And then Isaiah dares to say, I have been found by those who never sought me, I have shown myself to those who never inquired of me.
What are we to conclude, then? That Gentiles who never aimed at righteousness have attained righteousness, that is, righteousness by faith;
the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house.
So shall the last be first and the first last."
We love, because He loved us first.
whereas Israel who did aim at the law of righteousness have failed to reach that law.
They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.