🕊️The olive tree represents continuity—not replacement.

“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, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”

This powerful imagery illustrates the relationship between Israel and the Gentile believers.

• The olive tree represents the covenantal blessings and promises of God.

• The natural branches are Israel.

• The wild branches are believing Gentiles, grafted in by grace.

Gentiles are not replacing Israel but sharing in her spiritual blessings.
We are partakers, not possessors.

Paul warns Gentile believers not to boast. The root (Israel’s covenant with God through Abraham) supports the Church—not the other way around.

This strikes directly at the error of replacement theology, which falsely teaches that the Church has taken Israel’s place.

🕊️The olive tree represents continuity—not replacement.

🕎Israel is the root, the Church is grafted in, and the same God sustains both by grace.