(Rom 9:27) “Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:” Remember, this chapter is dealing with people groups rather than individuals: the nation of Israel; Gentiles as a group – people. The nation is not at this time “God’s people”, that is future. Today a remnant is saved just as a remnant of Gentiles is saved compared to the whole.