Romans 11:1-10

The eyes of the Israelites were dimmed so that the Gentiles could be grafted into the salvation God provided in Jesus. It was too small a thing that only the Jews were saved. 

He wants no one to perish...no not one!

Romans 11:5 (FSB): a remnant Refers to a small number of people who remain faithful to God despite the unfaithfulness of others around them. In Romans, the remnant  is composed of Jews who have put their faith in Christ. The existence of this remnant is proof that God has not rejected all of Israel.

Romans 11:1 (NKJVSB):  One of the proofs that God has not cast away the Jewish people is Paul himself. He was an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. He was a Jew, and he was chosen by God to be a believer and an apostle.Grace and works are mutually exclusive. God’s election was established solely on the basis of grace.

Romans 11:1-10 NKJ

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Just as it is written:“God has given them a spirit of stupor,eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”And David says:“Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them.Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,And bow down their back always.”

Philippians 2:8–11 (NKJV): And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.