for Israel and for the Gentiles. One of his themes will be to reconcile the fact that the Old Testament is filled with specific promises to the Jews with the fact that the New Testament is filled with the doctrine of the melting of the Jews and Gentiles together into the new body, the Church. The first thing that Paul does on approaching so grand a theme mixed with so many controversial subjects is to tell the Israelites that he loves them well enough to be willing to be cursed by Christ if only
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