FYI: My "I wonder" statement was not actually one of not being sure. I understand all of that. It was just throwing the thought out there sort of like, "well jeesh, I wonder if the sun is going to rise today".
Just curious... what do you think of this passage?
Romans 11:25-32
25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27And this is my covenant with them
when I take away their sins."
28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. 32For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
I was reading this passage last night in my readings. It seemed appropriate here. Commentators state that the "all" in this passage does not literally mean all but rather a remnant of all ages of Jews will be saved. This to me means that the remnant spoken of here would be saved by God's grace and grace alone. However, I would be happy to find out that when God said "all" he literally meant all.
Immie