Loren T.
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Paul explains that God has made individual choice among the chosen nation...in other words, not every physical Israelite is found in the promised seed. and to make matters worse...he is going to show that God finds some of the elect seed among the previously non covenanted gentiles...see the following;
Yeah and Paul goe onto explain why not all are in the promised seed...in romans 10
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[h] 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Not because God was arbitrarily choosing some and not others, but because some accepted the good news and some didn't. We are "elected" when we believe. It's not unconditional. Which is why I say the Calvinist have it exactly backwards, they mis use Romans to claim God's mercy is only for a few select people, when Paul means it to say that God's mercy is for whosoever will.
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[f]
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