<p>11:12 <em>Now if their fall is the riches of the world- </em>The whole failure of Israel became &quot;riches for the world&quot;, the &quot;riches&quot; which by predestination are poured out upon the vessels of mercy (Rom. 9:23). Nothing is ultimately wasted or lost. Nothing can be done against the Truth (2 Cor. 13:8). Meditate on your own life and identify the countless failures through which, especially as you look back over time, the &quot;invisible&quot; hand of God is discernible.&nbsp;The 'enriching' was not just in that Gentiles could have hope of eternity in the future, at the Lord's return. The same word is used in Eph. 3:16 of the current enrichment of believers by &quot;his Spirit in the inner man&quot;. This enrichment by the gift of the Spirit is so much a part of believing; indeed Israel refused so much spiritually.</p><p><em>And their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fulness?</em>- &quot;Loss&quot; is literally 'their diminishing' (as AV); the idea is to their diminished numbers compared to the intention that the seed be as the sand of the seashore for multitude. But their resignation as it were opened up their places for the Gentiles, which is the idea of :25 speaking of how the full number of the Gentiles must come in. The places at the marriage supper must be filled up; the diminished number of Jews taking the places meant that the Gentiles had to be compelled to come in, even though according to the parable such an invitation was not at all what they were seeking for (see on :7). If Jewish rejection of the Gospel was associated with such rich blessing being shared- how much more shall their final acceptance of the Gospel, thus making up the &quot;fulness&quot; or full number of redeemed, be associated with blessing to the world in the form of God's Kingdom on earth.</p>