Wild Olive Tree In The Bible
However olive growers rarely graft wild olive branches onto cultivated olive trees.
Wild olive tree in the bible. You gentiles are like the branch of a wild olive tree that is broken off and then contrary to nature is joined to a cultivated olive tree. Then there is the other kind of olive tree a wild olive tree. Paul explains the two contrasting kinds of trees in romans 11. And it will be much easier for god to join these broken off branches to their own tree again.
If you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree how much more readily will these the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree. The wild olive branch grafted into the cultivated tree of israel as explained by romans 11. The wild olive tree. In reality just the opposite occurs.
Paul identified that a wild olive branch was grafted onto the root of the cultivated olive tree. And if some of the branches were broken off and you being a wild olive tree were grafted in among them and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree king james bible and if some of the branches be broken off and thou being a wild olive tree wert graffed in among them and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree. In writing about israel the apostle paul says to gentiles and to us if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree how much more will these the natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree rom 11 24 and gentiles being a wild olive shoot were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree rom 11 17 with the olive tree representing israel. The wild olive branches grafted in to the original tree represent the preaching of the gospel of christ to gentile nations and their conversion or baptism into the church of christ.
The jews are like this cultivated tree. Even though israel has largely departed from god he has not cast away his people. The proper relationship between christianity and judaism as explained in the bible in romans 11. As one of the most highly valued and useful trees known to the ancient jews the olive tree is significant for several reasons in the bible.
The transplanted branches represent scattered israel including the house of lehi in the new world giving rise to both good and bad fruits. Not planted by god psalm 1 3 the wild olive tree signifies all that is by nature opposed to the creator. Holman christian standard bible.