REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY

Question: "What is replacement theology / supersessionism?"

Answer:
"Replacement" theology (also known as supersessionism) essentially teaches different views of the relationship between the ""Church"" (Body of Christ) and NATION ""Israel""...
ONE view: the ""Church"" is completely different and distinct from NATION ""Israel""

The view that ""Israel"" and the ""Church"" are different is clearly taught in the NT.
Biblically speaking...the two are never to be confused or used interchangeably.
...the ""Church"" is an entirely new creation that came into being on the day of Pentecost and
will continue until it is taken to heaven at the "rapture"
(FOR "RAPTURO" SEE: Matthew 24: 29-31; Ephesians 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; 1 Thessalonians 1:7 ).

The "Church" has no relationship to the curses and blessings for "Israel".
The covenants, promises, and warnings are valid only for "Israel".
NATION "Israel" has been temporarily set aside in God's program during these past 2000 years of dispersion.
(due to spiritual rejection of Jesus as the Divine Messiah)

Matthew 23:37 [ Jesus' Lament over His people]
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!
How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and
you were unwilling!

After the "rapturo", God will restore "Israel" as the primary focus of His plan.
The first event at this time is the "tribulation" (Matthew 24; Revelation chapters 6-19).
The world will be judged for rejecting Christ,
while NATION "Israel" is prepared through the trials of the "great tribulation"
for the "Second Coming" of the Messiah.
Then, when Christ does return to the earth, at the end of the tribulations,
"Israel" will be ready to receive Him.
The remnant of "Israel" which survives the tribulation will be saved.
Jesus the King / Lord will establish His kingdom on this earth with Jerusalem as its capital.
With Christ reigning as King for 1000 years,
"Israel" will be the leading nation, and representatives from all nations will come to Jerusalem
to honor and worship the King—Jesus the Christ, The Divine Messiah.
The "Church" will return with Christ and will reign with Him for a literal thousand years (Revelation 20:1-5).

The "Church" has not replaced "Israel" in God's plan.
While God may be focusing His attention primarily on the "Church" in this dispensation / age of grace,
God has not forgotten "Israel" and will one day restore "Israel"
to His intended role as the NATION He has chosen (Romans chapters 9-11).

What is replacement theology / supersessionism? ...edited and placement of emphasis is MINE

Choir Loft said:

Your anticipation of the rejoining of Israel & Judah is a bit askew with regard to timing. It's already happened - is happening.

According to prophecy, the regathering will happen before messiah comes. Many Israeli scholars look forward to the coming of ha-mashiach (messiah) as do Christians.

Jeremiah 50:4-7 Describes the aliyah to eretz Yisrael in the End Times. The regathering began in the 19th century and escalated geometrically after the founding of the modern State of Israel. Israel and Judah are making aliyah now - the regathering into the original land.

Jeremiah 31:8-10 Describes the gathering of Israel & Judah from the far regions of earth. As stated before, it is happening now.

Ezekiel 37:19-23 Describes the famous stick prophecy. The stick of Joseph, which is representative of the northern kingdom of Israel, and the stick of Judah are to be joined into a single stick once again. The divided people will be joined together into a single nation. As we clearly see, this prediction has already happened.

Ezekiel 37:1-10 Describes the famous dry bones prophecy. In this text, God reveals to the prophet Ezekiel his plan to return the people to the land and to make of them a nation once again.

There are several additional, but more obscure references to the ingathering of people to eretz Yisrael (land of Israel), but the ones provided above should be sufficient to prove the intent of prophecy with regard to timing of the ingathering prior to the coming of ha-mashiach.

Hope this helps.

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Will have to disagree the regathering is at the return of Christ

Ezekiel 37:24 "And David My servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes, and do them."

Israel has always been the Church

Choir Loft said:

Your anticipation of the rejoining of Israel & Judah is a bit askew with regard to timing. It's already happened - is happening.

According to prophecy, the regathering will happen before messiah comes. Many Israeli scholars look forward to the coming of ha-mashiach (messiah) as do Christians.

Jeremiah 50:4-7 Describes the aliyah to eretz Yisrael in the End Times. The regathering began in the 19th century and escalated geometrically after the founding of the modern State of Israel. Israel and Judah are making aliyah now - the regathering into the original land.

Jeremiah 31:8-10 Describes the gathering of Israel & Judah from the far regions of earth. As stated before, it is happening now.

Ezekiel 37:19-23 Describes the famous stick prophecy. The stick of Joseph, which is representative of the northern kingdom of Israel, and the stick of Judah are to be joined into a single stick once again. The divided people will be joined together into a single nation. As we clearly see, this prediction has already happened.

Ezekiel 37:1-10 Describes the famous dry bones prophecy. In this text, God reveals to the prophet Ezekiel his plan to return the people to the land and to make of them a nation once again.

There are several additional, but more obscure references to the ingathering of people to eretz Yisrael (land of Israel), but the ones provided above should be sufficient to prove the intent of prophecy with regard to timing of the ingathering prior to the coming of ha-mashiach.

Hope this helps.

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If you had bothered to check out Isaiah 66, you would know that Bible prophecy clearly teaches that the prophesied return will take place after Messiah returns, not before.

Choir Loft said:

I do not understand your meaning or disagreement.

Prophetic scripture points to regathering. It is quite clear.
All prophecy centers upon Israel as a reestablished nation.
1. Israel is to be regathered according to scripture. This has happened.
2. Alliances are created against it according to scripture (as well as current events).
3. Attacks are to be made against the reborn nation - as we see happening today.
x. THEN Christ comes and saves Israel. This final event has not happened.

History and current events tells us the regathering has already happened, yet Christ has not returned. This too is clear.

The only explanation that I'm aware of is the fallacy that the church (which church, by the way?) has replaced ancient Israel. This can only be proven by taking scripture out of context and making illogical and inconsistent assertions.

Again, the consistent promise of scripture is that the regathering of Israel would take place in the actual geographic location it was originally. This has happened. Scripture says all Israel would come from the remote parts of the earth to live again in Eretz Yisrael. This has happened and is happening.

The joining of gentile believers to Jewish believers is described in detail in Romans 9, 10 & 11. The spiritual nature of this mingling is explained elsewhere in the Bible, but not as clearly as in Paul's epistle.

Are you ignoring the words of scripture and of the actual establishment of the State of Israel or are you deferring to some other interpretation? The only one that comes to mind is an anti-semitic dogma that rejects Israel entirely - or kicks the can down the road into some obscure future point that will never arrive.

Israel exists now. The ingathering has happened. You cannot deny it.

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You are failing to notice the difference between end time prophecies about Israel and those about Judah. The scriptures clearly present Judah (the Jews) in the land when the end time scenario opens. But it shows them there in a state of rebellion and unbelief, which is exactly their current state. But Isaiah 66 clearly shows all Israel returning to the land after Messiah returns, Ezekiel 20 shows the rebels being purged from their midst as they return, which obviously has not yet happened, and Ezekiel 36 just as clearly states that in the end "all the house of Israel, all of it" will again be in the land. So it is sheer nonsense to even imagine that this has happened.

Choir Loft said:

I do not understand your meaning or disagreement.

Prophetic scripture points to regathering. It is quite clear.
All prophecy centers upon Israel as a reestablished nation.
1. Israel is to be regathered according to scripture. This has happened.
2. Alliances are created against it according to scripture (as well as current events).
3. Attacks are to be made against the reborn nation - as we see happening today.
x. THEN Christ comes and saves Israel. This final event has not happened.

History and current events tells us the regathering has already happened, yet Christ has not returned. This too is clear.

The only explanation that I'm aware of is the fallacy that the church (which church, by the way?) has replaced ancient Israel. This can only be proven by taking scripture out of context and making illogical and inconsistent assertions.

Again, the consistent promise of scripture is that the regathering of Israel would take place in the actual geographic location it was originally. This has happened. Scripture says all Israel would come from the remote parts of the earth to live again in Eretz Yisrael. This has happened and is happening.

The joining of gentile believers to Jewish believers is described in detail in Romans 9, 10 & 11. The spiritual nature of this mingling is explained elsewhere in the Bible, but not as clearly as in Paul's epistle.

Are you ignoring the words of scripture and of the actual establishment of the State of Israel or are you deferring to some other interpretation? The only one that comes to mind is an anti-semitic dogma that rejects Israel entirely - or kicks the can down the road into some obscure future point that will never arrive.

Israel exists now. The ingathering has happened. You cannot deny it.

that's me, hollering from the choir loft...

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Can't talk long so until I can,I will just say all of Israel are not Jew's,only Judah,and that's who returned to that nation state of Israel