In Paul’s fresh reading of Scripture the whole mysterious drama of God’s election of Israel—Israel’s hardening, the incorporation of Gentiles into the people of God, and Israel’s ultimate restoration—is displayed as foretold in Scripture itself, but this foretelling can be recognized only when Scripture is read through the hermeneutics of trust. God’s oracles and promises are interpreted anew, in ways that no one could have foreseen, in light of the experience of grace through the death and resurrection