", 8. as it is written--( Isaiah 29:10 , Deuteronomy 29:4 ). For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. of the root and fatness of the olive tree--the rich grace secured by covenant to the true seed of Abraham. “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. a. ii. The apostle's object in making these quotations is to show that what he had been compelled to say of the then condition and prospects of his nation was more than borne out by their own Scriptures. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! iii. You can’t out-give God. “The conditional clause in this verse. And, &c.--better, "Now if it (the election) be by grace, it is no more of works; for [then] grace becomes no more grace: but if it be of works," &c. (The authority of ancient manuscripts against this latter clause, as superfluous and not originally in the text, though strong, is not sufficient, we think, to justify its exclusion. Jesus will not return again until God turns the focus of His saving mercies on Israel again, and Israel responds to God through Jesus Christ. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. b. 30, 31. i. “It is strange that, with such a scripture as this before their eyes, men should sit down coolly and positively write about counsels and decrees of God formed from all eternity, of which they speak with as much confidence and decision as if. It is all through Him: Even if we had the plan, we couldn’t make it happen. Many commentators take the firstfruit here as the patriarchs, but it fits better to see it as the original core group of Christians – who were each Jewish. Until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, ii. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. b. xix. Certainly not! i. "OF Him are all things," as their eternal Source: "THROUGH HIM are all things," inasmuch as He brings all to pass which in His eternal counsels He purposed: "To Him are all things," as being His own last End; the manifestation of the glory of His own perfections being the ultimate, because the highest possible, design of all His procedure from first to last. (33-36) Saul means asked and this was the name he was using when he was persecuting the Christians. i. God forbid; but--the supplement "rather" is better omitted. a. (15-21) To the Gentiles: yes, Jewish rejection of Jesus was made into a blessing for you; but consider how great a blessing their acceptance of Jesus will be. 3. But, SECONDLY, God has not cast away His people finally. d. To whom be glory forever: The fact that Paul can’t figure out God makes him glorify God all the more. e. Will be saved: This states clearly for us that God is not finished with Israel as a nation or a distinct ethnic group. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. And what he here says is that God's purpose was to shut each of these divisions of men to the experience first of an humbled, condemned state, without Christ, and then to the experience of His mercy in Christ. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. (11b-14) No, God had a specific purpose to fulfill in allowing Israel to stumble – so that salvation would come to the Gentiles. I speak--"am speaking" to you Gentiles--another proof that this Epistle was addressed to Gentile believers. and the diminishing of them--that is, the reduction of the true Israel to so small a remnant. 1. From Israel hath come all that thou art and hast in the family of God; for "salvation is of the Jews" ( John 4:22 ). “It is impossible to entertain an exegesis which understands Israel here in a different sense from Israel in verse 25.” (Bruce). Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Not merely from ancestral recollections, as one looks with fond interest on the child of a dear friend for that friend's sake [DR. ARNOLD]--a beautiful thought, and not foreign to Scripture, in this very matter (see 2 Chronicles 20:7 , Isaiah 41:8 )--but it is from ancestral connections and obligations, or their lineal descent from and oneness in covenant with the fathers with whom God originally established it. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. b. It wasn’t that the Jewish rejection of Jesus as Messiah, If by any means I may provoke to jealousy, i. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. yet now have obtained mercy through--by occasion of their. a. I also am an Israelite: Paul’s faith in Jesus as the Messiah proved there were some Jews chosen by God who embraced the gospel. Consider the goodness and severity of God: Paul stresses the need to continue in His goodness; not in the sense of a salvation by works, but continuing in God’s grace and goodness to us – a relationship of continual abiding. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. . If the firstfruit is holy: The firstfruit probably represents the first Christians, who were Jewish. If God is pleased to enlighten only a remnant of Israel at the present time, He may do so as He pleases. salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy--Here, as also in Romans 10:19 (quoted from Deuteronomy 32:21 ), we see that emulation is a legitimate stimulus to what is good. “All Israel is a recurring expression in Jewish literature, where it need not mean ‘every Jew without a single exception’, but ‘Israel as a whole.’” (Bruce). 25. 17, 18. Nevertheless, God still has a purpose and a plan for ethnic Israel and will bring salvation to them. But as all the glorious manifestations of Israel's God were regarded as issuing out of Zion, as the seat of His manifested glory ( Psalms 20:2 , 110:2 , Isaiah 31:9 ), the turn which the apostle gives to the words merely adds to them that familiar idea. (So LUTHER, CALVIN, BEZA, HODGE, &c.). Sic. . Romans 11:1-2 “I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him--"and shall have recompense made to him" again--see Job 35:7 , 41:11 . Paul has shown that God is still working through a remnant of Israel today, but wants to make it clear that the sinning majority of Israel is not lost forever. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. b. Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. i. Even as the apostasy of Israel did not extend to every last Jew, so the salvation of Israel will not extend to every last Jew; Paul is speaking of the “mass” of Jews when he says. For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. I say then, Hath--"Did" God cast away his people? In part has the idea of “temporary”; Israel’s blindness is temporary. Let their table, &c.--that is, Let their very blessings prove a curse to them, and their enjoyments only sting and take vengeance on them. 4. Just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, 12. b. I also: Whenever we want evidence of God’s work, we could and should look to our own life first. Salem Media Group. i. In this passage, Paul puts into place a series of contrasts that are easily remembered and well-known in biblical literature: night versus day, darkness versus light, honor and virtue versus debauchery and licentiousness. The result was said to be the invigoration of the failing tree.” (Morris), ii. “It was not the number as much as the permanence of God’s plan for Israel that mattered in the time of Elijah… He put his trust in God’s grace, not in numbers.” (Morris). Though God has turned the focus of His saving mercies away from Israel specifically and onto the Gentiles generally, He will turn it back again. Instead, this is a time when Israel as a whole will be a saved people, and when the nation as a whole (especially its leadership) embraces Jesus Christ as Messiah. But how forced this is, we shall presently see. Thou wilt say then--as a plea for boasting. 2. Even as the apostasy of Israel did not extend to every last Jew, so the salvation of Israel will not extend to every last Jew; Paul is speaking of the “mass” of Jews when he says all Israel. While we see and rejoice in a continuity of God’s work throughout all His people through all ages, we also see a distinction between Israel and the Church – a distinction that Paul is sensitive to here. g. The Deliverer will come out of Zion: The quotations from Isaiah show that God still has a redeeming work to accomplish with Israel, and that it will not be left undone. so the branches--The Israelites were required to offer to God the first-fruits of the earth--both in their raw state, in a sheaf of newly reaped grain ( Leviticus 23:10 Leviticus 23:11 ), and in their prepared state, made into cakes of dough ( Numbers 15:19-21 )--by which the whole produce of that season was regarded as hallowed. And David saith--( Psalms 69:23 ), which in such a Messianic psalm must be meant of the rejecters of Christ. For who has known the mind of the LORD? And whereas the prophet announces that He "shall come to (or, 'for') them that turn from transgression in Jacob," while the apostle makes Him say that He shall come "to turn away ungodliness from Jacob," this is taken from the Septuagint version, and seems to indicate a different reading of the original text. a. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! Mar 28, 2004. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! Three confirmations of this now follow: two from the prophets, and a third from the Abrahamic covenant itself.
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