Then there are the unknown number of Jews by birth whose eyes were blinded and hearts were hardened, until the time of the gentiles was full.
Perhaps that's what you were referring to, Him.
I want very much to understand more clearly God's reason for hardening their hearts and blinding them from seeing the Truth.
And how He will go about restoring their ability to become saved.
I think we are very close to that beginning to unfold.
I can give you an example.
The Pharisees were adding a lot of rules to the commandments of God, they followed their traditions over obeying God's commandments. Jesus said in doing this they are spiritually blind and if we follow those who are spiritually blind over obeying God and what He said, both teacher and student fall in a ditch. Every time we follow a lie, our hearts get more hardened and taken captive of the other spirit, pretty soon we are unable to tell the difference from the truth or a lie.
All of God's commandments are Truth Psa 119:151 even the one God had the foresight to say Remember- that is holy and blessed by God.
Matthew 15:1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2
“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3
He answered and said to them,
“Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4
For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; (quoted directly from the Ten Commandments Exo 20:1
2)and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me
is a gift
to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [
a]or mother.’
Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘
These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 When He had called the multitude to
Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “
Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13
But He answered and said, “
Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone.
They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
Why Jesus taught not to break or teach others to break the least of these commandments Mat 5:19. God wrote His law in our hearts, right where sin starts, rejecting what He placed is our hearts, our heart is far from Him and continuing down this path without a conversion- repent and turn Jesus said this path leads to a ditch.
This is the path we want to take
Rev 22:14 Blessed
are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
