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NASB | Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 8:8 However, God finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, "BEHOLD, THE DAYS WILL COME, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL MAKE and RATIFY A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; |
Subject: Today, Christians are Israel |
Bible Note: Dear Val, Just like a branch and the trunk are two separate things, nevertheless they represent a single tree. We would never say the branch has replaced the trunk. Trunks and branches fulfill their purpose in specific ways, but they do so in the unity of function of a whole tree. If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. (Romans 11:16-18 ESV) The true Israel is neither a national entity, nor a single ethnic group, nor a people with a particular genetic ancestry. Instead, the true Israel are a diverse people from throughout human history that God is gathering unto Himself (Ephesians 2:18-22). Lots of money has been made from books and movies based in dispensational eschatology. It represents a very popular perspective, promulgated from many pulpits. It is at variance, though, with a soundly Biblical hermeneutic of redemptive history. Perhaps another good post would be Old Testament quotes applying to Israel which are repeated in the New Testament to be applied Christians. I think I've accumulated over a dozen of them. In Him, Doc |