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NASB | Romans 3:29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles [who were not given the Law]? Yes, of Gentiles also, |
Bible Question: What (if any) Biblical basis is there for the belief that present day Christians are the new Jews? |
Bible Answer: We are not genetically members of the Jewish race, of course. However, we are the spiritual decendents of Israel. Here are some verses which support that: "And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise." --Galatians 3:29 "For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all" --Romans 4:16 It is also very clear that, spiritually speaking, all of those in the twelve tribes were not themselves members of Israel: 'But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED." That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.' --Romans 9:6-8 Jesus tells the Pharisees who their father is: "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies." --John 8:44 John the Baptist also testifies that the spiritual children of Abraham did not have to come from the twelve tribes of Israel: 'But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham."' --Matthew 3:7-9 Romans 11 also talks about the Gentiles being grafted into the root of Israel. Many people erroneously call this view "replacement theology," but that is a mistake because this view does not hold that the church has taken the place of Israel, but that the church is the natural outgrowth of the covenant with Abraham, which includes all (Jews and Gentiles) who trust in Christ for their salvation. Paul indicates in Romans 11 that there is only a "partial hardening" of the Jewish race until the fulness of the Gentiles come in. In any case, we can concluse the following things from reading the Bible: 1. Not all those who were of the twelve tribes were faithful to God and his redemptive revelation (that is easy to see in both Testaments). 2. Salvation for everyone is by God's grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. There is not a "separate track" for today's Jews to be saved. 3. The Bible clearly indicates that believing Gentiles share in the covenant promise made to Abraham made in Genesis 15, which leads many to call the faithful in Israel the "OT church" and those believing in Christ since the resurrection the "NT Israel" Hope that helps! --Joe! |
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