I would like to call your attention once more to this great statement made by the Apostle Paul

in his epistle to the Romans in chapter 11 from verse 25 to verse 32.

I'm not going to read it all again, but let me read parts of it.

For I would not, brethren, that he should be ignorant of this mystery,

lest ye should be wise in your own conceits.

The blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in,

and so all Israel shall be saved.

Then resuming at verse 28, as concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes, but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's

sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through

their unbelief, even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy,

they also may obtain mercy.

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all.

Now that's the statement.

That is this great prophecy which is made here by the Apostle with regard to his fellow

countrymen the Jews.

And as you know, the way we have interpreted that as we have interpreted the whole chapter is this,

that the Apostle is here prophesying, a revelation of a mystery, as he puts it as being granted unto him,

and he is passing on this knowledge and information to these members of the Church of God at Rome.

And the prophecy is this, that the bulk of the nation of the Jews are going to be converted,

are going to become believers of the gospel, and are going to be added to the Christian church.

Now, that's the general thesis.

Now, last Friday night we said that there were certain general lessons that can be

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