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promises God gave to their fathers. For this, God is truthful. To the Gentiles, it is a matter of God's mercy. Christ became a servant for them to glo rify God for His mercy. Christ confessed God and praised His name among the Gentiles. He asked the Gentiles to rejoice and praise God for His mercy. To the Jews, God is truthful, but to the Gentiles, God is merciful. For this we, the Gentiles, have to praise Him that He may be glorified in His mercy.
The Root of Jesse for the Nations
Romans 15:8-12 reveals the all-inclusiveness of Christ. Verse 12 says, "And again, Isaiah says, There shall be the root of Jesse, even He Who arises to rule the nations; in Him the nations will hope." Although Christ is the root of Jesse, the source of the fathers of the Jews, He will be the ruler of the Gentiles, and in Him the Gentiles will hope. Here we see the all-inclusiveness of Christ. He is the root of Jesse, meaning that He is the supply for the Jewish people. According to Romans 11, His being the root means that He is the source and supply for the Jews. In the future this root of Jesse will arise to rule over all the Gentile nations. Thus, He supplies the Jews and overshadows the nations. By being the root to