Romans 11 7-11

 Universalism in the New Testament

02/20 ~ From New Testament Letters

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        Paul’s Letter To The Romans

7 - What then? Israel failed to achieve what it was seeking. A chosen few obtained it, but the rest were hardened [póroó - hardened, made callous, rendered insensitive] 8 as it’s written, “God gave [didómi - gave, granted] them a spirit of stupor, eyes not seeing and ears not hearing, down to this very day.” 9 And David said, “Let be, their table for a snare and a trap, for a stumbling block and a retribution. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so they do not see, their backs be bent.” {With heavy burden, servitude.. their table, cause and effect. Israel as microcosm, world as macro.}

11 So I ask! Did they stumble in order to perish [piptó - fall, fail, degrade, perish]? Certainly noT! Rather, through their trespass, salvation/rescue has come to the nations! {We are saved from two things. The abyss of death/not being, end result of entropy/corruption, come about because God is Life and “is Perfect” mt.5:48, thus straying and strayed is imperfection, which is entropy. And two - from the abyss of potential which imperfection is. Which has already been proven by history. We are saved from imperfection which is entropy - because God iS life and “is perfect” so reconciles us tonhimself. Imperfection as entropy being a natural law and process that runs its course to completion.. And because God “is Perfect” the ultimate ‘end’ result of all this has to be..?}

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Tomorrows verses - Romans 11:12-24

My own studies. Verses paraphrased.