A prayer that the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of the brethren everywhere to this truth and the mystery disclosed through Paul in the scriptures. So thankful for Zola Levitt ministries in the 80 ‘s
God used him to spread in us this deep love for Israel and the knowledge from the Scriptures concerning Israel. Thank you so much for your articles and videos on YouTube.
Thank you, Christine, this is a great and pithy summary of a vital subject. We used it in our Israel prayer meet this morning. I’m awaiting the arrival of “LORD, Will You Restore the Kingdom to Israel?” How exciting!
Replacement theology erroneously teaches that all of God's covenants and their promises have been stripped from Israel and given over to the gentiles and the Church. The view that Israel and the Church are different entities is clearly taught in the New Testament yet replacement theology wrongly asserts that the Church has become Israel. There are many Bible prophecies concerning the regathering and restoration of the nation Israel in the last days. Adherents of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God's chosen people, and that God does not have specific future plans for the nation in the future. In a church beset with replacement theology, all the promises that belong to Israel are applied to the Church. Furthermore there is a resulting coldness toward the subject of the nation of Israel, or it is never discussed, or prayer for the Arab cause is preferred. People who adhere to replacement theology do not understand the character of God, that he is not a covenant-breaker and that all the covenants he made with Israel will be and are being fulfilled presently and in the near future.
(Excuse me for interjecting, given you statement is directed towards Christine)
It might be helpful if you could clarify what the ‘fundamental difference’ is that you refer to. There are various flavours of fulfilment theology; which variant are you referring to?
I haven’t yet come across a form that doesn’t ultimately effectively erase the irrevocable promises outlined in many places in Scripture. Take Psalm 105 for example:
A prayer that the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of the brethren everywhere to this truth and the mystery disclosed through Paul in the scriptures. So thankful for Zola Levitt ministries in the 80 ‘s
God used him to spread in us this deep love for Israel and the knowledge from the Scriptures concerning Israel. Thank you so much for your articles and videos on YouTube.
Thank you, Christine, this is a great and pithy summary of a vital subject. We used it in our Israel prayer meet this morning. I’m awaiting the arrival of “LORD, Will You Restore the Kingdom to Israel?” How exciting!
Jesus gives the context in which believers are to understand fulfillment when He teaches that He has come to fulfill the Law not abolish it.
Christine how do we define a church is believing in replacement theology?
What exactly defines this? Is it what they are doing or not doing? I need more clarification on this. Thank you. I agree with latest writing.
Replacement theology erroneously teaches that all of God's covenants and their promises have been stripped from Israel and given over to the gentiles and the Church. The view that Israel and the Church are different entities is clearly taught in the New Testament yet replacement theology wrongly asserts that the Church has become Israel. There are many Bible prophecies concerning the regathering and restoration of the nation Israel in the last days. Adherents of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God's chosen people, and that God does not have specific future plans for the nation in the future. In a church beset with replacement theology, all the promises that belong to Israel are applied to the Church. Furthermore there is a resulting coldness toward the subject of the nation of Israel, or it is never discussed, or prayer for the Arab cause is preferred. People who adhere to replacement theology do not understand the character of God, that he is not a covenant-breaker and that all the covenants he made with Israel will be and are being fulfilled presently and in the near future.
Christine, there is a fundamental difference between what you term 'replacement' and what is understood in the Church as 'fulfillment'.
(Excuse me for interjecting, given you statement is directed towards Christine)
It might be helpful if you could clarify what the ‘fundamental difference’ is that you refer to. There are various flavours of fulfilment theology; which variant are you referring to?
I haven’t yet come across a form that doesn’t ultimately effectively erase the irrevocable promises outlined in many places in Scripture. Take Psalm 105 for example:
5 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit.”