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in Christ, who by receiving the spirit of God into their souls become sons of God 1c) the
blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven.

Notice that Israelites are preferred over all other nations (1a), which means, by implica-
tion, that YEHOVAH preferred to call only Israelites as His sons by the "adoption" method. How-
ever -- this definition of "adoption" is not yet complete! We must allow the Bible to complete this
definition for us. Romans 8:23 explains the Bible definition of the word "adoption": "And not only
they, but we also who have the firstfruits of the spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
eagerly waiting for the adoption, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY." According to this verse,
"adoption" means the redemption of our bodies. Adoption has not yet occurred for us since it is
something that we are waiting for -- and it has to do with the resurrection according to this verse.
The redemption of our bodies means the resurrection! More importantly, adoption only applies
to Israelites according to Romans 9:4 -- as we have just seen.

The Israelites Were Not Cast Away

Romans 9:25-26 are verses quoted from Hosea 1:10, which means that the Israelites that
were put away in punishment (lost and divorced from YEHOVAH) were not called YEHOVAH's
people. Then, under the new covenant, since Yeshua (Christ) "bought back" and redeemed the Isra-
elites for his Father, they are now called the sons of the living God. Notice --

Romans 9:25-26: "As He says also in Hosea: 'I will call them My people, who were not My peo-
ple, and her beloved, who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass in the place where it was
said to them, You are not My people, there they will be called sons of the living God.'"

Hosea 1:10: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot
be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, You
are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.

Romans 11:1-2 clearly states that YEHOVAH DID NOT cast his people away. Modern
churches believe and teach the opposite! Today the churches teach that since the "Jews" rejected
Christ, YEHOVAH then went to the Gentiles (non-Israelites) with the gospel. Therefore -- accord-
ing to this scenario -- this caused the Abrahamic covenant to be annulled, which in turn caused
YEHOVAH to disregard Israel since the Israelites were the "people of the covenant." Then YE-
HOVAH (according to these churches) had to go to "plan B" -- so to speak -- and start His Church
under a different covenant (what ever that means!). "I say then, has God cast away His people?
CERTAINLY NOT! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
God has NOT cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture
says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying..." (Romans 11:1-2). Right here Paul
carefully stresses the fact that he was also a racial Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of
Benjamin. This is why YEHOVAH did not cast away Israel -- including Paul! Please understand
what Paul said!

Read and believe Hebrews 6:13-14: "For when God made a promise to Abraham, because
He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, 'Surely blessing I will bless you,
and multiplying I will multiply you.'" YEHOVAH God does NOT change the covenant that He

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