The Olive tree and The Branches continued

Hello again! Are you ready for more food?

The last time we spoke I was getting ready to speak about the natural olive branches and the wild olive branches and how they relate to the people in the bible, the Israelites and the Gentiles. So far we had discussed that Israel, the people, has been temporarily set aside but not cast away permanently.

Paul who is an Israelite and the apostle to the Gentiles are speaking to them in Rom. 11:12
" Now if their fall (Israel) is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness." Then Paul continues by saying, "For if their (Israel) being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?" What do we think this means?

Well, let's continue, maybe we could sharpen each other. The story that Paul is about to tell us has to do with a certain set of people who from the beginning were natural branches of the olive tree, and at some point they were broken off because of disobedience/unbelief and another set of people were grafted in among the natural, and with the natural became partakers of the root and the fatness of the olive tree.
Paul then, speaking to the Gentiles, says, "You will say then, 'Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well said, because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty , but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either." Rom. 11.19-21.

Let's stop to meditate on what was just said by Paul.
This is just a little food for the soul. I have more to share about this matter which I think is very important to the subject of " salvation has come to the Gentiles."

Stay with me for the next meditation.