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God's Plan for Israel: A Study of Romans 9-11

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This is a small, easy-to-read, much-needed book about a greatly misunderstood topic. "God's Plan for Israel" is an excellent, balanced book explaining God's mercy, grace, and faithfulness to the Jews and Gentiles. Kreloff, a saved Jew, shows how clearly the Scriptures distinguish between the church and Israel. Kreloff explains God's sovereignty in election does not negate human responsibility in salvation.

Packed with much more than the study of Romans 9-11, this book combats the false doctrines claiming the church replaced Israel. Paul warns Gentiles who have come to faith not to "boast" or become "arrogant" against the olive root, which is the nation of Israel. Kreloff explains we must combat Gentile who consider themselves spiritually superior to Jews by focusing on God's grace.

"God's Plan for Israel" is divided into three main sections 1. How God spared the Hebrew nation in the past 2. The reason He continues to preserve the Jewish people 3. The plan God has to restore Israel in the future.

This author has great respect for "God's Plan for Israel" it appears in several of my bibliographies.

This is a very readable exposition of these important chapters from God's Word. Steve Kreloff writes from a classic dispensational perspective, and explains the issues in a clear, understandable manner. I highly recommend this book for every Bible student who is trying to get a good grasp on these three chapters of Romans.

This book analyzes Romans 9-11 which deals with God's plan for Israel. Kreloff puts the Apostle Paul's writings in the historical context of confusion over whether God's set aside Israel, why the Jews stumbled over Jesus, whether the future promises to national Israel still would be kept, and what the relationship of the Church should be to Israel. The book shows Paul's logic in making his case for God's faithfulness to Israel in this particular place in the Bible, that it is not a non sequitur following Romans 8 about eternal security, but that the point is if God has been faithful to his promises to His elect nation, He will be faithful to His promises for the elect individual. Kreloff is persuasive in arguing against unbiblical "replacement theology" that teaches the Church has replaced Israel and received her blessings, a common view within Christendom today. This book is valuable in that replacement theology has such negative consequences for the individual believer and for society, as belief that the Church is Israel impacts both (1) interpretation of scripture, and (2) one's worldview that could have theocratic implications for domestic policy and also affect worldview regarding Middle East policy. In addition to the Israel's-not-cast-aside issue, this book's second strong point is in clarifying the doctrine of election and its tension with human responsibility, clearing up misconceptions by explaining what election is not and portraying election as a doctrine of mercy (which is why Romans 9-11 fits logically as a prelude to Romans 12, the appropriate response of the believer in light of God's mercy). This is a small book so meaty with scripture-to-scripture exposition that I've been blessed reading it again and again. And as for tone, Kreloff, who is himself a Jewish Christian, conveys a heart of compassion for the Jewish people, dedicating the book to his mother "who came to believe in the Messiah of Israel hours before entering His presence," and reminding the reader of Jewish Paul's own heart burden for the Jews in writing Romans 9-11.

An easy to read and easy to understand book that explains verse by verse key passages to see the distinction between Israel and the church.

I used to be sad, but this book made me happy.

This book is an extremely helpful guide to understanding the role Israel plays in God's plan now that the church age has come.

A a Christian I'd like to focus on the authors case for his theory of election. I'll leave the debate over Gods plan
for Israel to others.
What the author writes is very disturbing to say the least. The concept of "election" is very difficult to accept. To say that God chooses one person over another
and some are condemned from the moment they are born flys in the face of an all loving merciful God. The author states that some object to the idea of "election"
and erroneously conclude that by selecting some, God is condemning the rest. He then states that these objections overlook the fact that the whole human race is
already condemned because all people are born in the state of sin and condemned before a holy God(Psalm 51:5, "surely I was sinful at birth, sinful at the time my
mother conceived me" and Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that
came by Jesus Christ). Therefore all deserve judgment.

Isn't he forgetting that the sacrament of Baptism removes Original Sin and puts us in a state of grace.. He also forgets that Jesus came to us with the express purpose
of dying on the Cross so that all our sins would be forgiven(which is stated in the latter part of Romans 3:23).
Also is an innocent baby that dies at birth or as a result of an abortion condemned because they were in a state of Original sin, when they did nothing sinful?
Throughout the New Testament there are many references stating that you will be saved if you truly believe in Christ and his resurrection.
In fact, the whole point of his resurrection is to show that we will also rise again after death if we take Jesus as our savior.
He goes on to say that election doesn't condemn sinful people . Instead of being unfair, it serves to deliver some of the mass of condemned sinners.
Later on he goes on to say that "God has not revealed the basis for his selection of one person over another.
Being sovereign he has the right to bestow mercy on whomever he chooses to favor and he has the right to withhold his mercy from anyone and bestow judgment upon him".
That doesn't sound like an all loving God to me.

This author sounds like he's stating the idea of pre-destination. Such that our destination is already set and there's nothing we can do about it.
I thinks he's nuts! He's picking and choosing isolated segments from the Bible, taking them out of context and promoting a very scary theory.

another typical hebrew book that proclaims their fanatical nature and egoism as the supreme nation of their true and only god yahve.

pitty,that hebrew "cosmotheory" rules the world today!