Christ Has Been Made A Minister Of Circumcision In Order To Confirm The Promises To The Fathers To The Jews And In Order To Reach Out With Mercy To The Gentiles As The Root Of Jesse (15:7-13).

God's people as a mixture of Jew and Gentile are to receive one another as the Messiah ‘has received them' (compare Romans 4:3 where their oneness is desired because God has received them). For the Messiah both ministered to the circumcision (the Jews) in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers, and has ministered to the Gentiles so that they might find mercy as they partake in God's promises through Him as the Root of Jesse (Romans 15:12).

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