per my post #86
You evidently did not understand when I said this concerning Romans 11:15:
"The point is that God seeks to reconcile the world to himself. And these cast away ones are part of the world. Acts 10:34-35"
Romans 11:15 "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
Paul is merely reminding them that Christ gave himself for the life of the world and that includes those Jews that the Gentiles were being high-minded toward.
You over complicate things for yourself.
PS/ Sorry SIR.
Romans 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
This one is too simple for men who relish being able to perceive and understand complexities. Their pride demands that it say more than it does.
The point is that God seeks to reconcile the world to himself. And these cast away ones are part of the world. Acts 10:34-35
It is just that simple.
And how is it possible?
Romans 11:16 “For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.”
When it says “so are the branches” it means any branch that is yet in rooted together as a lump in that true vine.
The Greek word for lump is about mixing or kneading dough. In that same way even the Gentiles mixed into that lump become holy.
Paul’s argument is then that if God mixed those blind ones back into Christ, they would become holy also.
And that is what takes place for any repentant persons of any nation.
It is not complicated at all to understand but for one whose pride wants them to see it more complicated.
You evidently did not understand when I said this concerning Romans 11:15:
"The point is that God seeks to reconcile the world to himself. And these cast away ones are part of the world. Acts 10:34-35"
Romans 11:15 "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
Paul is merely reminding them that Christ gave himself for the life of the world and that includes those Jews that the Gentiles were being high-minded toward.
You over complicate things for yourself.
PS/ Sorry SIR.