Lesson 435

(Lesson 435)(10-24-12) Romans 11:1-5, "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace."

This lesson tells us that even though Israel, as identified by those who still attempt to adhere to the law, has been used as a means by which God could give the Church to the Gentiles, He still allowed for those Jews who would accept Jesus Christ to be saved, "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.".
I don't understand why so many struggle to accept what is said here. There are still many in the lineage of Abraham (Jews) who are among God's "chosen". However, they are ONLY among God's chosen because they abandoned the law of "works" and accepted the new law of faith.
Because the vast majority of the Hebrew people were disobedient to the intent of the Law of Moses, and still are, they were given, as a people, over to their own pleasures. The Gentiles therefore, through their experience, inherited the Church, (chosen status).
Those Jews that now inhabit Israel, (the nation) are no longer to be considered "God's chosen", that status has been delegated to those of us who have accepted the grace of God through Jesus Christ to eternal salvation.~