Romans 9:23-24 "that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, (24) even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?"

Lets look at the definitions for Jew and Gentile from Strong's.

Here is the definition for Jew:
2453. Ioudaios, ee-oo-dah'-yos; from G2448 (in the sense of G2455 as a country); Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah.

And now the definition for Gentile:
1484. ethnos, eth'-nos; prob. from G1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; spec. a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by impl. pagan).

So we could rewrite the verse using more precise words from the definitions. For Jew we could use Judaean or Judahite. Judaean meaning someone who lives in Judea, but Paul was not talking about anyone who lived in Judea. In this case Judahite is the correct word. For Gentile we could write race, but because of how things are today I think that would be misunderstood. Nation seems to be the word that is being used most these days so we shall use that one.

The word gentile is a Latin word that was used instead of translating ethnos to an English word. The Greeks did not view the word ethnos or race as we do. To them it was tied more closely to how we understand the word nation. To the Greeks the root people of Ireland and Scotland would be of two different races or as we would say nations. This is true for they are different nations of what we consider the same race. So when the Greeks talked about other ethnos' in our words they meant different nations of the same race. Here is the verse rewritten.

Romans 9:23-24 "that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, (24) even us whom He called, not of the Judaeans only, but also of the Nations?"

So now we should look at who "the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory" are and which Judaeans and Nations Paul is referring to. Paul tells us in the next two verses by telling us to go back to the book of Hosea to read all about it.

Romans 9:25 As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved."
26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."

Hosea was called by YHVH to preach to Israel. In that preaching through the naming of a child YHVH, God, called the Israelites a new name, "not My people" in Hosea 1:9. However, that is not the end of the story. In verse 10 those people now called "not My people" are prophesied to be called, "sons of the living God". Who are "sons of the living God" today?

Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God."

Luke 20:35 "But those who are counted worthy...are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."

Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God."

Galatians 3:26 "For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus."
27 "For as many of you as were immersed into Christ have put on Christ."

It should be obvious that through the promise of God those Israelites of the house of Israel, who were divorced, sent away and later escaped to Europe, have become sons of the living God, or Christians, in great numbers.




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