What is modern Israel's future according to the Bible?
English: Flag of Israel with the Mediterranean sea in the background, in Rishon LeZion. עברית: דגל ישראל בראשון לציון (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Romans 11:26 promises that all Israel will be saved . Dispensationalists understand this verse to refer to a national salvation of ethnic Israel after the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Non-premillennialists sometimes imply that such an interpretation is a dispensationalist invention, because it means that God still has a future plan for national Israel. But did you know that many throughout church history, including many in the Reformed tradition have shared that same interpretation? None other than John Calvin , in his commentary on Romans 11:25-26, noted that “when the Gentiles shall come in, the Jews also shall return from their defection to the obedience of faith.” Other Reformers, such as Martin Bucer , Peter Martyr , and Theodore Beza similarly concluded that t...