Where Israel Stands In God's Program?

The Living God is not through with Israel. In fact he never intended to. Israel is God's only program. The old tree (Israel) is not uprooted and a new tree (church) is not planted in place of Israel. Instead the non-Jews got the privilege to be a part of his program through faith in God's Son Jesus Christ. Thus they too become the children of Abraham and people of God as Israel is. The wild olive shoots (non-Jews) were grafted into the original one (Israel) by God's grace.

Church is not a fresh new tree i.e. Church is not a new program but actually the next step of the original program, the one and only program Israel. It is not an after thought of God because of the Israel’s rebellious nature.

However for Israel also, salvation is only through faith in God's Son and not just because of their heritage of being Abraham's children through flesh. Thus for the Jews to continue to remain in the program, they too ought to have faith in Jesus. Since Jesus came as the next step of the same old program.

And Jews and non-Jews, who put trust in Jesus, are together known as Church. You may call it the "TRUE Israel" (not NEW-Israel). Romans 9:1-8, 27, 30-33, Romans 10, Romans 11.