“For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:”
Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience — Gentiles' apeitheia (disobedience, refusal to be persuaded) gave way to eleēthesan (receiving mercy). This mercy came through the occasion (dia) of Israel's disobedience—Israel's rejection of Jesus created the opening for Gentile inclusion. History is woven with ironic reversals.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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