Between Text & Sermon: Isaiah 11:1-11

Paul picks up the universal dimension of Isaiah's prophecy to elaborate on the realization of biblical promises to the patriarchs, most especially the hope that the Gentiles will abandon their idols and come to glorify the God of Israel through faith in Christ. According to this scenario, universal salvation entails the collapse of ethnic and religious divisions and the attainment of theological unanimity among Jews and Gentiles.