Well now we know, but, do we understand that those people of the world were never ever discarded by GOD? As the religious and even those of Israel wrongly supposed eons ago. Lets take another look at verses 25-26 of Romans 9 before we move on. Then we shall look at Israel's unbelief as the close of this chapter, or is it?
Romans 9:25-26 "As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God [Hosea 1:9-10." (KJV)
Romans 9:25-26 "As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'" And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God [Hosea 1:9-10].'" (ESV)
Romans 9:25-26 "Hosea voiced the heart of GOD when he said, "I will call a people without identity, my people, and her who unloved, my Darling.'" He prophesied that the very same people who were told that they are not God's people, 'will be told that they are indeed the children of the living GOD [Hosea 1:9-10].'" (The Mirror)
Romans 9:27-29 "Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved (in Isaiah 10:20-23): For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness (Isaiah 28:22, 30:12-14, Daniel 9:26-27) because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha (Isaiah 1:9, 6:13, 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18, 50:40)." (KJV)
Romans 9:27-29 "And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel (in Isaiah 10:20-23): "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, (in Isaiah 28:22, 30:12-14, Daniel 9:26-27) for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay." And as Isaiah predicted (in Isaiah 1:9, 6:13, 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18, 50:40), "If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah." (ESV)
Romans 9:27-29 "Isaiah weeps for Israel: "You might feel lost in the crowd, because your numbers equal the grains of the sand of the sea, but GOD does not abandon the individual."(in Isaiah 10:20-23) Numbers do not distract GOD's attention from the value of the one. ( "Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labelled 'chosen of GOD,' They'd be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by individual realization. GOD doesn't just count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus." ---The Message Bible) For his word will perfect his righteousness without delay; his word is poetry upon the earth. ( John 1:1, 14; Romans 1:16-17) The LORD of the [1] multitudes preserved for us a Seed, to rescue us from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (From (Isaiah 1:9) the Hebrew, H6635, tsâbâ', (tsebâ'âh), a mass of people. [Look at Romans 3:10] In Genesis 18, Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah, "If there perhaps are 50 righteous people, will you save the city on their behalf?" He continues to negotiate with GOD, until he's down to "perhaps ten?" "....there was none righteous, no not one... ." The remnant represents the one Seed that would rescue the mass of humanity! In Romans 5:17, "one man's obedience and act of righteousness, surpasses the effect of a multitude of sins!" If spiritual (deadness) death saw the gap in one sin, and grabbed the opportunity to dominate humanity in Adam, how much more may we now seize the advantage to reign in righteousness in this life through that one act of Christ, who declared us innocent by his grace. Grace is superior in authority to the transgression! The single grain of wheat did not abide alone! [Look at John 12:24] Romans 5:18-19 states, "The conclusion is clear: it took just one offense to condemn humanity; one act of righteousness declares the same humanity innocent! The disobedience of the one exhibits humanity as sinners; the obedience of another exhibits humanity as righteous!") (The Mirror)
Upon reading over the next few passages I see that the last four verses are not the end of Paul's thought, so the LORD willing we shall pick this back up next time.
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