The Wild Olive Tree | |
| Date Posted: | 01/30/2011 |
| Category: | New Testament Theology |
| The apostle Paul asserted in Romans 11:1 that God had not rejected his people. Speaking metaphorically, he went on to compare the people of Israel to a cultivated olive tree whose rootage was in the Patriarchs, particularly Abraham. Some Bible commentators, however, interpreted the root of the olive tree as Christ or his messianic program. Were they wrong? | |
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