Hello John –

 

Here is a nice summary addressing the issue of “Replacement Theology” by David Hocking:

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Thanks, Bob.
John

 

"DID THE CHURCH REPLACE  ISRAEL?"            

ANSWERS TO THE COMMON ARGUMENTS OF THIS THEOLOGICAL SYSTEM:

1.    The Nation of Israel will NEVER cease to exist!
       Jeremiah 31:35-37; Matthew 24:34-35

2.    God has NEVER forsaken Israel!
        Isaiah 41:8-9, 17; 43:5-7; 45:25; 49:13-16; 54:6-8; Romans 11:1-2

3.    The promise of a LAND is based on an everlasting covenant!
       Genesis 15:18; 17:7-8; Psalm 105:8-11

4.    God's promises to ISRAEL are NOT based on their performance or merit!
       Leviticus 26:40-45; Psalm 89:30-34          

5.    The Jewish common people did NOT crucify Yeshua!  A corrupt Jewish leadership manipulated the Romans to carry out the crucifixion.  Our blessed Lord Yeshua came to die for the sins of both Jew and Gentile.
Psalm 118:22; Matthew 20:18-19; 21:42-46; John 18:12, 38-40; 19:6-7, 12, 14-15, 21-22; Acts 4:8-12; 5:28-32; 6:15; 7:51-52

6.    The "ISRAEL of God" refers to Jewish Messianic believers! (Notice carefully the conjunction and preposition used in the following verse - separates what is said into two groups - Messianic Gentiles and Messianic Jews!)  Galatians 6:16

7.    When a Jewish person becomes a believer in Yeshua, that person does NOT cease to be Jewish anymore than a woman who believes in our Lord would cease to be female!  Galatians 3:28

8.    The partial "blindness" of Israel does NOT eliminate their future salvation!
        Isaiah 45:18-25; Romans 11:25-27

9.    There is no "CHURCH" in the Old Testament!  (Tanakh - Jewish Bible)
Acts 7:38 (Greek: ekklesia - "assembly" used of the mob in Ephesus - Acts 19:41 and translates the Hebrew word qahal used of the congregation of Israel assembled for worship).

10.    Jewish worship is NOT condemned in the New Testament! (Brit Hadashah)  I Corinthians 5:7-8; 15:20-23; Colossians 2:16-17

11.    The judgments and events in the Book of Revelation were NOT fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple in 70 AD!
Matthew 24:1-2, 4-28; Luke 21:20-24

12.    The return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel did NOT happen in 70 AD!
Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 30:3; 31:7-9; Ezekiel 36:24; Amos 9:13-15

13.    The conversion of Israel at the end of the Tribulation did NOT happen in 70 AD!
Isaiah 44:21-23; 59:20-21; 62:11-12; Zechariah 12:10; 13:1; Romans 11:25-27

14.    The phrase "some standing here" of Matthew 16:28 is referring to Peter, James, and John!  Matthew 17:1-8; John 1:14; II Peter 1:16-18

15.    The words "this generation shall not pass" in Matthew 24:34-35 are referring to the Nation of Israel surviving the Tribulation.
Matthew 23:34-38; Luke 11:47-51