Replacement Theology?

Here some answers. What Is Replacement Theology?

"Replacement Theology is a misguided systematic approach to the Bible that has not only led millions of Christians astray over the years but it has, in addition, birthed evil of the most horrific proportions. Replacement Theology played a role in the persecution of Jews by the church through the centuries, including the Holocaust."

Replacement theology is the 'opinion' that Israel, having failed God, has been replaced by the Church. The Church is now seen as spiritual Israel and spiritual Jerusalem.

This theology claims that all the promises and blessings, in fact Israel's entire inheritance, now belongs to the Church. (Israel, however, gets to keep the curses.) Replacement Theology was first established at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. During the last 1600 years, Reformations and Revivals have come and gone, new denominations have sprung up, but this root of Replacement Theology which continues to produce its anti Semitic fruit, has not been cut off.

This is a great stumbling block to the Jews as it prevents them from recognizing their own Messiah, Yeshua. As the prophet Isaiah says: "...Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people". Isaiah 57:14b

As Christians, we need to sever ourselves from this lie and be grafted into God's true Olive Tree; a tree which is deeply rooted in the unconditional Covenants of God. Replacement Theology robs us from understanding the heart of God. It robs us from the security of truly trusting in His faithfulness. By understanding God's everlasting commitment towards Israel, we can rest assured of His commitment toward us also. The Church has not been chosen instead of Israel, but rather to become part of God's covenants with Israel. To believe in Replacement Theology is to sever oneself from the root.

God has in no way either rejected nor replaced Israel and the Jewish people. His covenant with them is unconditional and nontransferable. God's covenants were never based on Israel's good behaviour, but were based on God's faithfulness toward His people. Although the Jewish people have suffered consequences of breaking God's laws, just as we all do, they have not been replaced or rejected.

'But you, 0 Israel my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.''' Isaiah 41:8,9

'This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar - the LORD Almighty is his name: 'Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,' declares the LORD, 'will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me.' Jeremiah 31:35,36

'How can I give you up Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? ..... for I am God and not man.'' Hosea 11:8,9

“I have loved you with an everlasting love ....” Jeremiah 31:3

“0 descendants of Israel his servant, 0 sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant... 1Chronicles 16:13-17

“For the LORD'S portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.'' Deuteronomy 32:9

“He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant...' Psalm 105:8-10

“He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel. He has done this for no other nation." Psalm 147:19,20

“The LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.'' Psalm 94:14

The Apostle Paul asked the question: “I ask then: Did God reject his people? ,By no means? “ Romans 11:1

While the majority of national Israel remains in unbelief outside the place of covenant blessing, many Gentiles, who originally were not in that place of blessing, are being grafted into it by God’s grace through faith in Christ. These saved Gentiles are members of the Church. They are grafted into the place of covenant blessing in the sense that they partake of the spiritual blessings of the New Covenant, as do the remnant Israelite members of the Church.

Although believing Gentiles are grafted into the place of covenant blessing in place of the unbelieving majority of national Israel, that does not mean that the fulfilment of the New Covenant with literal, national Israel has been nullified. Paul made it very clear that the majority of national Israel will not be removed from the place of covenant blessing forever. That removal is only temporary. When the great harvest of Gentile souls has been gathered and the Messiah returns, national Israel will be saved and placed back into the place of covenant blessing (Romans 11:23-27). At that time literal, national Israel will enter fully into the New Covenant relationship with God, and all the promises (spiritual, material, and national) of that covenant will be fulfilled completely with that nation. Thus, although national Israel failed to enter the New Covenant relationship with God in conjunction with the Messiah’s First Coming, it will enter it in conjunction with His Second Coming.

In Romans 11, therefore, Paul explained how the Church now partakes of the spiritual blessings of the New Covenant. The complete fulfilment of that covenant with national Israel, however, has not been and never will be nullified.
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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. And pray for the eyes of the Jewish people to open to the Truth of their Messiah. Jesus Christ.
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