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A remnant of Jews returned.
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The kingdom of Israel is a kingdom, not a democracy. If you haven't brought back the kingdom, then you haven't brought back ancient Israel. David was specifically promised that his line would reign over Israel forever. Do you see that happening in what is called Israel, today? Is there any chance of it happening? No, but we do have a king from the line of David who rules over spiritual Israel, and his name is Jesus.
Jesus is Abraham's seed along with believers according to Paul. Abraham's seed = Israel. First called Hebrews and then Israel interchangeably by Moses. All the promises made to Abraham are yes in Jesus according to Paul. And Israel now occupies the entire earth as promises to Abraham.The Torah requirement for any matter to be established, it must be proven on the testimony of two witnesses. The Bereans of Acts 17 showed us how that is applied. Any doctrine espoused must be confirmed by the two witnesses.... OT and NT. So for you assertion to be true, you must prove from both OT and NT that Israel now comprises the entirety of the planet, and no longer applies to merely the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
If the broken off believers are Israel, to whom are they reattached upon having faith?I have some doubt you actually have read Romans 11. I see that Israel has had a blindness until the fulness of the gentiles be brought in. I see the gifts and calling of Yahweh on the Hebrew people as being irrevocable. All in Romans 11. And it also states that those who do believe should not boast against the Israelites that don't believe.
Jesus is Abraham's seed along with believers according to Paul. Abraham's seed = Israel. First called Hebrews and then Israel interchangeably by Moses. All the promises made to Abraham are yes in Jesus according to Paul. And Israel now occupies the entire earth as promises to Abraham.
What is restoration theology?I am not really into Restoration theology, so I will demur.
If the broken off believers are Israel, to whom are they reattached upon having faith?
“And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?” (Romans 11:23–24)
Your #1 question is where the disciples/apostles ask when Jesus will restore Israel. Remember that at that time these disciples did not understand the full nature of Christ's Kingdom yet...though they were taught they did not comprehend and that is fully brought out in the Gospels. It was on Pentecost and beyond that the Holy Spirit visited them...at baptism and as I said beyond...and their Kingdom work assignments and understanding of it unfolded as we read in Acts...no unclean meat, etc.I have 3 legitimate questions...
1) What is going on here?
So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:6-8 - Bible Gateway passage: Acts 1:6-8 - Holman Christian Standard Bible
2) What is going on here, as in literally where are His feet, where does He go, how does He get there?
After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”
Acts 1:9-11 - Bible Gateway passage: Acts 1:9-11 - Holman Christian Standard Bible
Where did His feet leave from?
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Acts 1:12 - Bible Gateway passage: Acts 1:12 - Holman Christian Standard Bible
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Where does scripture mention such a thing as this?Go study and show yourself approved.
Oh My, sorry to chime in on this, but you should know, shouldn't you???Where does scripture mention such a thing as this?
Many whom Paul spoke to were circumcised Jews entering the New Covenant where circumcision no longer applied. Those who did not join in became gentiles by default, after Jesus abolished circumcision.To counter your idea of what is being said....
Romans 9:3-5 (NKJV) For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Paul is speaking of the unbelieving Hebrews. And the highlighted portion is specifically present tense, current. And Paul clearly states in the opening verse of Romans 11 that God has not cast away His people, the Israelites. Irrsepective of the myth of "lost tribes" and other Restoration Theology ideas.
I have not a clue what you are talking about.Oh My, sorry to chime in on this, but you should know, shouldn't you???
1) What is going on here?
So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Where does scripture mention such a thing as this?
Sounds as though Restoration Theology cannot be defined.Where is the verse that mentions the Trinity? A doctrinal concept can have a name that is not described specifically in scripture. My suggestion is to do a search on Restoration Theology and find out what it entails.
Sounds as though Restoration Theology cannot be defined.