Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Will 'All of Israel' be Saved? Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 08:17:11 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu David, Thank you so much for setting the record straight. After an extended period of deep soul-searching, I came to the same conclusion that you have. I believe that 'all of Israel' means all of God's people. There are a variety of references in the OT which support our conclusion. One is in the latter part of Isaiah 65 (if that's not the right passage write back - my Bible is at home) in which God tells the OT Jews that he will utterly destroy all but a remenant of them and that He will call his people by a different name. The author of the Living Bible suggests that this name could be Christians. I wish that a few more people would reach this conclusion, because where I come from, many people have confused the state of Israel with the Israel of the Bible, and have some really weird ideas....... Some people have suggested that there will be some big happening in which many unbelieving Jews will suddenly convert. However, I found no evidence which I believe supports this claim. I have spoken to people who have a contrary belief and have read a little material on the subject. So, far what I have found is that many of the references that they used were actually OT prophecies about Jesus. They use references such as, "the reaper will overtake the plowman" - Amos, which , according to the disciples, were references to Jesus Christ's first coming. Elizabeth