Romans 11:25

Paul continues in vs. 25 and sums it up. The mystery of God’s plan for saving His people from both Jew and Gentile is:

Blindness in part is happened to (national) Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles comes. (Rom 11:25).

Dispensationalists say here that there is a full number of Gentiles to be saved and when that number is reached, Christ will return and all national Israel will be saved. This verse or its context is saying nothing at all about this. It is read into the text.

Some translations even have the word “number” written in the verse, but it is not in the original. It is not speaking about a number. The word “fullness” simply means life. It is not referring to a certain number of Gentiles. In vs. 12 the word fullness is used and there it is also clearly not referring to a number. It simply means eternal life. Also in John 1:16:

And of His fullness have we all received and grace for grace.

So fullness according to the scripture means to receive His grace. Paul’s mystery in vs. 25 is simply what he has been explaining throughout the chapter: “Blindness in part has happened until the elect of the Gentiles receive fullness and then this will provoke the elect of national Israel to be drawn by God and grafted back into the root by faith”. This is all there is to the chapter.

This is an ongoing work of God through the gospel throughout the generations. Again, how wise and wonderful is God’s plan of grace. We all come by grace alone. This is the point. This is a glorious chapter.