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In verse eleven Paul explains that salvation has come to the Jews and Gentiles. Paul has a vision of a church where all Jewish and Gentile believers would be united in their love of God and in obedience to Christ. While respecting God’s law, this ideal church would look for Christ alone for salvation. Paul vision has not be realized by Jews. Many Jewish people rejected the gospel. They depended on their heritage for salvation. Once Gentiles became dominant in the churches, they began rejecting and persecuting Jews. True Christians should not reject or persecute others. God chose the Jews, just as he chose the Gentiles, and he is still working to unite Jew and Gentile in a new Isreal, a new Jerusalem, ruled by his Son.

Romans 11:11
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.