Romans 11:2-4 (ESV Strong's)
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
God Has Many
In Matthew 7:13-14 we read the following:
Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV Strong's)
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
In that passage, Jesus is coming to an end of the Sermon on the Mount. He tells the listeners that there is a broad way that many travel that will, in the end, end in destruction. In Romans, Paul tells the church at Rome that not all of those who claim to be from the nation of Israel are actually God’s chosen people. He is making a point that God knows those who are His. Elijah thought it was alone, but there were many others Elijah did not know. We should not get hung up and the “how” many, but on that God “knows” those who are His. He has chosen those He wants for Himself. We can rejoice that God has many, albeit many more will reject Him. Too many want to follow their own systems and their own ways of doing things.
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