11:33-36 What do we learn from what Paul says here?
11:33-36 What do we learn from what Paul says here?
This is called a Doxology in the contemporary church - a formula of praise to God in prayer.
After outlining God's redemptive plan for both Jews and Gentiles in Ch 9-11, Paul now extols the depth of the richness of God's wisdom and knowledge, and the unsearchability of His ways in devising such a plan.
Only the God of all creation, through whom all things came into being, could do it (CP Isa 40:13-14). God's ways are beyond human understanding (CP Job 26:1-14).
This now concludes Paul's focus in chapters 9-11 on the righteousness of God applied specifically to Israel's enduring place in God's eternal purpose.
Chapter 9 pertains to God's covenant with Israel, and vindicates God in the face of Israel's stubborn resistance to His plan of redemption. The main thrust of chapter 9 is to teach the doctrine of justification by faith.
In chapter 10 Israel's guilt and responsibility for excluding itself temporarily from salvation is established beyond doubt. In chapter 11 Paul teaches that Israel's rejection of the gospel advanced God's plan to include the Gentiles in His plan of redemption, which in turn will lead to Israel's salvation.