Letter to Those Believing the Church Has Replaced Israel - Comer wants Biden impeached – GESARA ACTIVIATED Nov. 5 2023 - Israel Will Now ‘Control Gaza Indefinitely’ - Be Warned Stay Armed – Obiden Regime Sent 6 Billion to Iran and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor Gary Boyd
Nov. 7th 2023
ZERO HEDGE: Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Looming Battles Over Biden Impeachment, Shutdown - BY TYLER DURDEN - MONDAY, NOV 06, 2023 - 05:00 PM - In 12 days, Mike Johnson (R-LA) will need to whip out a compromise between House conservatives and Senate Democrats along with RINO republicans in order to keep the government from default, yet again. Johnson is also going to need to appease the renewed vigor for a Biden impeachment among House Republicans - which we wouldn't be surprised to see linked to shutdown negotiations… https://www.zerohedge.com/political/speaker-mike-johnson-faces-looming-impeachment-shutdown-battles
THE NEW YOKR POST: Comer wants Biden impeached, teases more details on family loans: ‘This is going to be a big week’ - By Ryan King - Published Nov. 5, 2023, 3:47 p.m. ET - House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he wants Congress to impeach President Biden while teasing subpoenas against the first family concerning their overseas dealings. - Comer (R-Ky.) is helming an impeachment inquiry of the president — a fact-finding mission into whether Joe Biden engaged in influence peddling schemes during his time as vice president. “I think he should, but that’s going to be left up to the speaker,” Comer told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” when asked about impeachment. “People ask me why I haven’t put someone in jail yet. All I can do is investigate.” https://nypost.com/2023/11/05/news/comer-wants-biden-impeached-teases-subpoenas-against-family-loans/
Israel Hands out Weapons. American Left Organizes Gun Turn-in Events - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:24 - Israeli women reservists train with M16 rifles. No magazines are in the rifles. A recent video on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows Israeli officials handing out what appear to be M-4 or similar versions of the American M-16 type rifle to non-uniformed Israelis. Israel suffered thousands of casualties in the October 7 raid/invasion and massacres conducted by Hamas. The raid showed how vulnerable a disarmed population is against lightly armed and armored adversaries. The Israeli government had long practiced a staple of socialist regimes: disarm the population to enforce a doctrine of a monopoly of force by the government. This renders the population vulnerable to the types of raid conducted by Hamas or to mass murder in gun free zones such as seen in the United States, France, Russia, or all over the globe. If there are locally armed populations, they can reduce casualties tremendously, through armed defense. Their capability is multiplied if they are backed up by quick response forces, either military or police. At the time of the successful Hamas raid into Israel, less than 2% of the Israeli population had access to small arms. It has been reported 148,000 Israelis had permits to carry. (Comment: My Intel says arm everyone & give all the right to carry a concealed weapon. Communist regimes love to take your weapons away and leave you to the mercy of killers & terrorists. The time for this absurd belief is over. Be warned stay armed.) https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/11/israel-hands-out-weapons-american-left-organizes-gun-turn-in-events-3802277.html
Judy Byington: Banks Failing Worldwide, Banks Freezing Accounts, Loans Not Going Through. NESARA Activated 5 Nov. Special Intel Report Tues. 7 Nov. 2023 (Video) - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 5:37 - BIDEN IMPEACHMENT PENDING AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE AFFIRMED HARD EVIDENCE THAT THE FIRST FAMILY ENGAGED IN A LONG PATTERN OF EXTORTION, BRIBERY, INFLUENCE PEDDLING, TAX FRAUD AND STAGGERING ABUSES OF POWER.…Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, on Mon. 6 Nov. 2023 - · According to Dr. Charlie Ward (who was head of the worldwide banks for the Global Currency Reset), on Saturday night at midnight (4 Nov. 2023) the new gold/asset-backed US Note went live. · According to Phil Godlewski, who is a father, serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, independent journalist, truth seeker, and one of the leaders for The Great Awakening movement, states Comer wants Biden impeached. - Tom Homan is going back to White House with President Trump and “he’s going to run the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen”. - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/11/judy-byington-banks-failing-worldwide-banks-freezing-accounts-loans-not-going-through-nesara-activated-5-nov-special-intel-report-tues-7-nov-2023-video-3802274.html
NTEB: Two-State Solution Dead? Netanyahu Announces That Israel Will Now ‘Control Gaza Indefinitely’ To Prevent Future Hamas Terror Attacks - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 8:56 - Israel will keep control over Gaza indefinitely after its war against Hamas ends, Benjamin Netanyahu has stated, saying his country will take ‘overall security responsibility’ for the territory. In 2005, Israel gave up control of the Gaza Strip and has had nothing but trouble ever since. The Palestinians who live there have zero desire to live in ‘peace and harmony’ with Israel, they only wish to see the Jews driven into the sea. October 7th saw the largest single-day slaughter of Jews by Palestinians, Hamas terrorists to be exact, and with that all hopes of a Two State Solution have gone up in smoke. Or have they? Looks like Benjamin Netanyahu has his hands quite full. “And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.” Acts 8:26 (KJB) https://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2023/11/two-state-solution-dead-netanyahu-announces-that-israel-will-now-control-gaza-indefinitely-to-prevent-future-hamas-terror-attacks-2538524.html
BORDERLAND BEAT - Family Business: 3 Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy With CDN Cartel Ties - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 8:32 - A trio of Laredoans are heading to jail due to their part in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Cesar Mendiola, 57; Rafael Rodriguez, 63; and Jose Angel Rodriguez III, 34; were each sentenced due to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder money, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Mendiola was given more than 12 1/2 years in prison — 151 months — while Rodriguez III received two years and Rodriguez one year. All three also were given at least three years of supervised release after their sentences. https://beforeitsnews.com/immigration/2023/11/family-business-3-sentenced-for-roles-in-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-with-cdn-cartel-ties-2474389.html
MAIL ONLINE: Trump lawyer Alina Habba now says Letitia James isn't that 'bright' and her team 'don't know what they are talking about' - after ripping into 'unhinged' judge who told her to 'sit down' during former president's testimony - Habba slammed the New York AG for not understanding how valuations work' - They don't know what they're talking about,' she said about prosecutors - Earlier she said 'red-faced' judge 'yelled' at her and tried to 'silence' her client - By ROB CRILLY, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WILLS ROBINSON and LEWIS PENNOCK - PUBLISHED: 09:43 EST, 7 November 2023 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 7 November 2023 - Donald Trump's legal team kept up its high-risk strategy by launching a bitter personal attack on the New York attorney general, after a bruising day in court that saw the former president and his advisers repeatedly chastised by the judge in z $250million civil fraud trial. Trump's attorney Alina Habba delivered a scathing verdict on Letitia James, who brought the case, during a TV appearance. 'She's just not that bright. I'm sorry, I have to say and I've seen their case,' Habba said on Newsmax, hours after leaving court. - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12720773/Trump-Alina-Habba-Letitia-James-trial-fraud.html
MAIL ONLINE: Israeli forces engage with Hamas fighters near Gaza City's Shifa Hospital which IDF believes sits on top of the terrorist group's HQ - Tuesday marks one month to the day since Hamas launched its October 7 attack - Israel is gearing up to enter Gaza City as it continues its ground offensive - By CHRIS JEWERS and AFP - PUBLISHED: 02:45 EST, 7 November 2023 | UPDATED: 07:49 EST, 7 November 2023 - Israeli forces have pushed further into Gaza and engaged Hamas fighters near the Shifa Hospital, is have been reported. The IDF claims the hospital sits on top of the terror group's headquarters, and accuses Hamas's leaders of using it as a civilian shield against Israeli strikes. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said the country's forces were 'deepening the pressure' on Gaza City, with anticipation for a full ground offensive into the city's narrow streets now building. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12719405/Netanyahu-says-Israel-control-overall-security-Gaza.html
Y-NET NEWS: Netanyahu: Israel will govern Gaza for 'an indefinite period' - In an interview with American news network ABC prime minister says Israel has the 'security responsibility' to prevent Hamas resurgence in the area – By Einav Halabi, Yoav Zitun, Matamn Tzuri, Itamar Eichner, Gilad Cohen, Yair Kraus, Reuters|Updated:Yesterday | 16:08 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will have to govern Gaza for "an indefinite period" after the war with Hamas is finished. - In an interview held with American news network ABC on Monday he added that "We have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldn't imagine." - https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkip0lu7t
Jewish News Syndicate: Obama’s moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel encourages hate - The former president’s belief that both sides are wrong isn’t “complexity.” It’s amoral and a reminder that his appeasement of Iran means that there is Jewish blood on his hands. – By JONATHAN S. TOBIN – Nov. 6th 2023 - (November 6, 2023 / JNS) - In times of crisis, the public looks to its most revered leaders for insight and wisdom. But in the case of Barack Obama, the man who is, although nearly seven years into retirement, still America’s most popular living public figure, politician and Democrat, what passes for wisdom is not only unwise but amoral. After weeks without saying much of anything about the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on Oct. 7, the 44th president has weighed in on the subject while appearing on a podcast hosted by former staffers Dan Pfeiffer…. (Comment: My Intel says it was his acting as shadow president that got the 6 billion sent to Iran that allowed Hamas to attack. He has more than just blood on his hands. He was the mastermind. Anything he says are lies; he is in league with the devil against Israel. Nothing that comes out of his mouth is worthy to listen to because he is masked in deception & lies. He needs to be arrested for sedition & treason, sent to GITMO for a military tribunal, then if found guilty hung by the neck until he is dead.) https://www.jns.org/obamas-moral-equivalence-between-hamas-and-israel-encourages-hate/
THE ALGEMEINER: UN Agency Staff Celebrated Oct. 7 Massacre, Part of ‘Terror Strategy’ at Root of Hamas Attack, Watchdog Says - by Debbie Weiss – Nov. 6th 2023 - Teachers at Palestinian schools run by the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees celebrated Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre against Israel and are part of a “national strategy to commit acts of terror,” the head of a watchdog group told The Algemeiner following the release of the group’s new bombshell report on the matter. At least 14 teachers at schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) publicly celebrated the Hamas atrocities on their social media accounts, with one calling the morning of Oct. 7 an “unforgettable glorious morning,” a report released on Monday by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) found. The report also identified at least 100 Hamas terrorists who are graduates of UNRWA’s educating system. It highlighted Amer Yaser Nazmi Sada… https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/06/un-agency-staff-celebrated-oct-7-massacre-part-terror-strategy-at-root-hamas-attack-watchdog-says/
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS - IDF spokesman: We are killing Hamas' field commanders - IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement this evening that the IDF is destroying the Hamas command structure. - By Israel National News - Nov 6, 2023, 9:44 PM - IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari reported this evening (Monday) that the IDF continues to work to sever the connection between the Hamas leadership and terrorists in the field as part of the operation to eradicate the terrorist organization from Gaza. "During the past day, based on intelligence from the ISA and IDF Intelligence, IDF troops killed terrorists and terrorist commanders, among them, battlefield commanders at the rank of platoon commanders and a Hamas battalion commander of the Deir al Balah central Gaza brigade, and the head of Hamas special security. These and other Hamas terrorists were all killed overnight and during the past day, in a combined attack with fighter jets. The most senior among them, the battalion commander head of Hamas special security were personally involved in planning the October 7th massacre and directing Hamas terrorists of the Nukhba unit. These terrorists are among the Hamas field level commanders who were killed by our forces in airstrikes, in coordination with ground forces. Eliminating the Hamas field command significantly undermines Hamas capabilities to carry out counter attacks…. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379837
ATLAS SHRUGS: ‘The Fraud Is on the Court, Not on Me’: Trump Takes the Witness Stand and Wheels on the Judge and Attorney General Trying To Bring Down His Company, Corrupt Judge’s Head Explodes - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 9:40 - It was a banner day for President Trump in NY’s Democrat-run kangeroo court. This is a travesty. President Trump: “This is a case that should have never been brought. It’s a case that should be dismissed immediately. The fraud was on behalf of the court. The court was the fraudster in this case.” “It’s a scam…Everybody saw what happened with their star witness [Michael Cohen]…he admitted that he lied, and he has absolutely no credibility. That’s their only witness. - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/11/the-fraud-is-on-the-court-not-on-me-trump-takes-the-witness-stand-and-wheels-on-the-judge-and-attorney-general-trying-to-bring-down-his-company-corrupt-judges-head-explodes-3677365.html
NTEB: Emmanuel Macron preparing to head the 2023 Paris Peace Forum where all eyes will be on what to do about Israel and the Palestinians as war in Gaza rages on - The idea for the Paris Peace Forum was initiated in 2017 by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, during his speech at the Ambassadors’ Conference where he 'called for the need to take concrete steps to strengthen multilateralism and preserve peace'. Wow, that's quite ambitious for a brand-new president to undertake, especially one that had zero prior political experience. Not only that, but 2017 was also the year that Emmanuel Macron said his desire was to 'rule over France like the god Jupiter'. So far, so good I would say. - "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (KJB) - https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/as-war-rages-in-the-middle-east-french-president-emmanuel-macron-to-lead-2023-paris-peace-forum-thats-working-towards-global-government/
Vatican hospital offers to treat critically ill baby denied life support in Britain - Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:21 - The Italian government decided in an emergency meeting on Nov. 6, 2023, to grant critically ill 8-month-old baby Indi Gregory Italian citizenship and to cover the cost of her medical treatment at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital. The Vatican’s pediatric hospital has offered to treat after a British court ruled that she be removed from life support against her parents’ wishes. (Comment: When did the courts in England start to rule in favor of abandoning young children to death against the parents’ wishes? This is brutal & barbaric and certainly beyond the pale of civilized society. This only shows us how Godless English society has become and how the courts do not have a clue. If it was a Royal baby there would be no question the Brits would do everything possible for the child. Is it any wonder then Brits are run by islam and sharia law.) https://beforeitsnews.com/christian-news/2023/11/vatican-hospital-offers-to-treat-critically-ill-baby-denied-life-support-in-britain-2619112.html
X22 Report: Trump Was Right About The Electric Cars, Economic Awakening Is Happening! - Must Video- Tuesday, November 7, 2023 14:20 - The Biden administration (if he isn’t impeached first) is going to have to make a decision on EVs. Most likely it will benefit China, Trump has continuously said that in the end the cars would be made in China. The people are waking up, they now see the [CB] system. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/11/x22-report-trump-was-right-about-the-electric-cars-economic-awakening-is-happening-must-video-3098541.html
Letter to Those Believing the Church Has Replaced Israel
By Terry James
Published on: November 6, 2023
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Nov. 7th 2023
Note: The following is a most relevant open letter, which is important to all within the Body of Christ to read. Our prayer is that you will read carefully and understand God’s Holy View of Israel in these end times when the Jewish people are again beginning to suffer hatred throughout the world.
Dear Brother or Sister in Christ,
If you are a member of a Catholic or mainline denominational church, you have probably been taught something called replacement theology (and perhaps you don’t even know it has that name). Replacement theology leads those who have adopted it to believe that Israel is no longer God’s people and that the modern regathering of the Jews in their historical land is theologically meaningless. Please know this is an error, and I write this letter to alert you to it so you can study God’s Word and reach your own conclusion.
Replacement theology, sometimes called supersessionism or fulfillment theology, is a doctrine stating either that the Church took Israel’s place as God’s people when Israel rejected Jesus as its Messiah or that the “old” Israel was set aside in favor of a “new” Israel, the Church, upon Jesus’s first coming. No matter how it got there, the Church is now God’s people and the beneficiary of the promises God made Israel in the Old Testament. Consequently, Jacob’s blood descendants have no unique destiny, and modern Israel’s existence has no significance. Because replacement theology is often woven into otherwise sound teachings on redemptive history, many believers aren’t even aware that it is a separate doctrine with its own name.
Nonetheless, replacement theology is enshrined in Catholic dogma and runs rampant in mainline denominations, even among those that otherwise take the Bible seriously.
Replacement theology raises troubling implications about God’s character, not the least of which are: if God revoked his promises to Israel, what keeps him from revoking them again, and does God really change not (as Malachi 3:6 says)? Many who have been taught replacement theology have not considered these implications. Perhaps you have, too, but have dismissed them out-of-hand or rationalized them away, possibly because they are too dreadful to imagine. Unfortunately, ignoring the implications does not make them go away.
Rather than addressing these (and other) broader implications, this letter will instead tackle the assumption that lies at the very heart of replacement theology: did Israel really forfeit its blessings? Did God really forsake or move past Israel? Fortunately, if you read the Bible without bias, it gives a clear answer.
One point is worth making before proceeding: I don’t have the ability or the moral duty to force you to reject replacement theology. Only the Holy Spirit can convict. All I can do is call relevant scripture to your attention and invite you to check it out yourself. That is what I will now do.
To keep this letter short and clear, I will rely only on two passages: Isaiah 6 and Romans 11. (If you are a Reformed believer, you tend to read Revelation figuratively because you have been taught that it is “apocalyptic literature.” I will, therefore, deliberately avoid Revelation’s many passages affirming Israel’s destiny, knowing that you will be unwilling to read Isaiah and Romans figuratively.) I will cite the King James Version, but any good version will do.
Isaiah 6 contains the well-known “Here I am. Send me” passage in which Isaiah volunteers to convey a message God has for his people:
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed” (Isaiah 6:8-10).
God informs his people not only that they are hardened (deaf, blind and without understanding), and he is the one hardening them, but also that he has hardened them to delay their repenting and being healed. Note that God does not tell them why he wants a delay.
When the disciples ask Jesus why he speaks “to them” in parables in Matthew 13, he quotes this passage of Isaiah 6:
“He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive” (Matthew 13:11-14).
Paul also quotes this same passage of Isaiah 6 in Acts 28, reminding the local leaders of the Jews that they are hardened.
“And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them” (Acts 28:24-27).
Paul then discloses the reason why God hardened Israel, delaying its repenting and being healed:
“Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it” (Acts 28:28).
According to Paul, God hardened Israel so the Gospel could be taken to the Gentiles.
However, Isaiah 6 continues after the passage quoted in both Matthew 13 and Acts 28. God has more to say to Isaiah about his people. Returning to Isaiah 6, after hearing God’s decree against his people, the prophet begs God for an answer in verse 11, and God gives it to him:
“Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate. And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in [the land] shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof” (Isaiah 6:11-13).
God promises that he will lift Israel’s partial hardening during or just after a widespread devastation. This may be a great war, even a nuclear war, given the extent and degree of damage. However, it may be a direct act of God, acting in wrath. Only he knows.
Why, then, did Jesus and Paul’s quotations from Isaiah 6 stop short of verses 11-13? The answer is that they were speaking in the First Century. Isaiah 6:11-13 would be fulfilled in the future. They were only talking about Israel’s hardened condition in those days and not about when it would someday repent. Remember, Jesus was only answering a question from his disciples as to why he was teaching in parables, and Paul was only making the case for taking the Gospel to the Gentiles.
Now, let’s look at Romans 11, in which Paul answers the question his earlier chapters in Romans begged: if Christ is the answer and the law is not, what about the Jews, to whom God had given the law? Has God turned his back on Israel?
“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. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal” (Romans 11:1-4).
The answer is an emphatic “God forbid!” God will save an elect remnant of Israel, and God will save them by grace, not the law. To keep the Gentiles from feeling superior to the Jews, Paul goes on to say:
“I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?” (Romans 11:11-15).
Then, after describing how the holy firstfruits of a lump of dough renders the whole lump holy, how a holy root can render the entire tree holy, and how branches grafted onto a holy tree become holy, even branches that had previously been cut off, Paul reveals a mystery in verse 25:
“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in” (Romans 11:25).
Though he does not outright quote Isaiah 6:11-13, he affirms the promise God made in those verses to end Israel’s hardening. The mystery Paul reveals is that the partial hardening of Israel’s elect will end when the “fulness of the Gentiles be (has) come in.”
It is important to note that none of these passages are talking about the Church. God has never hardened the Church. He has only hardened Israel, and only temporarily, for the express purpose of taking the Gospel to the Gentiles and building a Church that encompasses all peoples, nations, and languages. This he did at Israel’s great expense, but he will resurrect and magnify Israel because of it. Consider the supreme irony: God hardened Israel to benefit the Gentiles, and so many churches have returned their thanks to Israel by teaching replacement theology.
God’s reply in Isaiah 6 and Paul’s teaching in Romans 11 raise two questions: when will this widespread devastation occur, and when will the fulness of the Gentiles come in? The Bible gives no clear answer; God wants us to depend on him alone for the timing.
However, we can be sure of this – God will restore the elect of his people Israel. That unambiguous Biblical truth, stated explicitly both to Israel in the Old Testament and the Gentiles of the Church in the New Testament, exposes replacement theology as bad doctrine. Now, it’s up to the Holy Spirit and informed believers to purge the Church of this sad error.
If replacement theology now troubles you as much as it does me, please do me a favor. Consider giving a copy of this letter to a brother or sister who has been mistaught. You will be helping them and doing a good work for God’s kingdom.
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