-1126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/04\/29\/will-all-israel-be-saved-according-to-romans-1126\/","title":{"rendered":"Will All Israel Be Saved According to Romans 11:26?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Let\u2019s <\/span>carefully <\/span>examine <\/span>the <\/span>Scripture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans <\/span>11:<\/span>25-<\/span>26 (<\/span>ESV) <\/span>says:<\/span>
“<\/span>Lest <\/span>you <\/span>be <\/span>wise <\/span>in <\/span>your <\/span>own <\/span>sight, <\/span>I <\/span>do <\/span>not <\/span>want <\/span>you <\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>unaware <\/span>of <\/span>this <\/span>mystery, <\/span>brothers: <\/span>a <\/span>partial <\/span>hardening <\/span>has <\/span>come <\/span>upon <\/span>Israel, <\/span>until <\/span>the <\/span>fullness <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Gentiles <\/span>has <\/span>come <\/span>in. <\/span>And <\/span>in <\/span>this <\/span>way <\/span>all <\/span>Israel <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>saved, <\/span>as <\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>written, \u2018<\/span>The <\/span>Deliverer <\/span>will <\/span>come <\/span>from <\/span>Zion, <\/span>he <\/span>will <\/span>banish <\/span>ungodliness <\/span>from <\/span>Jacob.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

At <\/span>first <\/span>glance, <\/span>this <\/span>verse <\/span>seems <\/span>to <\/span>promise <\/span>that <\/span>all <\/span>Israel <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>saved <\/span>at <\/span>the <\/span>end <\/span>times. <\/span>Indeed, <\/span>the <\/span>Bible <\/span>prophesies <\/span>a <\/span>time <\/span>when <\/span>the <\/span>gospel <\/span>will <\/span>return <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>nation <\/span>of <\/span>Israel <\/span>after <\/span>the <\/span>fullness <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Gentiles <\/span>has <\/span>come <\/span>in\u2014<\/span>that <\/span>is, <\/span>after <\/span>the <\/span>church <\/span>age <\/span>or <\/span>the <\/span>era <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Gentile <\/span>believers. <\/span>At <\/span>that <\/span>future <\/span>time, <\/span>two <\/span>prophetic <\/span>witnesses (<\/span>described <\/span>in <\/span>Revelation <\/span>11) <\/span>will <\/span>preach <\/span>powerfully <\/span>in <\/span>Israel, <\/span>performing <\/span>miracles <\/span>reminiscent <\/span>of <\/span>Moses <\/span>and <\/span>Elijah. <\/span>Through <\/span>their <\/span>ministry, <\/span>many <\/span>Israelites <\/span>will <\/span>accept <\/span>Jesus <\/span>as <\/span>the <\/span>Messiah.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But <\/span>Does <\/span>This <\/span>Mean <\/span>Every <\/span>Ethnic <\/span>Israelite <\/span>Will <\/span>Be <\/span>Saved?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>short <\/span>answer <\/span>is <\/span>no<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>Not <\/span>every <\/span>ethnic <\/span>Israelite <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>saved, <\/span>regardless <\/span>of <\/span>their <\/span>heritage <\/span>or <\/span>birthright.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul <\/span>clarifies <\/span>this <\/span>in <\/span>Romans <\/span>9:<\/span>6-<\/span>7 (<\/span>ESV):<\/span>
“<\/span>It <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>as <\/span>though <\/span>the <\/span>word <\/span>of <\/span>God <\/span>has <\/span>failed. <\/span>For <\/span>not <\/span>all <\/span>who <\/span>are <\/span>descended <\/span>from <\/span>Israel <\/span>belong <\/span>to <\/span>Israel, <\/span>and <\/span>not <\/span>all <\/span>are <\/span>children <\/span>of <\/span>Abraham <\/span>because <\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>his <\/span>offspring, <\/span>but ‘<\/span>Through <\/span>Isaac <\/span>shall <\/span>your <\/span>offspring <\/span>be <\/span>named.’\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This <\/span>means <\/span>that <\/span>being <\/span>an <\/span>ethnic <\/span>descendant <\/span>of <\/span>Israel <\/span>does <\/span>not <\/span>guarantee <\/span>salvation<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>Salvation <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>about <\/span>physical <\/span>lineage <\/span>alone, <\/span>but <\/span>about <\/span>faith <\/span>and <\/span>being <\/span>part <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>spiritual <\/span>Israel\u2014<\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>truly <\/span>believe <\/span>and <\/span>follow <\/span>God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, <\/span>just <\/span>as <\/span>not <\/span>all <\/span>who <\/span>call <\/span>themselves <\/span>Christians <\/span>truly <\/span>belong <\/span>to <\/span>Christ (<\/span>cf. <\/span>Matthew <\/span>7:<\/span>21-<\/span>23), <\/span>not <\/span>all <\/span>who <\/span>are <\/span>ethnic <\/span>Israelites <\/span>are <\/span>spiritually <\/span>saved. <\/span>There <\/span>are <\/span>those <\/span>among <\/span>the <\/span>Israelites <\/span>who <\/span>reject <\/span>Jesus <\/span>as <\/span>Messiah, <\/span>follow <\/span>false <\/span>teachers, <\/span>or <\/span>live <\/span>in <\/span>rebellion <\/span>against <\/span>God (<\/span>for <\/span>example, <\/span>Elymas <\/span>the <\/span>sorcerer <\/span>in <\/span>Acts <\/span>13:<\/span>6-<\/span>12).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who, <\/span>Then, <\/span>Does \u201c<\/span>All <\/span>Israel\u201d <\/span>Refer <\/span>To?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>phrase \u201c<\/span>all <\/span>Israel\u201d <\/span>in <\/span>Romans <\/span>11:<\/span>26 <\/span>refers <\/span>to <\/span>all <\/span>true <\/span>believers <\/span>among <\/span>Israel\u2014<\/span>the <\/span>genuine <\/span>spiritual <\/span>Israel<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>those <\/span>whose <\/span>hearts <\/span>have <\/span>been <\/span>changed <\/span>by <\/span>God\u2019s <\/span>grace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus <\/span>praised <\/span>Nathanael <\/span>as \u201c<\/span>an <\/span>Israelite <\/span>indeed, <\/span>in <\/span>whom <\/span>there <\/span>is <\/span>no <\/span>deceit\u201d (<\/span>John <\/span>1:<\/span>47, <\/span>ESV). <\/span>This <\/span>points <\/span>to <\/span>true <\/span>spiritual <\/span>identity, <\/span>not <\/span>mere <\/span>ethnic <\/span>background.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul <\/span>also <\/span>highlights <\/span>that <\/span>true <\/span>children <\/span>of <\/span>God <\/span>are <\/span>not <\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>are <\/span>only <\/span>physically <\/span>descended <\/span>from <\/span>Abraham <\/span>but <\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>have <\/span>faith, <\/span>just <\/span>as <\/span>Isaac <\/span>was <\/span>the <\/span>child <\/span>of <\/span>promise <\/span>over <\/span>Ishmael (<\/span>Romans <\/span>9:<\/span>7-<\/span>8).<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, <\/span>\u201c<\/span>all <\/span>Israel\u201d <\/span>means <\/span>all <\/span>who <\/span>belong <\/span>to <\/span>God <\/span>by <\/span>faith\u2014<\/span>true <\/span>believers\u2014<\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>saved.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Key <\/span>Theological <\/span>Points:<\/span><\/h3>\n