Meaning of "world" in Rom. 11:12 & 15 - Fulfilled Theology - Preterist2024-03-29T00:35:38Zhttp://fulfilledtheology.ning.com/forum/topics/meaning-of-world-in-rom-11-12-15?commentId=5096844%3AComment%3A6239&feed=yes&xn_auth=noVinnie,
I think Paul define…tag:fulfilledtheology.ning.com,2012-05-22:5096844:Comment:62392012-05-22T14:29:38.063ZRiversOfEdenhttp://fulfilledtheology.ning.com/profile/RiversOfEden
<p>Vinnie,</p>
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<p>I think Paul defined his understanding of "the whole world" as "those who are under the Law" (Romans 3:19). This could only be referring to the Israelites since no other people were ever accountable to the Law (Amos 3:1-2; Psalms 147:19-20). In the context, Paul was also assuming that those he called "the whole world" had "Abraham as forefather according to the flesh" (Romans 4:1).</p>
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<p>Thus, it seems to me that "the whole world" referred to all the…</p>
<p>Vinnie,</p>
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<p>I think Paul defined his understanding of "the whole world" as "those who are under the Law" (Romans 3:19). This could only be referring to the Israelites since no other people were ever accountable to the Law (Amos 3:1-2; Psalms 147:19-20). In the context, Paul was also assuming that those he called "the whole world" had "Abraham as forefather according to the flesh" (Romans 4:1).</p>
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<p>Thus, it seems to me that "the whole world" referred to all the Israelites regardless of whether or not they were "Jewish" in the sense that they were strictly following the customs of Moses prescribed by the Pharisees in Jerusalem (Acts 15:1).</p>
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<p>The problem with most people who interpret the NT is that they assume that "Jews" and "Israel" were the same general group of people instead of realizing that a "Jew" was simply one religious sect of "all Israel" and specifically referred to the minority of Isarelites who strictly followed the teaching of the scribes and Pharisees in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus.</p>
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<p>Rivers :)</p>
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