by wmfinck » Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:43 pm
The grafting of the wild olive branches is taken out of context even by many Identity Christians. First, Paul was writing to Romans, not to anyone who happened to read the epistle. Second, his message to the Romans was different in this respect than to anyone else he had written to. For instance, Paul told the Corinthians that their fathers had been baptized in the clouds and the sea. Paul told the Galatians that the law had been their tutor for Christ. In all three events, Paul was talking to dispersed "lost" Israelites. Yet to understand the differences in his messages to them, one must understand the ancient history of all three peoples. That the message of Paul and the history of the peoples correlates so well validates both Paul's ministry and Christian Identity beliefs.
The Galatians were Israelites descended from those of the Assyrian deportations. The law was certainly their tutor, since its precepts would have been handed down through history in their tribal practices, even if over the centuries their identity as Israelites lapsed from their consciences.
The Corinthians were Dorian Greeks. Their ancestors left Dor in the ancient land of Manasseh and migrated into the Peloponnese circa 1100 BC. Being Israelites, their ancestors certainly were with Moses in the Exodus.
The Romans were descended from the Trojans. Their ancestors left the main body of Israelites in Egypt before the Exodus. They never had the laws handed down at Sinai. Therefore they were Israelites, but they were wild olives, as opposed to cultivated olives.
Men can guess at Romans 11 all they want, but this interpretation, I would insist, is the only true interpretation. All other interpretations are merely stabs in the darkness. I think I added it to the end of my Trojan-Roman Judah podcast, and if not, then I should have.
If you don't your history, the Bible will always be a mystery.
Hope this helps!

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