What does Romans 10:21 say about God's posture toward Israel?
Romans 10:21 says God speaks to Israel, "All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and a gainsaying people." His posture is continual, outstretched appeal toward Israel even though they are described as disobedient and gainsaying.
Les teaches that Romans 10:21 is one of the toughest things for him to comprehend in Scripture. He points out that God supernaturally brought about the nation of Israel: He called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees and promised to make of him a nation of people. God fulfilled that promise with the supernatural birth of Isaac, the promised son. Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered the twelve sons, and they ended up in Egypt. There God began to deal with the Israelites as His chosen, set-apart nation, bringing them out supernaturally with miracle after miracle as the multitude followed Moses. Yet the verse says to Israel, "All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and a gainsaying people." So God's posture is a continual, outstretched appeal to Israel despite their disobedience and gainsaying.
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.