God doesn't change. My quotations throughout new and old testament make this very point. There are those who are faithful and those who refuse to believe and are cut off from the people. Unless one is a universalist, this is how it goes. Jeremiah 18:9-10 tells us that whenever God makes a promise to build up a nation, it has conditions.
what has that got to do with Gods unfailing love ?
do you think God loves you with an unfailing love ?
The bride is the church (2 Cor 11:2, Rev 21:2&9). It consists of faithful Israel with Gentiles grafted in (Rom 11, Eph 2-3). Your idea that I believe God dumped Israel seems to come from somewhere other than me.
it comes from replacement theology (a rose by any other name is still a rose) do yourself a favour , go through the OT and see where
Israel is called Gods beloved ; His betrothed ; His wife
Isaiah 54
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1] Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
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2] Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
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3] For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
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4] Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
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For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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6] For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
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7] For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
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8] In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
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9] For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
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10] For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
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11] O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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12] And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
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13] And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
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14] In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
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15] Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
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16] Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
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17] No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
.... then tell me has God replaced her ? or does God have two wives !
Well that's the difference were having here. Not matter what texts I present, your presuppositions prevail. None of the texts I posted were answered. Just saying something you believe in over and over again doesn't make it so.
as do yours , you think a few conditions and a few chastisements is out of sync with Gods unconditional love and electing of a people ........ it isn't.
Interesting. If I accept your view I would have to conclude that scripture is wrong or that it changed.
God doesn't change , Israel was and remains elect , if I follow your view God has dumped the nation and cut her off , the only thing left is "a remnant" which amounts to NOTHING seeing as there is no Jew or Gentile in Christ , thus your view just glosses over Gods love and His predictions , you have Him faithful on condition (Arminianism) and faithful to a only a remnant ....... the remnant has replaced the vine !
All those times throughout the old and new testament where God promised to destroy those within Israel who were rebellious were just wrong.
what has that to do with Gods electing a nation ?
what has that to do with God loving a people ?
what has that to do with Israels future conversion to Christ ?
Should we just throw those texts out? NO.
the question is a red herring.
They stand true if you want to face them or not. We can't just ignore those texts that disagree with our theology.
I ignore nothing ......