Absolutely ridiculous. The national repentance and redemption of Israel is a future certainty.
They WILL inherit and possess the LAND granted to them in Genesis 15 as a result of the fulfillment of enormous
volumes of failsafe prophecy.
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Paul makes that declaration most clearly and explicitly in
Epistle to the Romans 11:25–27—that’s the key passage where he places Israel’s repentance and salvation in the
future as a fulfillment of prophecy.
The decisive passage
Epistle to the Romans
Why this is future:
- “Blindness in part” → Israel is currently hardened (in Paul’s time and continuing)
- “Until” → this condition has a time limit
- “Then / and so” → indicates a subsequent change
- Result: “all Israel shall be saved” → a future national turning
Paul ties it directly to prophecy
Epistle to the Romans
Paul is quoting:
- Book of Isaiah 59:20–21
- plus elements of Book of Isaiah 27:9

So he is explicitly saying:
This future salvation of Israel = fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy
The timeline Paul lays out (very important)
From Romans 11:
- Present condition
- Israel: partial hardening
- Gentiles: gospel going out
- Turning point
- “fullness of the Gentiles” comes in
- Future event
- “all Israel shall be saved”
- Basis
- God’s covenant promises (Isaiah / Jeremiah language)
He reinforces it just a few verses later
Epistle to the Romans

Meaning:
- Even though Israel is currently in unbelief,
- God’s promises to the nation are not revoked
- Therefore their future restoration is guaranteed
Important context from Romans 9–11
Paul builds toward this conclusion:
- Romans 9 → God’s promises to Israel have not failed
- Romans 10 → Israel is currently in unbelief
- Romans 11 → This is temporary, not final
The climax is 11:25–27.
Bottom line
Paul clearly teaches that:
- Israel’s current unbelief is partial and temporary
- A future national turning to God will occur
- This fulfills Book of Isaiah 59:20–21
- It happens after the Gentile ingathering

So yes—Paul explicitly places Israel’s repentance and salvation
in the future in Romans 11, not in the present Church age.