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rocky:
Mat 8:11  And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 8:12  But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


Seems this is saying "many" will enter Kingdom in verse 11 (i think it is talking about Gentiles grafted in), as if the many thrown out (Israelites) will be replaced by many Gentiles. 

Just seems weird to me that many is used verse 11. 

Any ideas on why many is used??

rocky:
This also confuses me, any ideas??

1Co 12:12  For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

1Co 12:20  But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.

1Co 12:27  As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.


thanks

buddyjc:
In contrast between Gentiles and Israel, it seems the word 'many' would be appropriate in Matt. 8:11. 

Conerning the 'body of Christ.'  This is a group of believers, so naturally there would be 'many' parts. 

Brian

rocky:
Maybe I am not interpreting many called few chosen correctly.  It seems the many called are the Israelites, but because they stumbled on the rock/Christ, only a few are chosen (remnant) to live by faith.  Because of the majority lack of faith, they were cut off, and the kingdom of  was opened to the Gentiles. 

Now i'm thinking, of the Gentiles, many are also called, but few chosen.  Few who are broken and rely on Christ for our life, by faith.  But yet, the body of Christ is many members, not a few.  that is what i am struggling with.  Romans  states the fullness of Gentiles has to come into effect, is this fullness just a few or many???

hope this makes sense. 

Thanks to all the replies so far.   

buddyjc:
I don't know if this will help, but here goes.  We must understand that the 'physical' things of the O.T. are 'types' or 'examples' [Gr. 'tupos'; 'a die (as struck)' or 'stamp'] to what we find in the N.T.  Just as Israel was called out of the nations of the world, the church is called out of the world.  The 'remnant' were called out of Israel, just as the 'elect' are called out of the church. 

1Co 10:6  Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

1Co 10:11  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

The 'elect' are those in the 'body of Christ.'  The church, or the 'called' are still in Babylon just as the 'many' of Israel stayed in Babylon.  We are contrasting physical things with spiritual.  This does not mean that if you are a Jew you cannot be of the elect.  Peter was a Jew, but was of the elect. 

Hope this helps.

Brian

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