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Romans 11:4 – āĪµĪ¼Ī±Ļ ĻĻā – āemautoā – āto Myselfā.
Verse Romans XI, 11 reveals Paulās true attitude towards the Israelites – āfallā means āto collapse, to disappear, to lose all significanceā. No, the Israelites, although many of them rejected Christ, did not collapse. The faith had spread among the former Gentiles, so that the Israelites themselves could be converted to Christ through them in particular.
In other words, Paul speaks of Godās Providence, Godās permission - no, the Lord does not want Israel to perish, even though they rejected Him, but He wants them to repent, and since this takes time, the Lord spreads salvation through faith in Christ to all nations.
The quotes from the Old Testament reflect the fact that the people of
the Old Testament did not distinguish between Godās will and Godās
permission, so that what the Lord permitted unwillingly they often put
into Godās mouth
as if He wanted it. No, God does not want the sinner
to die, does not want cursing.
About the remnant by election of grace
– the Jews are not
completely deprived of salvation, but the Lord, by His will, continues
to care for them in order to bring at least some of them to repentance
and salvation. And for this to happen, it is necessary that the person
be receptive to faith and grace, and not locked in the letter of the
law
. That is, a deep spiritual life is needed.
It remains to some extent a mystery in the relationship between God
and people, who chooses whom: grace – people or people – grace.
Apparently, this refers to the cooperation of God and people in
salvation, synergy – if it exists, if people respond well to the action
of grace, then they can be part of the remnant
.
I have written more about this in several works, see the links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/uk/Diya_blahodati.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/uk/BozhaBlahodat.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/uk/NarodzennyaZhory.html
Matthew XI, 23 – āĪµĪ¼ĪµĪ¹Ī½ĪµĪ½ā – āemeinenā - āremainedā.
Matthew XI, 26 – āĪµĪ¼ĻĻĪæĻĪøĪµĪ½ā – āemprosthenā – ābefore, in the face ofā.
For more information about the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, as well
as the general logic of why it will be more tolerable for them, see this
link:
20062023.html
If those who rejected the apostles of Jesus Christ cannot stop on the path of spiritual degradation without repentance, then this is even more true of those who rejected Christ Himself when He performed great miracles and was a perfect Example.
Therefore, repentance cannot be treated indifferently or considered as something insignificant or unimportant – no, it is one of the main things in the work of human salvation.
To Saint Michael, the first Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus:
On the readings from the
Apostle, see:
24052023.html
On the readings from the Gospel:
14052023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!