Wednesday Bible Study: Geography lesson

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In verses 16 through 18 he claims (quoting a psalm) that everyone on earth has had the chance to hear the Gospel news.

Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." Oops!

As I said last time, God in fact did not bring the news to the vast majority of the earth's people, of whose existence Paul of course was entirely unaware.

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In verses 16 through 18 he claims (quoting a psalm) that everyone on earth has had the chance to hear the Gospel news. Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." Oops! As I said last time, God in fact did not bring the news to the vast majority of the earth's people, of whose existence Paul of course was entirely unaware.

How it works

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

What to take from it

As I say, this is a major problem for the whole story.

Details worth keeping

In chapter 10, Paul is mostly trying to convert the Jews.

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