Does "all Israel shall be saved" (Romans 11:26) mean the church?

Chuck Smith read Romans 11 as a promise to the nation: "God in spite of all things is yet going to show forth His mercy and His grace upon these people." Paul sets the blindness "in part" against a time limit, "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in," and then "so all Israel shall be saved" (Romans 11:25-26). Read Chuck on Isaiah 59:20 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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