The Importance of God's Justice

In Romans the Apostle Paul declares that God has bared his holy arm before the nations, and wrought salvation in fulfilment of his promises. Yet at the heart of this glorious declaration of God's work of salvation lies troubling questions of divine faithfulness. For while the gospel is making inroads among the Gentiles under the ministry of Paul and others, the Messiah has largely been rejected by his own people. Much of the later half of the Book of Romans is devoted to addressing the question how this perplexing state of affairs could come to be. In chapters 9 to 11 of Romans, Paul turns to address this question directly. He demonstrates that from the very beginning, Israel has been formed purely by