While God made great promises to Abraham’s literal seed, Israel being heir to that part of the Abrahamic Covenant, he also enlarged the Covenant to include people of all nations who meet His Covenant conditions.  The Gentiles will have their place and part in the Abrahamic Covenant by becoming adopted children of God.

    We have found that the Gentile Christians are not a separate Church, but are grafted in among the true Israelites, and with those Israelites they share in the promised Kingdom inheritance promised to Father Abraham.  While the teaching of Jesus ultimately broke down “the middle wall of partition” between Jews and Gentiles, Jesus limited His ministry to Jews, with rare exceptions.  He instructed His Twelve Disciples, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not” (Matt.10:5).  Jesus mission was first to “His own,” the chosen people, the Jews, God’s true Church; but ultimately to “as many as received Him.”  The division of all mankind is into two classes, Jews and Gentiles, emphasizes the importance of the Jews as the people through whom God made Salvation available to all people. 

    Gentiles don’t have to become Spiritual Israel, but they must become Spiritual Jews to share in the promises made to Abraham.  Gentiles were included from the start of that Covenant, but never to take their place to fill in for Israelites.  The promises to Abraham included both Israel and believing Gentiles. 

    Did God reject the Jews and Israel as a Nation when they rejected Jesus as their Messiah?  This is a vital question and needs a Bible answer.  Many believe and teach that Gentiles has replaced the Jews and is now the true Church taking their place as the New Testament Spiritual Israelites and heirs to the promises.  Not so!  Here is where the Gentiles come in, and in no way do they take Israel’s place in this New Covenant. 

    God made Salvation available to all people.  This did not annul the promises to Israel the literal multitude of seed, seeing that God gave the Gentiles a place and part in the original Abrahamic Covenant.  The Gentiles coming in was as planned and in no way pushed Israel out of the New Testament Covenant.  Did God cast away Israel as a people, or nation?  “No!”  Then the converted Gentiles cannot take Israel’s place in the plan of God, or in God’s Church.  When Gentiles accepts Christ he is grafted in and become Partakers of the roots of the Olive Tree, or promises made to Abraham.  This does not teach that these converted Gentiles become Israelites even though they are grafted in, but they partake in the Abraham promises as other texts given show that Israel was not cast off or replaced by the Gentile Church.  Paul makes it plain that when a Gentile accepts Jesus as their Savior he becomes a child of God and then Abraham’s seed and becomes heirs to the same Covenant.