Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:18-24, the Two Peoples of God doctrine falls apart, and the pretrib removal of the Church falls with it.
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True, there are no "two peoples of God" within the Ekklesia or redeemed body of Messiah, but one cannot reasonably impose that on the entire world outside of the Ekklesia. Else the entirety of scripture falls like a house of cards.
Did you not read any of the verses I posted or linked to? And you can honestly then say that there are no distinctions regarding the Hebrew people and the nations (another word in scripture for gentiles or racial ethnicities)? Or are you that obstinate against the Lord?
First, for your assertion to even be considered as a possibility, the test of the Torah must be met. Before a matter can be established, it requires the testimony of two or more witnesses.
The Bereans affirmed that model in the Book of Acts. They searched the scripture (OT) daily to see if what Paul (NT) taught them was true. The Holy Spirt commended them for that. Two witnesses per the Torah requirement.... the OT and the NT.
So, for you to support your assertion that there is no distinct Hebrew people any longer, you have to provide evidentiary support from the OT also. No, the Jeremiah passage you referred to was in regard to the Mosaic / Sinai Covenant. It has nothing to do with the Abrahamic Covenant which is the one that established the Hebrew people as a unique identity from among the nations. Let's take a look at good 'ol Jere's comments...
Jeremiah 31:32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,
That is the Mosaic / Sinai Covenant. It was conditional on Israel's compliance. But the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 15) is unconditional. It couldn't be abrogated by the Hebrews if they tried. It is conditional on YHVH's honor and word, His promise to Abraham. The Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7) is another unconditional Covenant made by YHVH. It conditional only on YHVH's word of honor to King David.
You really need to get a grip on the various covenants in scripture. The "old covenant" was not the entirety of the bible from Genesis to Malachi. It was a specific covenant that was old and no longer applies... the Mosaic / Sinai covenant. Jeremiah states that matter of factly.
There is indeed a unique Hebrew people. There is a unique gentile people. And there is a unique entity called the redeemed body of Messiah / ekklessia / church that is neither Jew or Gentile. Can it really be that difficult to see that?
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