I noticed that the link on "Replacement Theology" was not able to be read. I've also noticed lately that a lot of really good information has been removed, or "page does not exist" when I've sent them to friends. I don't know how to copy a whole page without sending a link, and since that link provided no information at this time, I've copied just a couple of paragraphs. One is "Who is NOT Israel" and who is. Here is the first one:
Who is NOT Israel?
One of the most convincing passages for defining who is NOT Israel comes to us from Paul in Romans 2:28, "For he is not a Jew (Israel) who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that of the flesh.;" Paul, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, tells us that being a Jew has nothing to do with outward appearances or ceremonies.
A.W. Pink comments on this passage, "What could be plainer than that? In the light of such a Scripture, is it not passing strange that there are today those-boasting loudly of their orthodoxy and bitterly condemning all who differ-who insist that the name 'Jew' belongs only to the natural descendants of Jacob..." 2 The great Presbyterian commentator Matthew Poole states, "He is not a Jew; a right or true Jew, who is heir of the promise made to the fathers, that is one outwardly..." 3
In fact, this passage shines light on the statement in the gospel of John, chapter 1 vs. 12-13. One must understand that the title "children of God" was a name given to the saints of old (i.e. Old Testament Israel, Ex. 4:22; Deut. 14:1; Is. 1:2-4; 63:8; Jer. 31:9; Hos 11:1). In this passage, John declares, "But as many as received Him, He gave to them the right to become children of God, to those who believe on His name-who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but were born of God".
Jamieson, Fausset, & Brown comment that this statement does away with the arrogance of the Jews of Christ's day by informing them that to be a child of God had nothing to do with natural descent, nor of supposed "superior human descent," not of man in any way. To be a true "Jew" or "Israelite" never meant that you were such because of where you were born or to whom you were born, save God Himself. 4
In Romans 9:6, Paul records these revealing words, "...for not all those of Israel are Israel; nor because they are the seed of Abraham (natural descendants) are they all children (of Abraham or God)."
Dr. Charles Hodge in his commentary states, "...the promise was not addressed to the mere natural descendants of Abraham. For they are not all Israel which are of Israel, i.e. all the natural descendants of the patriarch are not the true people of God..., All descendants from the patriarch Jacob called Israel, are not the true people of God; (in the same way) all who are in the visible church (who are members of a local congregation) do not belong to the true invisible church." 5