Is Israel's judicial blindness revealed anywhere else in Scripture besides Romans 11?
No, Israel's judicial blindness is not revealed anywhere else in Scripture besides Romans 11. This mystery was never before revealed: God would sovereignly, judicially blind Israel for a long period, now over 1900 years. The Old Testament warned of chastisement for disobedience but never of spiritual blindness.
Les explains that Romans 11:25 reveals the core of the mystery: blindness in part has happened to Israel. He emphasizes that this is something nowhere else in Scripture was ever revealed—that the nation of Israel would be sovereignly, judicially blinded by God for a long period of time, now over 1900 years. While the Old Testament warned Israel that disobedience would bring chastisement and enemies, God never told Israel that a day would come when they would be spiritually blinded. Les notes a brief preview in Acts chapter 13, where Paul begins his missionary journey and encounters a Jewish sorcerer, Bar-Jesus, on the island of Paphos, but the full revelation of Israel's judicial blindness is unique to Romans 11.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
More Questions
Where else in Scripture was it revealed that Israel would be judicially blinded by God?
The revelation that the nation of Israel would be sovereignly, judicially blinded by God for a long period of time—now over 1900 years—is unique, being something nowhere else in Scripture ever revealed.
What does "blindness in part" mean for Israel in Romans 11:25?
The phrase "blindness in part" means Israel's blindness is not forever and not absolute from here to eternity, but only for a period of time.