Romans 11:25-27
“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved.”
King James Version
Paul unveils 'this mystery': hardening has come on Israel in part, until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in — 'and so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer' (Isa. 59:20). A two-phase program with a stated sequence and a scriptural warrant.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 59:20-21 Zechariah 12:10 Jeremiah 31:33-34
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe Deliverer out of Zion has come and is coming; when Israel looks on Him whom they pierced (Zech. 12:10), the same Jesus-name covenant that opened to the Gentiles at Cornelius's house closes the circle.
JewishIsrael's redemption is awaited from within the covenant, not via Christian conversion; the passage matters historically as Christianity's internal check on anti-Judaism.
CatholicThe Church awaits Israel's inclusion as an eschatological mystery (CCC 674) tied to the Lord's return.
ProtestantThe classic divide: 'all Israel' as the elect of all ages (Calvin), the church, or national Israel at the end (the majority modern view) — the sequence 'until… and so' favors a future for the nation.
DispensationalThe proof text: Israel's hardening is partial and temporary, Gentile fullness has a terminus, and national salvation follows — the framework of the entire system.
AcademicPaul modifies Isa. 59:20 LXX ('out of Zion' for 'to Zion'); the verse is ground zero for Pauline eschatology-of-Israel scholarship (Sanders, Wright, Fredriksen).
Scholarship & Sources
The 'all Israel' options are catalogued in every major commentary (Cranfield, ICC; Moo, NICNT); the LXX modification is treated in Wagner, Heralds of the Good News.
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