How is the best way to help one understand what was and when was the fulfillment of "until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in" as in Rom.11:25-27? We begin to understand what was and when was the fulfillment of "until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, by starting with the Old Testament. Eschatology in the N.T. is simply the reiteration of eschatologial prophecies found in the O.T. So, our first hermeneutical principle will be the O.T. scriptures. Starting here allows us to set the parameters for fulfillment very clearly. Secondly, it prevents us from getting lost in a question about semantics and specific details should they not be forth coming in ...