Romans Chapter 15 Vs. 10

 

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. Rom 15:10

Rejoice, ye Gentiles,... The 16th Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in Romans (Rom. 15:10; Deut. 32:43). Next, Rom. 15:11.

Deut. 32:43 “Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.”

There is a physical house of Israel and the Church. Believing Jews and Gentiles are of the Church that has been grafted into the tree of life. We are now Gods just like the natural Jew, by adoption into the family of God.

To demonstrate the validity of his statement concerning the ministry of Christ and its purposes, particularly the one relating to Gentiles, the Apostle Paul quoted four Old Testament passages, introducing the series with the formula, As it is written (perf. tense, “it stands written”). Significantly these quotations are taken from all three divisions of the Old Testament — “the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms” (Luke 24:44) — and from three great Jewish heroes: Moses, David, and Isaiah. The first quotation (Rom. 15:9) is from David’s song of deliverance (2Sam. 22:50; Psm. 18:49); the second (Rom. 15:10), from Moses’ valedictory song to the people of Israel (Deut. 32:43).