Ro 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Ro 11:26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:Ro 11:27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
My comment about the Indians was in regards to the various ways we justify their "actions". We say, because they were their "first" then they should be able to deal with the inhabitants in whatever way they please. Was it a Christian thing to do when the Puritans.
Romans 9:30-33
The first answer to the paradox of Jewish unbelief is from God's standpoint: His sovereign will (vv. 6-29). The second answer to the paradox is from humanity's standpoint (9:30-10:21): faith. For "the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith" (1:17) equally for Jews and Gentiles. The Gentiles, who had been unconcerned about righteousness now attain it by their faith in Christ. God mercifully overlooks their former unrighteousness practiced in ignorance (Acts 17:30). By contrast the Jews fail to attain even the righteousness of the law, for they do not pursue the lay by faith (v. 32) but by works. Seeing only the letter of the law, not its spirit, they miss Christ in the law and try to keep the commandments apart from Him. They substitute what was "shadow" (Col. 2:16, 17; Heb. 10:1) for substance. Jesus Christ becomes their stumbling block (v. 32).
10:1-3
Paul wishes nothing but good for the people of Israel. He prays for their salvation, and knows of their zeal for God (v.2). But their zeal is without insight into God's righteousness (v.3) in Christ. By rejecting the gospel and adhering to the law, they seek to establish their own righteousness. Their ignorance of God's righteousness, a rejection of Christ Himself, is willful and self-imposed.
10:4
Christ has always been the way of salvation in both Testaments. Christ puts an end to the law as a way for people to try to gain righteousness without Him (v. 5). Thus, He terminates the Old Covenant without nullifying its law as useless. For He fulfills the law. His righteousness is superior to that of the law. Everyone who believes in Christ participates in His incomparable righteousness.
10:5-13
The way of the law and the way of faith (v. 6) are contrasted. Whereas mere obedience to the law has always failed, faith in Christ as Lord (v. 13) always succeeds (vv. 11-13). For: 1) Faith does not doubt, though righteousness is beyond human possibility without Christ (v. 6). 2) Faith is not a distant accomplishment but is near (v.8), having a vision of Christ as present and easily accessible (vv. 6-8). (3) Faith transforms the whole person; the soul (heart, vv. 8-9) working with the body (mouth) makes it real (vv. 8-10). (4) True faith is accessible to all eually, as even the OT prophets teach (vv. 11-13).
10:11-13
Believing and confessing are OT themes-- Isaiah emphasizing the faith of the heart (v. 11) and Joel, the confession of the mouth (v.13). Both prophets teach that grace and faith are universal: God makes NO DISTINCTION (v.12) between persons. All may come freely! if they will.
10:14-21
From 9:1-10:13 Paul has left the Jews with no excuse for rejecting the Gospel. Paul insists God fulfilled His part completely. The Jews had extraordinary opportunities to come to faith. For God sent His message through preachers (v.15) and throughout all creation (v. 18). Israel did indeed hear (vv. 16, 18), but did not believe (vv. 16,21). Therefore, God turned to the Gentiles, who heard and believed (vv. 19,20). The Jews of Jesus' time demanded a sing, yet they always had a higher sign than miracles; they had God's own words, and creation itself. When they failed to heed the prophets, God gave them a sign of fulfilled prophecy, the conversion of the Gentiles. Jealousy (v. 19) is a powerful motivator. To see those deemed far inferior to you, whom you detest, adopted and inheriting your promises and dreams should arouse great indignation.
11:1-10
Jewish unbelief in Christ raises the question whether God cast away His people? And the answer is "no". For had He done so, He would have saved NONE of them. Paul himself, an Israelite, was not cast away (v.1); and there is a REMNANT (v.5) , a minority, of Jews who choose to believe. Elijah testifies to this, for he thought he was the only one left (vv. 2-4). As only a few heeded Elijah in his day, so only a few heed Jesus, the Apostles and Paul (9:27, 29; 1 Thess. 2:14-16) in theirs.
God's grace saves the willing, not the unwilling; those who will receive grace by faith and obey God (vv. 5,6). Israel is not willing,for she seeks (v.7) righteousness on her own terms: through the works of the law, not through the grace of Christ. She stubbornly and freely hardens herself in unrepentance (2:4). God does not cast the people away; they remove themselves. God has given them a spirit of stupor (v.8).
11:11-15
Has Israel stumbled that it should fall permanently? Since the people have fallen away because of Christ, are they beyond salvation? No, for though Israel's failure to believe, salvation has come to the Gentiles (v. 11). Further, through the Gentiles' faith, Israel's opportunity for salvation is renewed. God's presence among the Gentiles provokes the Jews to jealousy and anger (vv. 11,14; 10:19) that they might believe and experience the fullness (v.12) of grace. As their being cast away (v.15) is caused by their own unbelief (vv.20,23), their return through faith would be so glorious, it would be as life from the dead (v. 15), the final resurrection itself.
11:16-22
Paul admonishes Christian Gentiles not to be boastful and contemptuous toward unbelieving Jews. For (1) Israel's heritage is holy and ought to make Christians humble. Jewish tradition and righteous Jews are the root (v.16). Gentile believers are a wild branch grafted in (v.17). Thus, the Church is ONE with Israel, as its consummation, its ultimate fruition, the true fulfillment of Israel. (2) Israel's unbelief is a warning to the Church to remain faithful. We also will be cut off (v.22) unless we continue in faith. God has both goodness and severity (v. 22) -- He respects man's free choices.
11:25-27
Here is Paul's final answer to the paradox of Jewish unbelief, which is the revelation of a mystery (v.25) from God and which censures conceit by Christian Gentiles. For while the Gentiles are being gathered in between Christ's two comings, so are the elect among the Jews. Then ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED (v. 26) --- that is, TRUE ISRAEL (see 9:6), those who TRULY believe, not all physical descendants of Jacob.
11:28,29
True Israel is those who freely believe, the elect of God.
-- Orthodox Study bible
