11:12
Paul now seeks to broaden the Gentiles’ understanding of the situation, and to warn against wrong attitudes. The trespass of Israel has resulted in riches for the Gentiles, the gospel went out to the Gentile world. The wrong conclusion would be that it is good that the Jews have rejected the gospel, and long may it stay that way. The truth is that there will be even greater riches when Israel does turn to the Lord. God’s plan is a plan of salvation. Paul has no doubt that God plans for Israel to be saved.
11:13,14
Paul now addresses the Gentiles believers directly. Paul was an apostle to the Gentiles, appointed by the Lord (Acts 9:15). Paul understood God’s mission, and it is that salvation should come to both the Jews and the Gentiles, and it has always been so. Paul delighted in his mission, not just because the Gentiles were being saved, but because it would also lead to the salvation for the Jews.
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