Romans Chapter 9 Vs. 5

 

God's Sovereign Choice

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Rom 9:5

are the fathers... Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and 12 sons.

concerning the flesh... Christ came. Greek: Christos, "Anointed." Used in the New Testament 569 times. Like the name "Jesus" it has no reference to deity, but to the humanity of the Son of God, who received the anointing of the Spirit 30 years after He was born of Mary (Mat. 3:16; John 3:34; Isa. 11:1; 42:1-5; 61:1; Acts 10:38). God "made" Him both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). The Hebrew is Mashiyach (Dan. 9:24-26; John 1:41; 4:25).

son of David, the son of Abraham. Son of Abraham and David by direct descent (Mat. 1:2-16; Rom. 9:5), and by promise (Gen. 12:1-3; Gal. 3:6-22; Isa. 11:1; Mat. 22:41-46; 2Tim. 2:8). "Son of David" is used nine times of Christ in Matthew (Mat. 1:1; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30-31; 21:9, 21:15; 22:42). David is mentioned first because he was the most illustrious of His ancestors (as king and prophet) and because his line is singled out by later prophets as the one of Abraham’s seed through whom the Messiah was to come.

came, who is... For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh] A true Jew is not the one who is circumcised in the flesh, neither is true circumcision in the flesh. A true Jew is one that has inward circumcision of the heart and in the spirit and has more than an outward cutting in the flesh and a profession of truth. This does not teach that every Christian is a Jew, but to be a true Jew one must be of the seed of Abraham, and have circumcision of the heart, and be a child of the promise (Rom. 2:28-29; 9:6-7).

The fathers mentioned here are the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through whom the promises of the Messiah were fulfilled.

Christ whom... God blessed for ever” is not intended primarily as a benediction, but as an affirmation of the sovereignty and deity of Christ.

Also the Israelites were in the line of promise from its beginning in the patriarchs (cf. Mat. 1:1-16; Rom. 1:3) to its fulfillment in the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. This is a clear affirmation of the deity of Messiah. Some take these words as a separate sentence (see NIV marg.), but the NIV text seems preferable.