This chapter has been used by many
self-righteous and arrogantly ignorant Christians to defame and smear Jews, as well
as the nation of Israel.
In doing so, those use Scripture as a battering
ram and a whip of malice are themselves becoming the very thing that Paul is
making a point of pointing out …
NO WHERE in Scriptures does it ever say that
Elohim rejects the Jews. N.o.w.h.e.r.e. It does, however,
state that Elohim rejects those who do not acknowledge HIM and those that think
doing good deeds and adhering to a rigid set of rules will gain them entrance
into paradise without accepting the atoning blood of The Lamb which covers them
with grace and sanctifies them by faith –
and that is a warning to everyone: Jew or Gentile.
Do not attempt to read more into Scripture
than there is written clearly. In doing so, many have erred from the straight and
narrow and gone down that long and twisting road of heresy and perdition. Be
sure always to read Scripture in context – that is why I post Scripture as it
follows, by chapter and verse – to be understood correctly.
THE BOOK OF ROMANS ~Chapter 10
Brethren, it is my heart’s desire and my
prayer to Elohim for Israel, that they may be saved. That they have a zeal for
Elohim, I know from experience, but they lack certain knowledge. They are
densely ignorant about Elohim’s Way of justification and, while they try to
earn justification in their own way, they will not submit to Elohim’s Way of
becoming justified. The end of the struggle for justification by Law is Mashiach,
and it comes to everyone who believes in Him.
Moshe does not say, concerning justification
by law, that if a man does what The Law commands, he will live. But the way of
getting justification by Faith is different. It speaks thus: “Do not say in your
heart, ‘Who shall go up to Heaven?’ – that is, to bring Mashiach down; or, ‘Who
shall descend int o Hell?’ – this is, to bring Him back from the dead.” But
what does it say? It says, “The Word is near you, in your mouth, and in your
heart.” That is The Word of Faith which we preach. “If you will say with your
mouth that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in your heart that Elohei has raised Him
from the dead, you will be saved.” For with the heart we believe to
righteousness, and with the mouth we make confession to salvation. For it is
said in Scripture, “No one who believes in Him shall be put to shame.”
In this there is no difference between the Jew
and the Gentile. They all have the same Lord, and He bestows His riches upon
all who call on Him. And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be
saved.
But how can people call on Him in whim they
have not believed? And how can they believe in One of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they
are sent to do it? Scripture says, “How
beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” (Isaiah 52:7).
Still, they have not all accepted the glad
news, even as Isaiah said, “lord, who has believed our message?” So, faith
comes by hearing a message, and the message must be from the Word of Mashiach.
Now, I ask, have the people not heard? Yes, indeed they have. “Their voices were heard in the whole earth,
and their words to the very ends of the inhabitable world” (Psalm 19:4). And again I ask, did not Israel understand? I
will let Moshe answer first. He says, “I
will let a people that is not a nation make you jealous, and I will let a
foolish people make you angry” (Deuteronomy
32:21). And next, let Isaiah speak. He is very bold when he says, “I have been found by some who were not
looking for me, and have made Myself known to some who were not seeking to know
Me”; But about Israel, He says, “All
day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate People!” (Isaiah 65:1 & 2).
