What should we say then? The people of Israel didn’t receive what they wanted so badly. Those Israelites who were chosen did receive it, but the rest of the people were made stubborn.
The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. He is the image of God.
Brothers and sisters, here’s a mystery I want you to understand. It will keep you from being proud. Part of Israel has refused to obey God, and that will continue until the full number of Gentiles has entered God’s kingdom.
But they still don’t understand; to this day, the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. The veil has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
But what does it matter? The important thing is that whether for good reasons or bad ones, Christ is being preached. And that makes me very glad. And I’ll continue to be glad,
“The Lord has blinded their eyes, and he has closed their minds, so they can’t see with their eyes, and they can’t understand with their minds or turn to the Lord—if they could, he would heal them.”
God the Father knew you ahead of time, and he chose to make you pure and holy through the Spirit’s work. Then you would obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood to make you holy. May more and more grace and peace be given to you.
As you know, afterwards he wanted to receive his father’s blessing, but he was turned away. Even though he pleaded with tears, he still couldn’t change what he had done.