Church Fathers on GOD'S post-Christian relationship with the Jews.

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The Fathers on the Salvation of Israel

In many of my previous articles I’ve made it clear that I firmly believe St. Paul’s statement in Romans 11 that, after the fullness of the Gentile nations have converted, “all Israel shall be saved,” applies to the physical descendants of Abraham, i.e. the Jewish people. I’ve also made it clear that I don’t think this belief is accidental to the biblical narrative, but rather has been woven in since the very beginning. As Seraphim Hamilton demonstrates, the story of Jesus is ultimately the story of Patriarch Joseph. Like Joseph, Jesus’ brothers (the Jews, who were called that because they lived in Judea, which is a take on the name of Joseph’s brother who sold him into slavery, Judah) rejected Him and left Him for dead, however in and through that rejection, Jesus has been exalted to reign over the Gentile nations, just as Joseph was. Yet, the story doesn’t end there. After conquering the nations with bread, Joseph was reconciled to his brothers, and it was after that point that …