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The Gentiles are Now Included, Part 3 (TMF:2596)

Monday, April 21, 2025
Peace to Live By: The Gentiles are Now Included, Part 3 (TMF:2596) - Daniel Litton
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       We know that the Israelites decided to reject the Lord Jesus Christ and had him crucified through Pontius Pilate, their Roman leader. Now, this wasn’t the case with every Jewish person, as many did come into faith in Jesus, as the Gospels clearly show, but it was the case in an overall, collective picture of the group as a whole. That which Paul talks about in Romans 9 through 11. He would conclude starting in Romans 9:30: “What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law” (Romans 9:30, 31, ESV). The whole mystery of the inclusion of the Gentiles was part of God’s plan from the beginning, all the way back to the beginning in Genesis 12 with God’s dealings with Abraham. We know this; we are familiar with it. That’s good news indeed. We should not assume, however, that God wanted the Israelites to reject Jesus to seemingly give the Gentiles a chance.