The Apostle Paul asked in (Rom. 11:1) “Hath God cast away his people?” God’s answer, “God forbid.” It’s great to know that even though Israel as a nation has rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah, one day God will restore them back into His favor and fellowship again. You see today the individual Jew can be saved, but he will have much difficulty in doing so because God has judged him with a temporary blindness (11:7-10) that causes him to be insensitive to the truth of Christ. This judgment of God causes them not to see the truth easily, and it places them in bondage until the day they repent and believe, or until the “fullness of the Gentiles come in” (11: 25). After which time God will remove Israel’s curse, “For this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.” Christian, we only have so much time to reach our world before Jesus returns. Oh that we would take advantage of the time we have left !
