Romans 10:18-21
18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.” 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.” 21 But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.”
18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.” 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.” 21 But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.”
God’s people heard Hid word all along, but they did not hear, refused to listen, and opposed the very God they were called to follow. So He provoked them to be jealous by calling another people in Christ, the Christians, those who would be humbled and take heed to the word spoken by the prophets and Moses, with the final word from God’s own Son. We did not seek Him, yet He sought and found us, calling us out as His. Here the writer points out what God is telling Israel, to want what His people have - a justification and relationship with Him in Christ alone. Not the shadow of yearly sacrifices, but the one once for all.
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