Comparison chart Covenant Theology vs. Dispensationalism

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This is most certainly not a return to the Torah, for both the sacrifices and the laws are distinctly different. And under the Torah, no changes of any kind were permissible. The big difference, which you noticed in passing, is that the Prince will then be appointed to act as priest. This is not only different from Torah law, but under that law, any ruler that presumed to offer sacrifices was severely punished by God himself.

Whey you imagine that one part of the Bible "goes against" another part of it, you reveal only that you do not understand what it is saying.

But nor accepting dispensationalism, you have blocked yourself from being able to understand this.

A God that could "change the rules," as He clearly did when Jesus died, can change them again after Jesus returns.

What is suitable at one time is not suitable at another. But a third system is entirely within God's prerogative.

Here, is where you and I disagree, permanently.

According to the Torah, the priesthood was promised to Aaron and his offspring, as a "perpetual" office. (Ex. 29:9)

While God, as author of the Law is allowed to change it, that change negates what He said in the Torah.

Secondly, if Satan is bound for a thousand years as it is stated in Rev. 20:3, there will be no sin during this time. So why would we need a "literal sacrifice for sin"? (Eze. 44: 27-29; 45:17 to end; 46. In the two latter chapters the sacrificial observances of Sabbaths and new moons, as well as the daily sacrifices, were to be resumed. Further, chapter 45: 21 ordains the restoration of the Passover, to be observed with seven days; eating of unleavened bread, and sin offerings of bullocks, rams and kids.

According to the NT, sacrificing was done away with permanently. (Heb. 10:26)

Ezekiel was given visions and ordinances concerning sacrifices. Sacrifices for sin, sacrifices for trespasses, burnt offerings, meat offerings, and peace offerings.

The book of Hebrews tells us that Christ put an end to sacrificing forever.

The book of Hebrews was written to Jews who were newly converted to Christianity and who were in danger of falling back into Judaism. THat is why the writter said "there remaineth no sacrifice for sin." (cf. Heb. 10:26) Which meant that if a Jew sinned, they could no longer run back to the temple and sacrifice for sin because there was no longer a sacrifice for sin. Jesus having "had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever". (Heb. 10:12) And just a couple of verses later the writer of Hebrews says: "there is no more offering for sin". (cf. Heb. 10:18)

Yet the book of Ezekiel is explicit that there will be a river of blood flowing from the temple from sacrifices for sin.

"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." -Heb. 10:4 (KJV)

Thirdly, it will not matter who you are, Jew or Gentile. During this time, Ezekiel is explicit that everybody alike, will submit to "ritual circumcision".

Ezekiel, speaking with the authority of God says:

"Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel." -Eze. 44:9 (KJV)

In other words, to go to Israel, whether your a Jew or not, before you can enter the temple, you will have to submit to circumcision. This will be law for everybody, both Jew and Gentile!

As Paul taught, if you relent and submit yourselves to ritual circumcision, then you are bound to fulfill the Law. And everything that Christ has done for you, is of no effect. (cf. Gal. 5:3-4)

If Christ has already established God's will, and made us acceptable to God, why would it be necessary for sacrifices to establish God's will and make Israel acceptable in the millennium?

"And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD." -Eze. 43:27 (KJV)

I seriously think you need to re-read the last nine chapters of Ezekiel.

God Bless

Till all are one.
 
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Here, is where you and I disagree, permanently.

According to the Torah, the priesthood was promised to Aaron and his offspring, as a "perpetual" office. (Ex. 29:9)

While God, as author of the Law is allowed to change it, that change negates what He said in the Torah.

No, this does not negate the Torah. The same law of Ezekiel that provides for sacrifices to be offered by the prince also, and very clearly preserves the future priesthood to the sons of Zadok, who was a son of Aaron.

Secondly, if Satan is bound for a thousand years as it is stated in Rev. 20:3, there will be no sin during this time.
Mankind does not need Satan to sin. We are explicitly told that there will be sin at that time. "There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed." Isaiah 65:20
"16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles." Zechariah 14:16-19




So why would we need a "literal sacrifice for sin"? (Eze. 44: 27-29; 45:17 to end; 46. In the two latter chapters the sacrificial observances of Sabbaths and new moons, as well as the daily sacrifices, were to be resumed. Further, chapter 45: 21 ordains the restoration of the Passover, to be observed with seven days; eating of unleavened bread, and sin offerings of bullocks, rams and kids.

According to the NT, sacrificing was done away with permanently. (Heb. 10:26)

Hebrews 10:26 says that there is no longer any sacrifice for anyone that sinned willfully. That was a reference to the Torah law, as you are calling it, where all the sin offerings are for unintentional sins. there was no sacrifice for a willful sin.
26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:26-27


As to the rest of what you said, it indeed seems reasonable, until you realize that if you have correctly applied these scriptures, than the entire Ezekiel temple and worship system, which God explicitly said He would establish, can not ever take place.

You are forgetting one cardinal rule of scriptural interpretation. When my perception of the meaning or result of one scriptures contradicts the explicit statement of another one, then I have made an error.

And your error in this case is in assuming that there will be no future change in God's entire system of dealing with mankind.

And even in doing this, you are neglecting that, even at the present time, anyone who puts himself under the Torah law becomes a debtor to do everything it says. And in that day, God will put Israel under, not the Torah law, but the Ezekiel law.
 
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You are forgetting one cardinal rule of scriptural interpretation. When my perception of the meaning or result of one scriptures contradicts the explicit statement of another one, then I have made an error.

And your error in this case is in assuming that there will be no future change in God's entire system of dealing with mankind.

And even in doing this, you are neglecting that, even at the present time, anyone who puts himself under the Torah law becomes a debtor to do everything it says. And in that day, God will put Israel under, not the Torah law, but the Ezekiel law.

You see, I know something you don't.

And you sir, are forgetting two verses in Ezekiel which negate your P.O.V.

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11 (KJV)

Bottom line, from the time Ezekiel wrote this "in their sight" has Israel done what was asked of them by God?

No!

Everything laid out in the last nine chapters of Ezekiel were "conditional".

If you do this, I (God) will do this.

Since Israel did not "do them", God is in no part liable to keep His part.

Sorry, those two verses negate EVERYTHING!

And that, friend, you cannot worm your way around.

Sorry.

God gave numerous "conditional" promises in the OT.

"Throughout the Old Testament, God gave the Hebrews conditional promises. When we say conditional promises, we mean something like a contract. God's conditional promises are based on His word, and His being true, you can bank on Him always keeping His word. Unlike man, the Bible tells us: "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" -Num. 23:19

In case the reader is not aware of it, we are given one of God's conditional promises very early in the Bible. In Gen 2:16-17 we are told: "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God promised Adam, and as a consequence of Eve's creation, it transfered over to her as well. God promised Adam that he would enjoy life and could eat from every tree in the garden but not from this one tree in particular. But if he did eat of the forbidden tree, then on that day he would surely die. Not an instananeous seath to be sure, rather, the act of eating from this tree would start a clock that would eventually bring about Adam and Eve's physical and bodily death. God's conditions are put forth as: as long as you eat from these trees you will live, but when you eat from this tree you will die. And as a further consequence of their actions, eating from the forbidden tree would bring about their separation from God. And that is exactly what happened, they were driven out of the garden, separated from God, and eventually they both died.

Looking at the Decalogue, one could argue that these are conditional promises from God. For example: God expressly forbade the Hebrews from making any graven images (Ex. 20:4). And He went on further to say: "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." -Ex. 20:5-6 God set the conditions in verse 4 and the benefits and penalties in verses 5-6. Condition: do not make any graven inmages Don't bow down to them to serve them. If you do, God would punish this sin all the way down to the fourth generation of those who hate Him. But to those who love Him, and serve Him, and followed His commandments, then He would have mercy on them. Some of the other conditional promises of the Decalogue are whoever took His name in vain or in a comtemptuous way, He would hold them guilty. (vs. 7) And on the positive side, those who honored their mothers and fathers, God would lengthen our days. (vs. 12)

Here is another conditional promise: "If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people." -Lev. 26:3-12

This is part of God's contract with the people of Israel. Note that God's promise here is conditional; if you do as I want, I'll do this for you. Also note that this promise is conditional on actions only-following the laws given by Moses.

Some of the other conditional promises God made in the Old Testament were: God promised success, prosperity, and protection if they obeyed the Law of Moses. (cf. Jos. 1:7-9) God told Gideon that if he followed His directions, he would win a battle. (cf. Judg. 7:1-25) When the Israelites asked for a king, God promised good things if the people honored and obeyed him, but warned of judgement if they rebelled. (cf. 1 Sam. 12:13-15) A general promise that applies to all of God's people is if we "Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." -Psa. 37:4 Isaiah reminded the people of the Lord's desire to give them the best He has to offer if they would only obey Him. (cf. Isa. 1:10-20) And these are but a few of the conditional promises God said in the Old Testament."

"The Millennial Sacrifice and the New Dispensation of the Law", God Conditional Promises

Which is why I say the last nine chapters of Ezekiel are conditional.

And the conditions are put forth here:

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11

All the things promised in Eze. 39-48 are conditional provided they: "do them". (vs. 11)

Sorry.

God Bless

Till all are one.
 
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You see, I know something you don't.

And you sir, are forgetting two verses in Ezekiel which negate your P.O.V.

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11 (KJV)

Bottom line, from the time Ezekiel wrote this "in their sight" has Israel done what was asked of them by God?

No!

Everything laid out in the last nine chapters of Ezekiel were "conditional".

If you do this, I (God) will do this.

Since Israel did not "do them", God is in no part liable to keep His part.

Sorry, those two verses negate EVERYTHING!

And that, friend, you cannot worm your way around.

Sorry.

God gave numerous "conditional" promises in the OT.

"Throughout the Old Testament, God gave the Hebrews conditional promises. When we say conditional promises, we mean something like a contract. God's conditional promises are based on His word, and His being true, you can bank on Him always keeping His word. Unlike man, the Bible tells us: "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" -Num. 23:19

In case the reader is not aware of it, we are given one of God's conditional promises very early in the Bible. In Gen 2:16-17 we are told: "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God promised Adam, and as a consequence of Eve's creation, it transfered over to her as well. God promised Adam that he would enjoy life and could eat from every tree in the garden but not from this one tree in particular. But if he did eat of the forbidden tree, then on that day he would surely die. Not an instananeous seath to be sure, rather, the act of eating from this tree would start a clock that would eventually bring about Adam and Eve's physical and bodily death. God's conditions are put forth as: as long as you eat from these trees you will live, but when you eat from this tree you will die. And as a further consequence of their actions, eating from the forbidden tree would bring about their separation from God. And that is exactly what happened, they were driven out of the garden, separated from God, and eventually they both died.

Looking at the Decalogue, one could argue that these are conditional promises from God. For example: God expressly forbade the Hebrews from making any graven images (Ex. 20:4). And He went on further to say: "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." -Ex. 20:5-6 God set the conditions in verse 4 and the benefits and penalties in verses 5-6. Condition: do not make any graven inmages Don't bow down to them to serve them. If you do, God would punish this sin all the way down to the fourth generation of those who hate Him. But to those who love Him, and serve Him, and followed His commandments, then He would have mercy on them. Some of the other conditional promises of the Decalogue are whoever took His name in vain or in a comtemptuous way, He would hold them guilty. (vs. 7) And on the positive side, those who honored their mothers and fathers, God would lengthen our days. (vs. 12)

Here is another conditional promise: "If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people." -Lev. 26:3-12

This is part of God's contract with the people of Israel. Note that God's promise here is conditional; if you do as I want, I'll do this for you. Also note that this promise is conditional on actions only-following the laws given by Moses.

Some of the other conditional promises God made in the Old Testament were: God promised success, prosperity, and protection if they obeyed the Law of Moses. (cf. Jos. 1:7-9) God told Gideon that if he followed His directions, he would win a battle. (cf. Judg. 7:1-25) When the Israelites asked for a king, God promised good things if the people honored and obeyed him, but warned of judgement if they rebelled. (cf. 1 Sam. 12:13-15) A general promise that applies to all of God's people is if we "Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." -Psa. 37:4 Isaiah reminded the people of the Lord's desire to give them the best He has to offer if they would only obey Him. (cf. Isa. 1:10-20) And these are but a few of the conditional promises God said in the Old Testament."

"The Millennial Sacrifice and the New Dispensation of the Law", God Conditional Promises

Which is why I say the last nine chapters of Ezekiel are conditional.

And the conditions are put forth here:

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11

All the things promised in Eze. 39-48 are conditional provided they: "do them". (vs. 11)

Sorry.

God Bless

Till all are one.
The two verses you quoted, which I myself have often quoted, do not attach a condition to the promise. They attach a condition to having the promise revealed.

The promises of God are unconditional. And He has stated these promises in unconditional terms in many places, including the last third of Ezekiel, where we read, for instance, of the temple which had just been shown to Ezekiel 43:6, which you neglected as you quoted from just a few verses later:

7 And He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places. Ezekiel 43:7

We are explicitly told that the time is coming when they will all repent of their Rejection of their Messiah.

10 "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. 11 In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves. Zechariah 12:10-14


3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy--everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering. 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain. Isaiah 4:3-6

These are only two of the places where we are told of this wonderful promise to this long rebellious nation.

And He has specifically stated that this promis is so strong that even sin cannot cancel it.

30 "If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, 31 If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Psalm 89:30-34

God makes a great point of the unconditional nature of His promises to Israel as the reason we should have confidence in the promises He has made to us.

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:13-20
 
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It looks like I am covenant theology, except for number 7 in each. I do not believe it is merely a coincidence that national Jews became a nation without God's help. Also the 7 day war in '67 to regain Jerusalem was also God driven. I'm post-trib. and believe the last week of Daniel is for national Israel to come into the Church, and also no more Gentiles will come into the church ending at the beginning of that last seven years.
I was thinking the same thing. I think number seven concerns the prophesied judgement on the nations for how they treated Israel under Gods wrath.
John preached concerning this for Israel to escape the coming wrath foretold in the law..
To the Jew first
Deut 30:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
After he is done with all his prophesied wrath in the law, he then turns to the nations..
Deut 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
The Church is repenting of it's ant-Semitism, and it's historical acts against Jew's.
 
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I was thinking the same thing. I think number seven concerns the prophesied judgement on the nations for how they treated Israel under Gods wrath.
John preached concerning this for Israel to escape the coming wrath foretold in the law..
To the Jew first
Deut 30:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
After he is done with all his prophesied wrath in the law, he then turns to the nations..
Deut 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
The Church is repenting of it's ant-Semitism, and it's historical acts against Jew's.

What complicates the issue concerning these prophesies is the fact that the lost 10 tribes have become indestinguishable from the Gentile Nations, many of whom accepted the gospel and became 'spiritual Israel', having faith once more in their Messiah, Jesus Christ. While Judah and Levi remained and have assimilated the National name of Israel. Nevertheless, God's people, his 'elect' are a spiritual people because the church of God, in both Old and New Testaments is a spiritual church comprised of those who are 'circumcised of heart' which is a 'spiritual' state of existence brought about by God in each individual.

Anti-Semitism in any nation will bring God's wrath upon it, as will opposition to the spirit of Christ. Luke 2:34. The Israel mentioned here is not any longer what we think of as the Jewish nation. It is by now the whole of the worldwide church in every nation on earth including the nation of Isreal.
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As you can see, there is only one 'People of God.' No one gets replaced as the old 'replacement theology' bogey tries to make out. However, believing Gentiles are grafted in after the Cross. The true Israel of God gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger.

I made an edit to my previous image. I hope this helps us navigate through the 2 extremes of full-pret covenantism and christian-zion dispensationalism. Hopefully the picture is easier to read than the above terms.
 

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