Paul addresses God’s irrevocable heart for Israel. Though, as a nation of people, they are disobedient to God’s call, as they still stand in opposition to Jesus as their Messiah, God is still working in their midst on the basis of His sovereign grace. Their fall and rejection of God’s grace and His Son, their Messiah, served to allow salvation to come to the world. So even now, as national Israel watches the Gentiles in Jesus, who believe in their God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, God would have them to be jealous; jealous of grace, mercy, and salvation by faith in Jesus the Messiah (Christ). When they recognize and believe on Him, the world will rejoice in peace.
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