We grafted ten different
Asian and European pear varieties into this one tree just four
weeks ago. Unlike the Bible metaphor, we cut off all the old
growth, because it was a flowering pear that bore no fruit. We
grafted in dormant sticks (called scions) with no leaves. Wild
scions are not usually used for grafting. Only scions from known
cultivations are used. The word graft is used six times in the
bible: all in Romans chapter eleven.
If the root is Israel, then the Gentile grafts make
Israel more full of believers. The Jewish root was renewed by
Yeshua when he took the place of Adam. Many natural branches were
cleansed by the made-new root to bear more fruit and many were cut
off.
Acts 2:39-41 (The new covenant promise was given to
Israel)
ECB 39 for the
pre-evangelism is to you and to your children and to all who are
afar - even as many as Yah Veh our Elohim calls. Joel
2:32 40 And he
witnesses and beseeches with many other words, wording, You, be
saved from this crooked generation.
THE FIRST
ECCLESIA
41 So
indeed they who receive his word with pleasure are baptized; and
about three thousand souls are added that day:
Romans 11:17
CLV 17 Now if
some of the boughs are broken out, yet you, being a wild
olive, are grafted among them, and became a joint
participant of the root and fatness of the olive,
Some branches were cut out due to
unbelief.
Romans 11:19
CLV 19 You will be
declaring, then, "Boughs are broken out that I may be
grafted in."
Anyone who believes is grafted in. Even people like
Paul. He was initially not in the renewal of covenant Yahwey made
with the twelve tribes at Pentecost. He was definitely not
producing fruit.
Romans 11:23
CLV 23 Now they
also, if they should not be persisting in unbelief, will be
grafted in, for God is able to
graft them in again."
Romans 11:24
ALT 24 For
if you, the [one] by nature of the wild olive tree,
were cut out, and contrary to nature, were grafted
into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural
ones, be grafted into their own olive
tree?
We know that the twelve tribes
in the diaspora were in fact cultivating people from other nations.
Cornelius was a God fearing Roman soldier and the first Gentile to
be grafted into the Jewish body of Christ. He was a wild olive by
nature, being born a Gentile, but was cultivated by the effects of
the diaspora as Nebuchadnezzar was. Nebuchadnezzar reminds us more
of the animal/human metaphor rather than the wild
fruit/cultivated
fruit metaphor.
The believing Jews brought in the believing Gentiles to
make Israel full of believers.
James 3:7 (The nations were cultivated by the humans)
ECB 7 For all nature,
both of beasts and of flyers, both of creepers and of those in the
sea, is tamed - and has been tamed by human nature:
The church is now the holy nation producing fruit in
the world.
1 Peter 2:9
YLT 9 and
ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him
who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous
light;
Isaiah 11:1-2
CLV 1 And a Twig
shall fare forth from the set slip of Jesse, and a Scion from his
roots shall be fruitful." 2 And the
spirit of Yahweh shall rest on Him: A spirit of wisdom and
understanding, a spirit of counsel and mastery, a spirit of
knowledge and the fear of Yahweh."
Jesus was placed into the tree
of Jesse by the Holy Spirit. A scion is grafted when the bark is
slipping. It must be set properly and secured by twine, tape,
rubber bands or nails.
Right before His crucifixion and resurrection Jesus
told his Jewish disciples that He was in fact the supporting trunk
of the grapevine that gave life to all the branches
John 15:1 (Some branches from the old covenant were cut
off.)
CLV 1 I am the true
Grapevine, and My Father is the Farmer." 2 Every
branch in Me bringing forth no fruit, He is taking it
away, and every one bringing forth fruit, He is
cleansing it, that it may be bringing forth more
fruit." 3 Already you are
clean because of the word which I have spoken to
you. 4 Remain in Me. I
also am in you. According as the branch can not be bringing forth
fruit from itself, if it should not be remaining in the grapevine,
thus neither you, if you should not be remaining in
Me." 5 I am the
Grapevine. You are the branches. He who is remaining in Me, and I
in him, this one is bringing forth much fruit, for apart from Me
you can do nothing." 6 If anyone
should not be remaining in Me, he was cast out as a branch, and it
withered. And they are gathering them, and into the fire are they
casting them, and they are being burned." 7 If ever you
should be remaining in Me and My declarations should be remaining
in you, whatever you should be wanting, request, and it will be
occurring to you." 8 In this is My
Father glorified, that you may be bringing forth much fruit, and
you shall become My disciples." 9 According as
the Father loves Me, I, also, love you. Remain in My
love." 10 If ever you
should be keeping My precepts, you will be remaining in My love,
according as I have kept the precepts of My Father and am remaining
in His love." 11 These things
have I spoken to you, that My joy should be remaining in you, and
your joy may be filled." 12 This is My
precept, that you be loving one another, according as I love
you." 13 Greater love
than this has no one, that anyone may be laying down his soul for
his friends." 14 You are My
friends, if you should be doing whatever I am directing
you." 15 No longer am
I terming you slaves, for the slave is not aware what his lord is
doing. Yet I have declared you friends, for all that I hear from My
Father I make known to you." 16 Not you
choose Me, but I choose you, and I appoint you, that you may be
going away and be bringing forth much fruit, and your fruit may be
remaining, that anything whichsoever you should be requesting the
Father in My name, He will be giving it to you." 17 In these
things I am directing you, that you may be loving one
another." 18 If the world
is hating you, know that it has hated Me first before
you." 19 If you were
of the world, the world would be fond of its own. Now, seeing that
you are not of the world, but I choose you out of the world,
therefore the world is hating you." 20 Remember
the word which I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his
lord.' If Me they persecute, you they will be persecuting
also. If My word they keep, yours also will they be
keeping." 21 But all these
things will they be doing to you because of My name, seeing that
they are not acquainted with Him Who sends Me." 22 If I came not
and speak to them, they had no sin. Yet now they have no pretense
concerning their sin." 23 He who is
hating Me is hating My Father also. 24 If I do
not the works among them which no other one does, they had no sin.
Yet now they have seen also, and they have hated Me as well as My
Father, 25 but it is
that the word written in their law may be fulfilled, that they hate
Me gratuitously." 26 Now, whenever
the consoler which I shall be sending you from the Father may be
coming, the spirit of truth which is going out from the Father,
that will be testifying concerning Me." 27 Now you also
are testifying, seeing that, from the beginning, you are with
Me."
Matthew 7:16-20
YLT 16 From their
fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns
grapes? or from thistles figs? 17 so
every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield
evil fruits. 18 A good tree
is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good
fruits. 19 Every tree
not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to
fire: 20 therefore
from their fruits ye shall know them.
The tree of life is Yeshua. We
are now grafted in by the Holy Spirit. The renewed covenant is
better than the old was. Old covenant Jews were born by the flesh
into the flesh family tree. Not everyone in the flesh family tree
believed.
There is no category here for those who have the Spirit
yet are in the flesh. Those in the flesh rejected the Spirit and
their twelve bodies were about to die their second old covenant
death; which was permanent. Those in the flesh tried to be
righteous under old covenant law. The twelve sons of Jacob produced
twelve bodies of people who were all in their first covenant death
as a nation; and or Adam's first covenant death as an individual.
Some from Judah were back in the land, but not all of Judah's
descendents were believers. I believe Romans 8 addressed the same
people as James 1 did; that is old covenant people, i.e., the
twelve tribes.
Romans 8:9-15 (Their second death according to the flesh was
near)
YLT 9 And ye are not
in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth
dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ—this one
is not His; 10 and if
Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead
because of sin, and the Spirit is life because of
righteousness, 11 and if the
Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in
you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken
also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in
you. 12 So, then,
brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to
live according to the flesh; 13 for if
according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to
die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put
to death, ye shall live; 14 for as many
as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of
God; 15 for
ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but
ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry,
`Abba—Father.'
In
verse 15 Paul points out the big difference between the old
covenant Jew and the new covenant Jew; the Holy Spirit renewed them
into the family as sons, not as servants to the law of sin and
death again. Jesus set the Jews free from their law in their flesh.
I was never under their law in their flesh and today nobody can
be.
Romans 8:1-8 (Paul himself was set free from the law of sin and
death)
YLT 1 There is,
then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not
according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; 2 for the law of
the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus
did
set me free from the law of the sin and of the
death; 3 for
what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the
flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the
flesh, 4 that the
righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk
according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who
are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and
those according to the Spirit, the things of the
Spirit; 6 for the mind
of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit—life
and peace; 7 because the
mind of the flesh is enmity to God, for to the law of God
it doth not subject itself, 8 for neither is
it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please
God.
Believing Jews were shocked when
Gentiles were grafted into their body.
Acts
10:34-48
YLT 34 And Peter
having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is
no respecter of persons, 35 but in every
nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is
acceptable to Him; 36 the word that
he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news—peace through
Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,) 37 ye—ye have
known; —the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from
Galilee, after the baptism that John preached; 38 Jesus
who is from Nazareth—how God did anoint him with the Holy
Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all
those oppressed by the devil, because God was with
him; 39 and we—we are
witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the
Jews, and in Jerusalem, —whom they did slay, having hanged upon a
tree. 40 `This one God
did raise up the third day, and gave him to become
manifest, 41 not to all
the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by
God—to us who did eat with him, and did drink with him, after
his rising out of the dead; 42 and he
commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it
is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and
dead— 43 to this one
do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that
is believing in him doth receive remission of
sins.' 44 While Peter
is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those
hearing the word, 45 and
those of the circumcision believing were astonished—as many as came
with Peter—because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy
Spirit hath been poured out, 46 for they were
hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying
God. 47 Then answered
Peter, `The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be
baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive—even as also
we?' 48 he commanded
them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they
besought him to remain certain days.
Galatians 5:22-23
THE SINGULAR FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT
ECB
22 And the fruit of the Spirit: love, cheer,
shalom, patience, kindness, goodness, trust, 23 meekness, self-control: against such there
is no torah.
The apostle to the nations was still reaching out to
his old covenant flesh before the AD 70 judgment. The only way out
of the second old covenant death was to enter the new covenant
life.
Romans 11:13-14
ECB 13 For I word
to you - to the goyim: indeed, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the
goyim I glorify my ministry: 14 if somehow
I incite my flesh to jealousy and save some of them.
Graff, Graft (RV) -
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament
Words
[ 1,,G1461, enkentrizo ] denotes
to graft" in (en, in, kentrizo, to graft), to insert a slip of a
cultivated tree into a wild one. In Romans
11:17, Romans
11:19, Romans
11:23-Romans
11:24, however, the metaphor is used "contrary to nature"
(Romans
11:24), of grafting a wild olive branch (the Gentile) into the
good olive tree (the Jews); that unbelieving Jews (branches of the
good tree) were broken off that Gentiles might be grafted in,
afforded no occasion for glorying on the part of the latter. Jew
and Gentile alike must enjoy the Divine blessings by faith alone.
So Jews who abide not in unbelief shall, as "the natural branches,
be grafted into their own olive tree."
1 Corinthians
6:9-11
ECB 9 Or
know you not the unjust inherit not the sovereigndom of Elohim? be
not seduced: neither whoremongers nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor
thieves nor avaricious nor intoxicators nor abusers nor plunderers
inherit the sovereigndom of Elohim. 11 And
some of you were these: but you are bathed but you are hallowed but
you are justified in the name of Adonay Yah Shua and in the Spirit
of our Elohim.
Those who rejected the new covenant would try to change
its fulfillment; which was revealed to Jesus, who gave it to an
angel to deliver to another Jew to give to the
churches.
Revelation 22:19
ALT 19 And if
anyone takes away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy,
may God take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy
city, the [things] having been written in this
scroll.
Romans 1:1-2
YLT 1 Paul, a
servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to
the good news of God— 2 which He
announced before through His prophets in holy
writings—
Revelation 1:1-2
PROLOGUE
ECB 1 The
Apocalypse of Yah Shua Messiah, that Elohim gave him to show his
servants what must quickly become; and he apostolized and signified
it through his angel to his servant Yahn: 2 who
witnessed of the word of Elohim and of the witness of Yah Shua
Messiah and of all he saw.
In another metaphor the Jews are Yahwey's firstfruits.
Jesus was resurrected on firstfruit of the barley harvest and the
twelve tribes were resurrected 50 days later as the firstfruit of
the wheat harvest, i.e., their new betrothal.
Even in the gospel parables
of the wedding party, the invitations go to the most familiar
people first. Then everyone is invited to fill
in.
All Israel is everyone who believes. Only believers are
in the made holy nation; the church. The wedding hall was filled
with reverence.
Romans 11:25-26
ECB 25 For
brothers, I will not that you be unknowing of this mystery, lest
you think beyond yourselves; that petrifaction by part became Yisra
El, until the fulness/shalom of the goyim enter. 26 And thus
all Yisra El is saved! Exactly as scribed, The Rescuer
comes from Siyon and turns irreverence from
Yaaqov:
Galatians 3:28-29
ECB 28 There is
neither Yah Hudiy nor Hellene; there is neither bond nor liberated;
there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Messiah
Yah Shua; 29 and if
you are of Messiah then you of the sperma of Abraham and heirs
according to the pre-evangelism.
Believers don't get removed from the
covenant.
Romans 9:6-8
ALT 6 But it is not
possible that the word of God has failed. For all
the [ones] of Israel, these [are] not
Israel; 7 nor [are
they] all children because they are seed [fig.,
descendents] of Abraham, but "by Isaac will your
seed [fig., descendents] be named." [Gen
21:12] 8 That is, the
children of the flesh, these [are] not children of
God, but the children of the promise are counted
for seed [fig., descendents].
The promise is Yeshua thy Messiah, i.e., Jesus the
Christ.
Isaiah 53:1-12 (A layer-plant
forms a new root while attached to the original tree)
CLV1 Who
believes our report? And the arm of Yahweh--to whom is it
revealed? 2 And He is
coming up as a layer-plant before Him, and as a
root sprout from earth that is arid. No shape has He nor honor when
we shall see Him, and no appearance nor loveliness that we will
covet Him." 3 Despised is
He, and shunned by men, a man of pains and knowing illness. And, as
One concealing His face from us, despised is He, and we judge Him
of no account." 4 Surely our
illnesses has He borne, and our pains--He was burdened with them.
Yet we account Him touched, smitten by the Elohim and
humbled." 5 Yet He was
wounded because of our transgressions, and crushed because of our
depravities. The discipline for our welfare was on Him, and by His
welts there is healing for us." 6 All of
us, as a flockling, have strayed; each man to his own way, we face,
yet Yahweh, in Him, intercedes because of all our
depravity." 7 Hard pressed
is He and being humbled, yet He is not opening His mouth. As a
flockling to slaughter is He fetched, and as a ewe before her
shearers is mute, so He is not opening His mouth." 8 From
restraint and from judgment is He taken, and on His generation, who
shall meditate? For He was severed from the land of the living;
because of the transgression of My people was He touched by
death." 9 And He is
given His tomb with the wicked, a cave from the rich, in His death.
For He does no wrong, and no deceit is in His mouth, 10 yet Yahweh
desires to crush Him, and He causes Him to be wounded. Should you
place His soul for a guilt approach, He shall see a seed. He shall
lengthen His days, and the desire of Yahweh shall prosper in His
hand." 11 From the
toil of His soul shall He see light. And He shall be satisfied by
His knowledge. My righteous Servant shall justify many, and with
their depravities shall He be burdened." 12 Therefore I
will apportion to Him among many, and to the staunch will He
apportion the loot, insomuch that He gives up His soul unto death,
and with transgressors was counted; and He bore the sin of many,
and for transgressors is making intercession."
Strong says 'yo-nake' means a new branch from the
original root.
Strong dictionary
Strong: H3126
Word: יונק
Transliter: yônêq
Pronounc: yo-nake'
Active participle of H3243;
a sucker; hence
a twig (of a tree felled and
sprouting): - tender plant.
The resurrection placed Yeshua alive and alone on new
ground. Fifty days later the believers from the twelve tribes
rejoin Him. He is the human root of the better covenant. Only
believers are in it. We usually draw family trees upside down.
Yeshua came down and restarted from the ground up.
Revelation 22:16
CLV 16 I,
Jesus, send My messenger to testify these things to you in the
ecclesias. I am the root and the race of David,
the resplendent morning star."
We are in the family of the Christ.
Revelation 22:16
KJV 16 I Jesus
have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star.
God redeemed those under law and then we were grafted
in.
Galatians 4 (servants to the old world elements became
sons)
FROM SERVANT TO
SONSHIP
ECB 1 And I
word, as long time as the heir is a baby, he surpasses not a
servant - being adoni of all; 2 but is
under managers and administrators until the pre-appointment of the
father. 3 Even so
thus we, when we were babies, were subservient under the elements
of the cosmos: 4 but when
the fulness/shalom of the time came Elohim apostolized his Son -
become of a woman - become under the torah 5 to market
them who were under the torah so that we take the
sonship. 6 And because
you are sons, Elohim apostolized the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba Father. 7 So
then, you are not still a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an
heir of Elohim through Messiah.
No one will ever be redeemed under law again. There is
no tree that brings back the law of sin and death to the made new
and better covenant. There was a resurrection!
Galatians 4:4-5
(He redeemed the old covenant Jews first)
LITV 4 But when
the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, having come
into being out of a woman, having come under Law, 5 that
He
might
redeem the ones under
law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons.
The
believing Gentiles were adopted in. Hallelujah praise
Yeshua!