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Even us, vessels of mercy, whom he is called not from Jews only but from Gentiles.

Now whoa that is a major turn this is why my book ended at verse 23

That's from

from Gentiles the Gentiles are among the true Israel.

He has called, that goes back to verse 11, it's not of him who works, but of the one who calls that Isaac and not Ishmael and Jacob and not Isal and now

You Gentile

He has called into this new people of God that he's making, both Jew and Gentile, as he says, and now the rest of 25 to 29 is going to be an Old Testament argument for the

fact that not all Jews are included and some Gentiles are included.

And the first thing he deals with is Gentiles.

As indeed it says in Hosea,

those who are not my people, I will call my people.

And he means Gentiles here, because he just said so.

And her who was not beloved, I will call beloved.

My people, beloved Gentiles. And in the very place where it was

said to them, you are not my people, they will be called Sons of the living God. Beloved sons of God my people and

here's the question you should ask and only a few of you are because you don't

know Jose that well.

Those in the context are all a reference to Israel

who had been rejected by God in exile

and now he's taking them back.

He had sent them back. He had sent them away and now he's taking them back.

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