THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
I will guide the nations, for I am the Lord who sets me apart, and my sacred presence shall dwell among them eternally. Truly, it is from the faithful among the Jews that the Gentiles have come to know the light of divine truth. The Apostles, chosen from among the Jews, and their initial disciples, along with the prophetic writings preserved by the Jewish people, have allowed the Gentiles to gain understanding of our Savior Christ and embrace the holy teachings. Consequently, the Apostle has declared that those Gentiles who believe are grafted into the holy lineage of the Jews, while those among the Jews who do not believe are removed and separated from this heritage (Romans 11:16-21).
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Thus, God proclaims that as salvation is bestowed upon the first Jews, the Gentiles will come to recognize that I am the Lord who makes one holy; for from the Jews comes the Lord Christ in human form, from the Jews arise the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection; from the Jews are the apostles and the earliest proclaimers of the faith. Therefore, it is appropriate that salvation flows to the Gentiles through the Jews.