The Liberated Churches in The Netherlands (12)

(Continued from previous article 2/1/1946 Issue 9) The children of the promise are counted for the seed. But who are these children of the promise? We may note that, in Rom. 9, they are designated by four different terms: Israel, the seed, children of the promise, and children of God. They are called Israel: "For they are not all Israel which are of Israel." The meaning is, evidently: all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) are not true Israel. The first Israel, therefore, does not denote the...