Bible Question: I am currently going to John Brown University and in my Old Testament class we are given topics to debate and I need some information on these two topics..."The church has not replaced God's plan for Israel"..."Abrahamic covenant (not yet fulfilled)" I know that these topics are somewhat contravercial so if I could have some kind of coment on how I am to approach these topics? |
Bible Answer: "The church has not replaced God's plan for Israel" Even covenant theologians do not, by and large, hold to a "replacement theology." Most see that God's plan all along was redemption for all humanity. God tells Abraham that through his seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed. Conversion of the Gentiles was never "Plan B," and God worked temporarily through the nation of Israel in almost an exclusive sense until the Messiah came. It was through the rejection of their Messiah that the Jews became "branches broken off so we could be grafted in," (Romans 11) but that doesn't take away from the fact that that chapter also predicts a return of Israel from the apostasy they have been in for the last 2000 years. Nor does it suggest that there are two separate covenants with two ways of salvation, one for Israel and one for the rest of humanity. Reading Romans 9-11 answers the question, "What about Israel." Also, Ephesians 2 shows how there are not "two tracks," as Christ made one new people out of two peoples, breaking down the dividing wall of hostility. ""Abrahamic covenant (not yet fulfilled)" The Abrahamisc Covenant is fulfilled in Christ. That is one of the main arguments in the book of Galatians, particularly chapters 3 and 4. --Joe! |
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