Understanding the term, ‘grafted-in’
Some of the olive trees in Israel are 2000 years old and some may be even older, meaning that they were growing when Jesus was there.
We are Grafted In To The Olive Tree
The word of God is very clear on this we are grafted in to Israel.
This does not give us the preeminence above God’s original plan. we do not replace Israel.
Romans 11:1 Amplified Bible (AMP) [ Israel Is Not Cast Away ] I say then, has God rejected and disowned His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected His [chosen] people whom He foreknew
It is by grace that we are numbered among the believers and the Scriptures caution us to be mindful of that fact. For it is impossible for the branch to support the tree and its roots.
Romans 11:17 (Amplified Bible) But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree,
Phillips Translation: But if some of the branches of the tree have been broken off, while you, like shoots of wild-olive, have been grafted in, and don’t share like a natural branch the rich nourishment of the root, don’t let yourself feel superior to those former branches. (If you feel inclined that way, remind yourself that you do not support the root, the root supports you.) You may make the natural retort, “But the branches were broken off to make room for my grafting!” It wasn’t quite like that. They lost their position because they failed to believe; you only maintain yours because you do believe. The situation does not call for conceit but for a certain wholesome fear. If God removed the natural branches for a good reason, take care that you don’t give him the same reason for removing you.
Youngs Literal Translation: And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast grafted in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become –
King James Version: And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
The actual process of grafting in a new branch into an old tree is a very skillful craft and has to be done correctly if it is to be successful.
The same is also true for us there is a right way for us to be acceptable in His sight and that WAY is through Jesus, Yeshua for He is ‘the Way’ the truth and the life.
Romans 11:19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” Amplified Translation
Phillips Translation: But if some of
the branches of the tree have been broken off, while you, like shoots of wild-olive, have been grafted in, and don’t share like a natural branch the rich nourishment of the root, don’t let yourself feel superior to those former branches. (If you feel inclined that way, remind yourself that you do not support the root, the root supports you.) You may make the natural retort, “But the branches were broken off to make room for my grafting!” It wasn’t quite like that. They lost their position because they failed to believe; you only maintain yours because you do believe. The situation does not call for conceit but for a certain wholesome fear. If God removed the natural branches for a good reason, take care that you don’t give him the same reason for removing you.
King James Version: Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Youngs Literal Translation: Thou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;’ right!
It is always the root that supports the tree and all its branches.
Romans 11:23 And even they [the unbelieving Jews], if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has the power to graft them in again. Amplified Translation
Phillips Translation: You must try to appreciate both the kindness and the strict justice of God. Those who fell experienced his justice, while you are experiencing his kindness, and will continue to do so as long as you do not abuse that kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off from the tree. And as for the fallen branches, unless they are obstinate in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again. Such a restoration is by no means beyond the power of God. And, in any case, if you who were, so to speak, cuttings from a wild-olive, were grafted in, is it not a far simpler matter for the natural branches to be grafted back onto the parent stem?King James Version: And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Youngs Literal Translation: And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
These pictures that may help you to visualize what is actually happening to you as
the Father works in us to change us,
you have become part of spiritual Israel.
Romans 11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature were graftedinto a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these who are the natural branches back into [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree? Amplified Translation
Phillips Translation: You must try to appreciate both the kindness and the strict justice of God. Those who fell experienced his justice, while you are experiencing his kindness, and will continue to do so as long as you do not abuse that kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off from the tree. And as for the fallen branches, unless they are obstinate in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again. Such a restoration is by no means beyond the power of God. And, in any case, if you who were, so to speak, cuttings from a wild-olive, were grafted in, is it not a far simpler matter for the natural branches to be grafted back onto the parent stem?
King James Version: For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Youngs Literal Translation: for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast grafted into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?
As (Yeshua) Jesus said to His disciples in John 15:1, here He is talking of the Vine in a similar reference to us being connected to the main body of the plant in question. My Father is the Vine dresser He is the Gardener who tends the new growth.
“I am the real vine, my Father is the vine-dresser. He removes any of my branches which are not bearing fruit and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit to increase its yield. Now, you have already been pruned by my words. You must go on growing in me and I will grow in you. For just as the branch cannot bear any fruit unless it shares the life of the vine, so you can produce nothing unless you go on growing in me. I am the vine itself, you are the branches. It is the man who shares my life and whose life I share who proves fruitful. For the plain fact is that apart from me you can do nothing at all. The man who does not share my life is like a branch that is broken off and withers away. He becomes just like the dry sticks that men pick up and use for the firewood. But if you live your life in me, and my words live in your hearts, you can ask for whatever you like and it will come true for you. This is how my Father will be glorified—in your becoming fruitful and being my disciples.
He is the one who does the grafting in process by the power and presence of His Holy Spirit, (Ruach Ha Kodesh) its not of our own ability or knowledge.
Sometimes the process is painful and we have to be trimmed and cut into shape to fit the place God has planned for us to fill. It comes in chastisement BUT only because He loves us, if you want the status of being His child, son or daughter then.. in the book of Hebrews 12:6 it is clear.
For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. KJV
For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes. AMP
After all, your fight against sin has not yet meant the shedding of blood, and you have perhaps lost sight of that piece of advice which reminds you of our sonship in God: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him; for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives’. Phillips
Only when we are accepted in the beloved then we become new creations, new creatures and can be successfully grafted in to the Tree of Life.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. Amplified Translation (AMP)
Phillips Translation: This means that our knowledge of men can no longer be based on their outward lives (indeed, even though we knew Christ as a man we do not know him like that any longer). For if a man is in Christ he becomes a new person altogether—the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new. All this is God’s doing, for he has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ; and he has made us agents of the reconciliation. God was in Christ personally reconciling the world to himself—not counting their sins against them—and has commissioned us with the message of reconciliation. We are now Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were appealing direct to you through us. As his personal representatives we say, “Make your peace with God.” For God caused Christ, who himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God.
Youngs Literal Translation: so that if any one [is] in Christ — [he is] a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
King James Version: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.