674. The glorious Messiah’s coming is suspended at every moment of history until his recognition by “all Israel”, for “a hardening has come upon part of Israel” in their “unbelief” toward Jesus.568 St. Peter says to the Jews of Jerusalem after Pentecost: “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.”569 St. Paul echoes him: “For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?”570 The “full inclusion” of the Jews in the Messiah’s salvation, in the wake of “the full number of the Gentiles”,571 will enable the People of God to achieve “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ”, in which “God may be all in all”.572
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
119. In what way did Christ offer himself to the Father?
458. What are the duties that society has toward the family?
277. How is the celebration of the Holy Eucharist carried out?
167. Is the particular Church catholic?
85. Why did the Son of God become man?
238. What is the link between the actions and the words in the celebration of the sacraments?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
The story of Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6)
How did King Asa restore true worship and win the war against Ethiopia in 1 Kings 15:9-24?
What is the meaning of being “blameless” according to the 2 Peter 3:14 passage?
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
What is Jonah’s story and what lessons can we learn from it?
How is God’s justice manifested in the midst of suffering, according to Job 34:10-12?
