The Jewish Remnant Then - The Gentile Remnant Now
The last seven verses of the Book of Acts are some of the saddest to me and yet it was the most significant for me. Specifically, these three verses Acts 28:26-28 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. This was the day that the nation of Israel was condemned from the mouth of Isaiah the prophet (Isaiah 6:9-13). Paul repeated the words of Isaiah and blindness and deafness came upon the nation of Israel for the prescribed time. The majority of the Jews would be unable to understand the Gospel of Jesu...