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Was MacArthur a dispensationalist?

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Romans 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved;

O Robertson, in his book, "The Israel of God," asks this question.
What does Paul mean by "all Israel?"

1) All Israel refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham.
2) "all Israel" refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham living at a future time at which God shall initiate a special working among the Jews.
3) "all Israel" refers to the "mass" or "majority" of Jews living at the time of a special saving activity of God in the future.
4) "all Israel" refers to all the elect Israelites within the community of Israel.
5) "all Israel" refers both to Jews and gentiles which together constitute the church of Christ, the Israel of God.


What does everyone choose, 1-5?
Since the church is not the Israel of God, Israel is 4. the elect Israelites within the nation of Israel. Didn't Paul already say that not all who are of Israel are Israel? Only those who are not simply circumcised in the flesh, but those who are also circumcised of the heart. The first only makes you a physical descendant of Abraham, while having both makes you both a physical and spiritual descendant of Abraham which means they are of Israel and are Israel. Jews under the Abrahamic covenant, who are also partakers of the promise to Abraham by faith.
 
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