Romans 11:25

There is a secret truth. [MUSTERION = something hidden, which has now been revealed. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:7-10] Otis Gatewood writes: "Romans 11:25 does not say that by a special act of God the Jews are blinded until the end of time and the Gentiles come to fully control the political kingdoms of the world. This is exactly what a large host of Gentile preachers teach. They are the ones who are blinded - not the Jews." Gatewood also says: "Faith comes by hearing the Word of the Lord (Romans 10:17), so when the Word of the Lord was preached, the Jew's partial blindness was removed and the "fullness of the Gentiles" came in and they were accepted by the Jews on an equal footing with them. This is explained by the Apostle Paul when he said: As a result, there are no Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, or free men, but Christ is all, Christ is in all' (Colossians 3:11)." Compare Ephesians 2:14-18; Ephesians 3:4-6; Luke 21:24; Matthew 24:14 and notes on each verse. The unbelieving Jews, as a source of persecution, ceased to be a factor after Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D.