Verse 32
The conclusion of the matter is this. As everyone has been disobedient, Gentiles and Jews alike, so God will show mercy to all as well (cf. Romans 3:9; Galatians 3:22). That is, He will show mercy to all without distinction, not all without exception (cf. Romans 9:17). This is a great ground of assurance.
"A critical frame of reference in Paul’s treatment of Israel’s salvation is a distinction between corporate and individual election." [Note: Moo, p. 737.]
This concludes the argument of chapters 9-11.
"Ethnic Israel has a future, because God will accomplish salvation for Israel according to his new-covenant promise. This awaits the fullness of the Gentiles, when Israel’s hardening will be removed and when Gentile provocation will have taken its course. All Israel will be saved in such a way that God’s mercy will be evident to all." [Note: J. Lanier Burns, "The Future of Ethnic Israel in Romans 11," in Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church, p. 216.]
"Perhaps the view most commonly held among evangelical non-dispensationalists is that Israel’s future is simply an incorporation of that people into the church. Hoekema speaks for many when he writes, ’. . . the future of believing Israelites is not to be separated from the future of believing Gentiles.’ He states that Israel has no particular place in God’s future salvation economy: ’Israel’s hope for the future is exactly the same as that of believing Gentiles: salvation and ultimate glorification through faith in Christ.’" [Note: Saucy, The Case . . ., p. 23. The quotation is from Anthony Hoekema, The Bible and the Future, p. 201.]
Nothing remains but to praise God for His righteousness in dealing with Israel as He has and as He will.
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