This one is very easy for a dispensationalist to get out of. You see, Jesus did not really have a lot to say about the doctrine of salvation. He was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. This parable is directed toward those Jews who are circumcised under the old covenant. You see, Rinnie, although everything in Scripture was written “for” you, not all of it is written “about” you. This parable can’t be applied to converts “this side of the cross”. Converts were never part of the household of God.
JL: My response to dispensationalist would be, where is your scriptural evidence? Didn’t Jesus come to save Jews and Gentiles? Is there more than ONE OLIVE TREE, are Gentiles not grafted into that ONE olive tree? Yes Jesus preached only to the Jews, that was his mission. But the gospel he preached was the same gospel preached to the Gentiles.
[Rms11:15 For **if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, WHAT SHALL THE RECEIVING OF THEM BE, but life from the dead? 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and
IF THE ROOT BE HOLY, SO ARE THE BRANCHES. 17 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; 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast,
THOU BEAREST NOT THE ROOT, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 20 Well;
BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For
IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCES, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 23
And they also, IF THEY ABIDE NOT STILL IN UNBELIEF, SHALL BE GRAFTED IN: for GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN. 24
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 BRANCES, BE GRAFTED INTO THEIR OWN OLIVE TREE? 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, UNTIL the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have
these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.]
There is only ONE olive tree whose roots are holy and we have been grafted into that ONE OLIVE TREE. When God converts all Israel, they will be grafted back into that SAME, ONE, OLIVE TREE, with the ONE people of God. In the ONE BODY AND BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH.
[Eph3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 **THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOWHEIRS, and BE
OF THE SAME BODY, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:] CONTINUED:
I think not.
