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1 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | Bill Mc | 12776 | ||
WDC, We are all trying to rightly divide the word of truth. I am not about to label anyone. Your only label is child of God. I can relate to your frustration in trying to determine what, in the Bible, directly applies to us as Christians and what applies to Israel. There is much discussion of this topic here and elsewhere. There are some who would say that Israel forfeited being God's people so the Christian now 'inherits' everything Israel was supposed to. I believe that certain promises were given only to Israel and that God is not finished with that nation yet. Certain promises are only given to the believer. To discern those, we must know who we are in Christ. Your Bible (and mine) is divided into the Old Testament (covenant, will) and the New Testament (covenant, will). The words testament, covenant, will are all the same in the greek. Check me out on this. These Bible headings are not there in the original Hebrew and Greek. They were added later. And, unfortunately, the New Testament title was put before the gospels instead of after. I do not believe, for reasons that I already stated, that the New Covenant went into effect until Christ's death. Christ did not come to abolish the law. He came to fulfill it. And He did. He was the only one who ever could. He met all the righteous demands of a holy God. Then He exchanged all of that with us. He became sin for us. We become the righteousness of God (not our own) in Christ. That is where righteousness is - in Christ, not the law. Look at the book of Galatians. The Judaizers had moved in after Paul left the church and basically said, "Now that you have accepted Christ, you need to keep the law." That was their 'gospel' - keep the law and all it's regulations - Gal 1:6. It 'sounded right' to the Galatians. We need to remember how radical the gospel was in that day. Paul strongly argues the point that Christians are not under law but free in Christ. Believers in God were used to offering sacrifices to God and could never go into the Holy of Holies. Paul comes along and says, "That has all been done away with. You can now approach God by faith in Christ alone. Only Christ justifies." See the following references: Gal 2:16; 2:19; 2:21; 3:1-3; 3:10; 3:12; Why the law? Gal 3:19 'until the seed (Christ) would come; 3:21,22; 3:23 - before faith came, we were under law; 3:24,25,26 - the Law lead us to Christ so we can be justified by Him, not by keeping the Law. We are no longer under it - 3:25,25; 5:1 - Christ has set us free from the law. Stand firm in that fact. Don't be subject to it again. If you do, Christ is of no benefit to you - 5:2,4; 5:18 - you're called to freedom, but use it to serve others. So... 5:25 - live by the Spirit, child of God, not by the law. As you have received Christ, walk IN HIM (not in the law) - Ephesians 2:6,7. He is our life. Yes, wdc, we have everything we need in Christ. Our problem is that we often don't really know what it is that we need. If you would like more info on our identity in Christ and what promises we have in Him, click on my name and send me an email. I will send you Scripture references, only references (no 'questionable teaching'), of who we, as New Testament believers, are in Christ. Hope this helps. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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2 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | kalos | 12779 | ||
Bill Mc: You write: "There are some who would say that Israel forfeited being God's people so the Christian now 'inherits' everything Israel was supposed to. I believe that certain promises were given only to Israel and that God is not finished with that nation yet." The Bible and I agree with you: "...certain promises were given only to Israel and God is not finished with that nation yet." Israel cast away? "Rom 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. "That Israel has not been forever set aside is the theme of this chapter. "(1) The salvation of Paul proves that there is still a remnant (Romans 11:1 ) "(2) The doctrine of the remnant proves it (Romans 11:2-6). "(3) The present national unbelief was foreseen (Romans 11:7-10). "(4) Israel's unbelief is the Gentile opportunity (Romans 11:11-25). "(5) Israel is judicially broken off from the good olive tree, Christ (Romans 11:17-22 ). "(6) They are to be grafted in again (Romans 11:23,24). "(7) The promised Deliverer will come out of Zion and the nation will be saved (Romans 11:25-29). That the Christian now inherits the distinctive Jewish promises is not taught in Scripture. The Christian is of the heavenly seed of Abraham ; (Genesis 15:5,6 ; Galatians 3:29) and partakes of the spiritual blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant." (See Scofield Genesis 15:18) but Israel as a nation always has it own place, and is yet to have its greatest exaltation as the earthly people of God. See "Israel" (Genesis 12:2 ; Romans 11:26 "Kingdom"; Genesis 1:26-28 ; Zechariah 12:8). Bibliography Information Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Jude 1". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ScofieldReferenceNotes/ ) --JVH0212 "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things charity." |
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3 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | Bill Mc | 12786 | ||
Thank you, JVH0212, for that wonderful clarification. | ||||||
4 | Heb. 8 and Jer. 31 | Matt 10:5 | kalos | 12799 | ||
You are most welcome. Thank you also for your post in which you presented a scriptural answer. I would only change one thing about my recent post. In it there is one sentence that sums up the whole thing. I should have pulled that quote and put it by itself at the very top of my posting. Here is the quote: "That the Christian now inherits the distinctive Jewish promises is not taught in Scripture." |
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