Second, the Israelite branches were broken off because of their unbelief. These Israelite branches thought it was enough to be Abraham’s physical seed. John describes the mindset: “[Jesus] came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:11–13). John Murray comments: