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Romans 11:16-24 - Two Olive Trees

© 2005 Tony Garland

11:16 - The Branches are Holy [listen]

• "if the firstfrit is holy! the lm is also holy"

#al ma$es an analo%y &ase' on the Ol' Testament ractice of settin% asi'e the first of one(sincrease to )o' *+, 22:2./ 20:1./ 1:23 By settin% asi'e the firstfrits to )o'! the entire

ortion was consi'ere' 'e'icate' or set apart. By honorin% )o' with the very first increase! )o'

wol' reson' an' &less s&se5ent ro'ction an' the entire cro was set aart for )o'(s

increase Holiness incl'es the i'ea of separation or setting aside.

• "if the root is holy so are the &ranches"

The "root" hol's an' sstains the &ranches The root of the cltivate' olive tree is consi'ere' to

&e holy an' therefore so are the &ranches

11:1 - Bro$en Branches [listen]

• "some of the &ranches were &ro$en off"

#al 'eclares all the &ranches to &e "holy" prior to some of the &ranches &ein% &ro$en off

• Three +ntities

The natral &ranches are the 7ews--the nation of 8srael

1 atral Branches - Some of the natral &ranches are &ro$en off These are the n&elievin%

7ews who re9ecte' 7ess These are the "not all 8srael who are of 8srael" *Rom .:6 who 7ess

mentions as &ein% mem&ers of the "syna%o%e of atan" *Rev 2:./ 0:. The remainin% natral

&ranches are &elievin% 7ews which #al refers to elsewhere as "the 8srael of )o'" *)al 6:16

2 ;il' Branches - The wil' &ranches are )entiles! some of which came to faith an' &ecame

%rafte' into the cltivate' olive tree

0 Root an' <atness - The root an' fatness is the &ase of the cltivate' olive tree which sortsall the &ranches in the tree! &oth %rafte' an' natral This reresents the romises an' covenants

%iven thro%h the fathers *see 'ia%ram &elow

Romans 11:16-24 - Two Olive Trees 1 of 4 © 2004 Tony Garland



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• )rafte' 8nto a =ltivate' Olive Tree

11:1> - The Root orts ?o [listen]

• "'o not &oast"

"Boast" is katakauchō meanin% "to loo$ 'own on!" "to 'esise!" in'icatin% a feelin% of

comarative seriority

• "the root sorts yo"

The root of a lant rovi'es the very &asis for the contine' srvival of the &ranches The root can

srvive withot the &ranches--even srotin% new &ranches! &t the &ranches are absolutely

dependent on the root




• alvation is of the 7ews

The covenants of romise! sch as the @&rahamic =ovenant *)en 12:0! an' the ew =ovenant

*7er 01:01! were %iven to the Jews --thro%h @&raham! 8saac! an' 7aco& Believin% )entiles only

articiate on accont of their i'entity with 7ess =hrist! Himself the ltimate reresentative of

8srael

11:1.-23 - Ao ot &e Ha%hty [listen]

• " yo stan' &y faith Ao not &e ha%hty"

Ao not thin$ hi%hly of yorself &ecase the means &y which yo were %rafte' in the lace of the

&ro$en off natral &ranches is faith alone ?or salvation &y %race thro%h faith is a %ift of )o'

given without regard for merit *+h 2:>-.

11:21 - He ay ot are ?o [listen]

• atral Branches <avore'

The natral &ranches were cltivate' &y )o' The 7ews occie' a favore' osition accor'in% to

)o'(s election of the nation 8srael *Ae :6->/ 14:1-2/ #s 10:4

• +ven atral Branches ;ere ot are'+ven tho%h the natral &ranches ha' &een cltivate' &y )o' an' %iven tremen'os romises!

faith was still re5ire' in or'er to remain in the olive tree #al emhasiCes that if it was ossi&le

for )o' to &rea$ off natural &ranches which have an affinity for the cltivate' tree! how mch

easier it wol' &e to &rea$ off the wild &ranches only recently %rafte' inD

11:22 - )oo'ness an' everity [listen]

• "on those who fell! severity"

)o'(s severity fell on those 7ews who faile' to e,ercise faith an' re9ecte' essiah 7ess at His

resentation to 8srael *Eec .:./ tt 21:4-

• "towar' yo! %oo'ness"

The )entiles of faith mst remem&er that they only occy their osition in the tree &ecase of

)o'(s nmerite' %race 8n &oth severity or %oo'ness! it is God's sovereignty which ltimately is the

sorce of what has ta$en lace 8f some of the natral &ranches fell! so col' some of the wil'

&ranchesD

• "if yo contine otherwise yo also will &e ct off"

8n the same way that in'ivi'als amon% 8srael 'i' not contine in faith an' fell from )o'(s %race!

so too will it &e with the )entiles This verse reinforces the scritral trth that tre faith

contines whereas rofesse' faith may wane an' show itself for that which it trly is--not faith at

all Therefore! #al e,horts &elievers to e,amine themselves to see whether they are in the faith

*2=or 10: Those who are trly save' cannot lose their salvation:1 They are seale' with the Holy irit as a %arantee of their re'emtion *2=or 1:21-22/ :4-6/

+h 1:10-14

2 They have eternal life having passed from 'eath to life *7ohn :24

0 Those who (fall away( were never known &y 7ess *tt :21-20




11:20 - )rafte' 8n @%ain [listen]

• "if they 'o not contine in n&elief"

8srael has not fallen ermanently to &e "relace' &y the =hrch" 8f 8srael! as a nation of

in'ivi'als! comes to faith &y some means! then )o' is a&le to %raft them into the natral olive

tree a%ain @s we will shortly see! this is the very thin% re'icte' &y critre *Rom 11:2-26

11:24 - Their Own Olive Tree [listen]

• "%rafte' contrary to natre"

The Torah *Faw of oses! an' varios other romises an' covenants were not %iven to the

)entiles! &t to 8srael *+h 2:11-10 8t is not "natral" for )entiles to &e arta$in% in what is

essentially a 7ewish faith *=hristianity fon'e' on a 7ewish romise -- the ew =ovenant *7er

01:01 8t is only &y )o'(s %race an' the faith of )entiles in 7ess! Himself &orn a 7ew! that this

sitation has come to e,ist

• "how mch more these"

ever for%et that the ftre tas$ of trnin% the n&elievin% amon% 8srael &ac$ to faith rior to the

econ' =omin% will &e considerably easier than what )o' accomlishe' at the <irst =omin% of

=hrist when the )entiles came to faith in what is essentially a forei%n 7ewish essiah: 7ess

• "%rafte' into their own olive tree"

;ritin% after the cross an' the re9ection of essiah 7ess &y the ma9ority in 8srael! #al still

refers to the cltivate' olive tree as the 7ews( "own tree" The tree an' the romises associate'

with the root are theirs an' we who are &elievin% )entiles are the otsi'ers who! &y )o'(s %race!

are articiatin% in their romises *Rom .:4/ +h 2:12

@lication

1 alvation is of the 7ews - Ta$e note: &elievin% )entiles are not calle' "natral &ranches!" &t

rather "wil' &ranches" %rafte' in amon% &elievin% 7ews This is a clear in'ication of the7ewishness of the roots of =hristianity @s )entiles! we shol' see$ to n'erstan' the 7ewish

conte,t of =hristianity in or'er to &etter n'erstan' critre @lso: the fact that we! as cleless

)entiles! have come to faith in a 7ewish essiah thro%h 7ewish critres shol' tell s 9st how

easily )o' can %raft 7ews &ac$ into their osition as eole of faith

2 8f the Root is Holy! so are the Branches - @ll &ranches! even those &ro$en off &y )o'! are "holy"

in the sense of &ein% set asi'e to flfill )o'(s rose for the nation ;e will see in the ne,t few

verses that even non&elievin% 7ews! as art of 8srael! are to &e love' on accont of their role in the

lan an' rose of )o'

0 Believin% )entiles are not the "ew 8srael" - 8srael is the same ol' 8srael The analo%y #al ses

involves three main comonents! not two: *1 the natral &ranches *7ews/ *2 the wil' &ranches

*)entiles/ an' *0 the root an' fatness which sorts them &oth *the romises an' convenantsvia the fathers The wil' &ranches *&elievin% )entiles 'o not &ecome natral &ranches *7ews

or are they %rafte' into the natral &ranches both natral an' wil' &ranches articiate in the

root an' fatness Both wil' an' natral &ranches are 9oine' into the same cltivate' tree This is a

removal of the wall of searation &etween the natral an' wil' &ranches formin% "one new man

from the two" *+h 2:1


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