The present writer feels that he must adopt a spiritualizing hermeneutic because he finds the New Testament applying to the spiritual church promises which in the Old Testament refer to literal Israel. He does not do this because of any preconceived covenant theology but because he is bound by the Word of God. If then the church is the true spiritual Israel, “has God rejected his people”—literal Israel (Rom. 11:1)? Paul goes on to answer this question at some length. He hints at their future salvation
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