Romans 9-11
Praise | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #70
Like a hiker who has reached the summit of an Alpine ascent after a long and strenuous tour the...
Summary | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #69
Just before closing, Paul summarizes in verses 28 to 32 what he had explained in the preceding...
God’s very Own Business | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #68
And there is not only one or two little changes Paul makes in Romans 11 quoting Isaiah 59. The...
Out of Zion or To Zion | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #67
Paul changes the original text of Isaiah 59 in Romans 11. Is that an accident? Or did the apostle...
All Israel | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #66
Is "all Israel" every Jewish person? All the Jews that ever lived on...
The Mystery | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #65
"The mystery" that the apostle wishes to tell us, is the breath-taking interdependence between...
A Mystery | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #64
In biblical thinking, a mystery is not something to be kept secret, but rather a fact that God...
The Natural Branches | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #63
Paul talks about "natural" branches and, at the same time, about branches that are grafted in...
Beware | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #62
"Once saved, ever saved" might sound attractive to Christian ears. However, it is certainly not a...
Do Not Boast | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #61
Romans 11 is possibly the first text that testifies to a Gentile feeling of superiority towards the...
The Difference Remains | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #60
Yes, we are part of the same tree. But, contrary to the vast majority of Christian believers, the...
Grafted In | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #59
As Gentile believers in the God of Israel, according to Paul, we are grafted into the olive tree...
Israel as Olive Tree | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #58
The olive tree is an old image describing the people of Israel. Not only the rabbinical tradition...
The Olive Tree | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #57
Without the image of the olive tree, the Land of Israel is unthinkable - and the Bible cannot be...
The Dough | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #56
A principle in in Jewish tradition that is deduced from Scripture says: If a little lump of the...
Life From Dead | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #55
"More riches" for the gentiles, according to Paul, equals "life from dead". What does he hint at?...
Jealousy Once Again | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #54
Paul sees the central calling of the gentile believers in Yeshua in their provoking the Jewish...
The Fullness | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #53
In Romans 11 the term "fullness" occurs twice, once the "fullness of Israel", once the "fullness of...
Qal VaChomer – from lesser to bigger | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #52
For Israel’s Messiah the conclusion that through their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews was u...
Through Israels fall – Messiah’s Perspective | Romans 9-11 with Johannes Gerloff #51
For Israel's Messiah the conclusion that through their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews was...