Is the land restoration to the nation of Israel found in the new covenant?

WHEN DOES RIGHTEOUS ISRAEL GATHER IN THE LAND?
We know that Judah, the Jews, have returned to the Land of Israel, but they face judgement in the Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath. Jeremiah 12:14-17 & Isaiah 22:1-14 describe very well God’s judgement of the current inhabitants of the Land. Romans 9:27

Many prophecies refer to the coming gathering, judgement and resettling of His people, righteous Israel, that is all 12 tribes, into the Promised Land. The question is: will this happen soon after this Day of the Lord, or after Jesus Returns?


These Bible quotes prove my contention that all Israel will be living in the Land before the Tribulation and will greet Jesus at His glorious Return with the shout; “Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!”

Zechariah 9:13... Judah and Ephraim ready for war.
[The forthcoming Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath]

Zech. 9:14 The Lord will appear over them, His arrow like lightning [appear over, not with them. Arrows like lightning are a graphic description of coronal mass ejections]

Zech. 9: 15 ...Protection in the battle..... exulting over the enemy.

Zech. 9:16 On that Day, the Lord will save His people, like a flock in the Land. [a remnant saved in Jerusalem. Isaiah 4:3-4 Those who are left in Judah will be called holy]

Isaiah 32- The Land forsaken and deserted. [after this fire judgement]

Isaiah 32:15-20 Until a Spirit from on high is lavished upon us. Justice and righteousness will then dwell in the Land, and then My people will live in a tranquil country. Despite damage to houses and property you will have ample food and shelter.
[God’s Spirit will come upon His people, not his presence, as yet.]

Isaiah 35:1-10 Let the wilderness be glad, let the Land flower. Say to the anxious – be strong, fear not. A highway will appear, the redeemed of the Lord will return to Zion and enter with shouts of joy. Ezekiel 20:42
[ His faithful Christian people, gathered and redeemed, enter into a restored Land.]

Isaiah 65:9-18 My chosen ones will take possession of the Land, flocks will range over Sharon, they will belong to My people who seek Me.
[ My people, who seek Me? The Lord can’t be actually present as yet.]

Hosea 14:7Israel will again dwell in My shadow– they will grow and flourish.
[Israel; now every faithful Christian, in His ‘shadow’; as it was in the first Exodus]

Isaiah 66:14-18 The Lord will make His power known among His servants and His wrath felt among His enemies. [ By His great deeds and wrath, not His presence.]
They will proclaim the Good news of the coming Kingdom. [Proof that the 2nd Exodus happens before Jesus Returns.]

Jeremiah 31:3 From afar, He appeared to them, I will maintain My care for you.

Isaiah 49:22-23 The nations will bring My people back to the Land. You will know that I
am the Lord. None who look to Me will be disappointed.


None of these Scriptures say that Jesus will be reigning at this time. The gathering of His people before His Return is for them to recover and fulfil God’s plans for them. They will “be a light to the nations”, spreading the Gospel of His salvation to all the world. Isaiah 49:8-13, Matthew 5:14-16
Reference: Revised English Bible, some verses abridged.

keras said:

These Bible quotes prove my contention that all Israel will be living in the Land before the Tribulation and will greet Jesus at His glorious Return with the shout; “Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!”

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When will you complete your plan to move to the middle east?


Gal 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.


Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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BABerean2 said:

When will you complete your plan to move to the middle east?

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If you really were a 'Berean' and knew what the Prophetic Word tells us, you would know what God has planned for His people.

I have been to the ME and I know I will go back there to live someday.
When the Trump Peace Plan is presented and enforced, all hell will break loose there and the Lord will intervene at the moment Iran tries to launch nuke missiles. The Lord's terrible Day of fiery wrath will destroy them all and change the world. Ezekiel 7:1-14

keras said:

If you really were a 'Berean' and knew what the Prophetic Word tells us, you would know what God has planned for His people.

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In order to get your viewpoint to work, I would have to burn all of the Chemistry books in my library, and cut 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 out of my Bible.

If that is what is required to be a "Berean" in your eyes, I will have to be something else...

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BABerean2 said:

In order to get your viewpoint to work, I would have to burn all of the Chemistry books in my library, and cut 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 out of my Bible.

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Just get the correct Biblical understanding of what God has planned and will carry out.
The Prophetic Word plainly states the action He will take to correct the current world situation. Why do you have difficulty with it?

2 Thess 1:6-10 cannot be describing the glorious Return of Jesus for His Millennium reign. It describes the forthcoming terrible Day of the Lord's fiery wrath and His appearing to His own people, as we see; on Mt Zion in Revelation 14:1.

jgr said:

No mention of "Jews who submit..." because in Christ "there is neither Jew nor Greek" (Galatians 3:28).

God spoke to Abraham using "seed" singular.
God spoke to Moses using "seed" plural.
God does not speak in contradictions.
He allows dispens that freedom.

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Paul called the seed promised to Abraham Christ. (Gal. 3:16) But God, when He spoke to Moses referred to the seed in the plural. There is a contradiction unless the nation of Israel becomes a joint-heir with Christ as it pertains to the promised land, and the following passages do foretell Israel's eventual acceptance of the New Covenant (Ezek. 37, Zech. 12-14, Rom. 9:27, 11:26) and with that all the blessings pertaining to them.

I do not believe that God speaks in contradictions either, but it is either that the people of Israel come to eventual repentance and share in the inheritance given to Christ or we are faced with a contradiction around which there is no other way. As to which you side is entirely up to you, but either choice has ramifications.

BABerean2 said:

The doctrine was actually invented by Edward Irving, as revealed by the YouTube video "Genesis of Dispensational Theology". Irving used the term "dispensation" thirteen times on one page of his writings promoting the doctrine. After Irving died in 1834 John Darby adopted Irving's doctrine and became its greatest salesman, especially in the United States.

Darby was the one responsible for dividing up the New Testament into that for Israel, and that for the Church.


PROPHETIC DEVELOPMENTS
with particular reference to the early Brethren Movement.
F. Roy Coad (Brethren Historian) pages 10-26
http://brethrenhistory.org/qwicsitePro/php/docsview.php?docid=418

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Granted that the "Dispensationalist" termed may have been coined by Irving, but if we are to really understand the roots of both Preterism and Dispensationalism, that would require going all the way back to the first and second century. It would be a fascinating and informative study, but I will not be dragged down that path on this thread. The origins of both Preterism and Dispensationalism are an entirely different subject altogether.

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Again, a common misconception. John Nelson Darby did not invent the doctrines upon which Dispensationalism is founded. I do not know who actually coined the term, but the central tenets credited with the formation of what is called Dispensationalism have been around even before then.

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Contenders Edge said:

Granted that the "Dispensationalist" termed may have been coined by Irving, but if we are to really understand the roots of both Preterism and Dispensationalism, that would require going all the way back to the first and second century. It would be a fascinating and informative study, but I will not be dragged down that path on this thread. The origins of both Preterism and Dispensationalism are an entirely different subject altogether.

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BABerean2 said:

The doctrine was actually invented by Edward Irving, as revealed by the YouTube video "Genesis of Dispensational Theology". Irving used the term "dispensation" thirteen times on one page of his writings promoting the doctrine. After Irving died in 1834 John Darby adopted Irving's doctrine and became its greatest salesman, especially in the United States.

Darby was the one responsible for dividing up the New Testament into that for Israel, and that for the Church.

PROPHETIC DEVELOPMENTS
with particular reference to the early Brethren Movement.
F. Roy Coad (Brethren Historian) pages 10-26
http://brethrenhistory.org/qwicsitePro/php/docsview.php?docid=418

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Hello BAB.......Your just spitting into the wind debating hardcore dispensationalist.
I did it for over 10 yrs until I saw how confusion was going on in the rest of Christianity....especially with Preterism and Futurism. I cannot change anyones minds concerning my view of Preterism just as you will not change the mind of Dispensationalist Futurism....
I see you are already posting on this "Rapture" thread...
Give me Preterism or give me death! LOL

RAPTURE!! OR LEFT BEHIND????

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Firstly i am a believer in the rapture just so that you all know, but believing in such an event and having an expectation of GOING UP and leaving this rotten sin infested world and my FLESH behind is a deep craving within me, and yet my heart still aches for all those that will be LEFT BEHIND that will suffer at the hands of THOSE IN THE WORLD and THE ANTICHRIST and HIS FALSE PROPHET

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charsan said:

How about neither a rapture or left behind stuff. That stuff is faker than a 2 dollar bill

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iamlamad said: ↑
It is scripture, my friend: scripture is not flaky!
And a 2 dollar bill IS REAL!

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charsan said: ↑
People are and there in no Scripture with Rapture in it and that stupid idea is manmade

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iamlamad said: ↑
The word trinity is not found anywhere either, but God IS a trinity. We are too: Spirit, soul and body.
God and read 1 thes. 4. You will find those alive and in Christ are CAUGHT UP.

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charsan said:

Nope it is an invention of men. I was lost in that nonsense and thanks be to God for rescuing me from that almost satanic doctrine of rapture

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Include the "spider web" doctrine of Dispensationalism........
And that is why the spirit led true doctrines of Preterism/Amill is once again flourishing........

Dispensationalism – Grace Online Library

.........Dispensationalism has a pervasive influence not only extensively, but also intensively. It is usually the case that those who embrace its teachings as a system are affected in almost every area of their theological thinking.
So pervasive is its effect on those who have become its pupils, that even those who have come to see the error of its basic presuppositions testify that dispensational cobwebs have remained in their thinking for a long time after the initial sweeping took place.

Evaluating Premillennialism: Part II – Christ’s Return and the Rapture by Cornelis P. Venema – Grace Online Library

No evaluation of Dispensational Premillennialism may ignore its teaching of a two-phased return of Christ, the first phase of which is commonly known as the Rapture.
This feature is its most widely known aspect. Popularized by such best-selling books as Hal Lindsey’s The Late Great Planet Earth, the film The Return, and bumper stickers warning others that in the event of the rapture the vehicle will be without driver and possibly passengers — Dispensationalism has enjoyed a large following among conservative Christians, especially in North America.

The view that has predominated in Dispensationalism is known as pre-tribulational rapturism. As noted previously, the older classical version of Dispensationalism held that the first phase of Christ’s return, his ‘coming’ or ‘parousia’, would precede a seven-year period of tribulation, and that the second phase of Christ’s return, his ‘revelation’ or ‘appearing’, would introduce the millennium or one-thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth.
The first phase, Christ’s coming, is the rapture1 of 1 Thessalonians 4:17, an event that represents Christ’s coming ‘for’ his saints in contrast to his subsequent return (the second phase) or coming ‘with’ the saints. Though this view has been somewhat modified in more recent Dispensationalism, it remains far and away the most popular view among dispensationalists to this day.
The views known as mid-tribulationism and post-tribulationism, as the terminology suggests, differ as to the timing of the rapture, but have relatively few defenders.2......................

First, when in verse 16 we read that the dead in Christ will rise first, this refers to the fact that those saints who have fallen asleep in Jesus will be raised before the living saints are caught up with them and the Lord at his coming. They will, in other words, enjoy a privilege — being raised first — not granted to those who are alive at Christ’s coming.
The dispensationalist teaching that this is the first resurrection, the resurrection of believing saints at the time of the rapture, in distinction from the second resurrection, the resurrection of the unbelieving at the close of the millennium more than one thousand years later, is not found in the text, nor is it the point of the apostle’s use of the term ‘first’.

Second, this passage speaks of all believers being caught up together to meet the Lord in the air. Dispensationalists maintain that this refers to a meeting in the air which leads to a return of Christ and all the saints with him to heaven whence he came. Returning to heaven, the Lord Jesus and his saints will remain there for seven years.
But nothing of this is stated in the text. The text actually speaks of a being caught up together in the air ‘unto a meeting’ between the Lord and the resurrected saints and the remaining saints who were alive at his coming.’10
The word used in this text for ‘meeting’ typically means a meeting between a visiting dignitary and representatives of the city or village being visited. Such a meeting would occur outside of the city or village, and the visitor and welcoming party would return to the city.11
This word is used twice elsewhere in the New Testament (Acts 28:15, Matt. 25:6), in both cases referring to a meeting which takes place before the parties return to the place being visited.
The meaning and use of this term suggests that in the case of the rapture, the saints who meet the Lord in the air will thereupon return with him, not to heaven, but to the earth to which he comes at his parousia.

Third, the result of this rapture, or being caught up with the Lord in the air, is said to be the blessedness of being always with the Lord. This language best fits the circumstance of the final state in which believers, now resurrected and glorified, will dwell forever in the most intimate and unbroken fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Being always with the Lord is not to be limited to a period of seven years in heaven or even one thousand years upon the earth. Rather, the simplest reading of this passage is to take it to be a description of the final state.

And fourth, several features of the description of this rapture do not fit well with the dispensationalist position. The coming of the Lord, as described in these verses, is a visible, public event, one which is signaled by the descent of Christ from heaven ‘with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God’.
However, in Dispensationalism, the first return of Christ is said to be a secret rapture, in which believers will be suddenly snatched away without notice. This teaching is based partly upon an appeal to Matthew 24:40—41 which is seen to be a parallel description of the rapture, though we have already noted that that passage does not teach a pre-tribulational rapture.
But the description in 1 Thessalonians 4:16—18 corresponds to the descriptions of Christ’s revelation from heaven at the end of the age in other passages (cf. 1 Cor. 15:23—24, 2 Thess. 2:8). These passages speak of Christ’s return as a public event that will bring the present period of history to a close.

Thus, the teaching of a pre-tribulational rapture as understood within the framework of Dispensationalism is not founded upon the teaching of any biblical passage. Nor is it a teaching that can withstand careful scrutiny, particularly when measured against the general teaching of the Scriptures regarding the return of Christ at the end of the age.
The Bible teaches neither that believers will be exempted from present or future tribulation at the end of the present age, nor that the rapture will be the event described by Dispensationalism. The one passage that speaks of the event commonly known as the rapture scarcely supports the view that enjoys such popularity among dispensationalists
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LittleLambofJesus said:

Hello BAB.......Your just spitting into the wind debating hardcore dispensationalist.
I did it for over 10 yrs until I saw how confusion was going on in the rest of Christianity....especially with Preterism and Futurism. I cannot change anyones minds concerning my view of Preterism just as you will not change the mind of Dispensationalist Futurism....
I see you are already posting on this "Rapture" thread...
Give me Preterism or give me death! LOL

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I will say it again.

If Dispensational Futurism is a ditch on the road of Bible prophecy, Full-Preterism is the ditch on the opposite side of the road.

The truth lies somewhere in between.

Former Dispensationalists like Steve Gregg, and Jerry Johnson, prove that some people can change.

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Contenders Edge said:

Paul called the seed promised to Abraham Christ. (Gal. 3:16) But God, when He spoke to Moses referred to the seed in the plural. There is a contradiction unless the nation of Israel becomes a joint-heir with Christ as it pertains to the promised land, and the following passages do foretell Israel's eventual acceptance of the New Covenant (Ezek. 37, Zech. 12-14, Rom. 9:27, 11:26) and with that all the blessings pertaining to them.

I do not believe that God speaks in contradictions either, but it is either that the people of Israel come to eventual repentance and share in the inheritance given to Christ or we are faced with a contradiction around which there is no other way. As to which you side is entirely up to you, but either choice has ramifications.

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The promises were made to Abraham and his singular Seed. They were not made to Moses.

Paul cites Abraham. He does not cite Moses.

If God had intended the plural derivation, the Holy Spirit would have inspired Paul to cite Moses.

Instead, the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to cite Abraham and the singular derivation.

The Holy Spirit and Paul knew the significance of the singular derivation citation.

They knew that there was no contradiction.

Dispensational allegation notwithstanding.

jgr said:

The promises were made to Abraham and his singular Seed. They were not made to Moses.

Paul cites Abraham. He does not cite Moses.

If God had intended the plural derivation, the Holy Spirit would have inspired Paul to cite Moses.

Instead, the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to cite Abraham and the singular derivation.

The Holy Spirit and Paul knew the significance of the singular derivation citation.

They knew that there was no contradiction.

Dispensational allegation notwithstanding.

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Then, do you count Moses as less inspired then Abraham or Paul?

Contenders Edge said:

Then, do you count Moses as less inspired then Abraham or Paul?

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Moses authored the book of Genesis in which he records God's promises to Abraham and his Seed, which Paul cited.

All of them were equally inspired.

jgr said:

Moses authored the book of Genesis in which he records God's promises to Abraham and his Seed, which Paul cited.

All of them were equally inspired.

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Yet since you claim that all of them were equally inspired, then it must also be believed that what Moses said in Exodus 32:13 is somehow equally as true as what Paul said in Galatians 3:16.

Contenders Edge said:

Yet since you claim that all of them were equally inspired, then it must also be believed that what Moses said in Exodus 32:13 is somehow equally as true as what Paul said in Galatians 3:16.

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If you think Paul is contradicting what Moses said in Galatians 3:16, it is your doctrine which is wrong.

Mat 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:


Who is the "son" that is the "heir" to the land in Matthew 21:33-43?

Did He say the kingdom would be taken from those who reject Him as the "chief cornerstone", and it would be given to another nation bearing fruit?
(See 1 Peter 2:4-10)

Do you think the words of the Son of God, found in Matthew chapter 21, contradict what Moses said?


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Contenders Edge said:

Yet since you claim that all of them were equally inspired, then it must also be believed that what Moses said in Exodus 32:13 is somehow equally as true as what Paul said in Galatians 3:16.

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Certainly.

So why didn't Paul cite Exodus 32:13?

jgr said:

Certainly.

So why didn't Paul cite Exodus 32:13?

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Is a passage of scripture less pertinent to the discussion at hand simply it was not cited? Is it not worthy to be compared to what Paul did cite in seeking the full counsel of the scriptures on the matter?

BABerean2 said:

If you think Paul is contradicting what Moses said in Galatians 3:16, it is your doctrine which is wrong.

Mat 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:


Who is the "son" that is the "heir" to the land in Matthew 21:33-43?

Did He say the kingdom would be taken from those who reject Him as the "chief cornerstone", and it would be given to another nation bearing fruit?
(See 1 Peter 2:4-10)

Do you think the words of the Son of God, found in Matthew chapter 21, contradict what Moses said?


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I never said that Paul was contradicting Moses. I was stating that unless the nation of Israel is made a joint heir with Christ to the land promised to them, we are faced with a contradiction that your Preterist doctrine cannot answer.

Contenders Edge said:

I never said that Paul was contradicting Moses. I was stating that unless the nation of Israel is made a joint heir with Christ to the land promised to them, we are faced with a contradiction that your Preterist doctrine cannot answer.

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So then, we must identify who is the Israel of God today:

Those believers who love the Lord and keep His commandments, that is: every faithful Christian person are designated by God to be Israelites. Galatians 6:14-16 The New Testament writings are clear: there is only one Israel, who are the only one Church, only one elect, be they Jew or Gentile by birth.

1/ Israel, the chosen people of God: Exodus 15:13, Deuteronomy 33:3, Ezra 3:11
Christians, chosen of God: Romans 9:25, Ephesians 5:1, Col. 3:12, 1 John 3:1, Rev. 7:9

2/ Israel, the children of God: Deut. 14:1, Isaiah 1:2-4, Isaiah 63:8, Hosea 11:1
Christians, the children of God: John 1:12, Romans 8:14-16, Galatians 4:5-7, 1 John 3:1

3/ Israel, the scattered sheep of God: Psalms 78:52, Isaiah 40:11, Jer. 23:1-4, Ezekiel 34:12
Christians, His sheep: among the nations: John 10:14-16, Hebrews 13:20, 1 Peter 2:25

4/ Israel, God’s household: Hebrews 3:5, 1 Chronicles 29:14-18
Christians are God’s household: Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 10:20-21, I Timothy 3:15, 1 Cor.3:9

5/ Israel are the priests of God: Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 27:9
Christians are the priests of God: Isaiah 66:21, 1 Peter 2:5-9, Rev. 1:6, Revelation 5:10

6/ Israel is the bride of God: Isaiah 54:5-6, Jeremiah 2:2, Ezekiel 16:32, Hosea 1:2
Christians are the bride of Christ: Isaiah 62:4-5, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:29-32

7/ Israel is the vine and the olive tree: Isaiah 5:7, Hosea 9:10, Hosea 14:6-7
Christians are the vine and the olive: Luke 20:16, Romans 11:24

8/ Israelites are the circumcised: Genesis 17:9-14, Judges 15:18
Christians are the ‘circumcised’: Romans 2:25-29, Philippians 3:3, Col. 2:11

9/ Israelites are the children of Abraham: 2 Chronicles 20:7, Psalms 105:5-6, Isaiah 41:8
Christians are the spiritual children of Abraham: Romans 4:13-18, Gal. 3:7& 29, John 4:23

10/ The Covenant is with Israel: Deuteronomy 4:31, 2 Kings 17:34-36, Psalms 105:7-10
The New Covenant is with Christians: 1 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 8:6-10, Ezekiel 34:25

The above 10 proofs totally negate any argument that the Church and Israel are 2 separate entities. That premise is held and promoted by the pre-trib rapture exponents, who must have 2 groups; one removed to heaven, [themselves] and the Jews, [wrongly called; Israel] who remain on earth to face the Great Tribulation.
Thinking that the Jewish State of Israel is the only Israel, is a contradiction of all that the Bible says about who are the Lord's people.

Contenders Edge said:

I never said that Paul was contradicting Moses. I was stating that unless the nation of Israel is made a joint heir with Christ to the land promised to them, we are faced with a contradiction that your Preterist doctrine cannot answer.

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When you say "the nation of Israel" are you speaking of a group of people based on geographic location, or bloodline, or faith in Christ.

Was Peter addressing that nation below on the Day of Pentecost, when about 3,000 Israelites accepted the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34?

Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.


The Baal worshipers found in Romans 11:1-5 would fit two of those three categories. Does God owe a piece of land to the Baal worshipers?

Or are you speaking of "the twelve tribes" who are the "brethren" in the "faith", found in James 1:1-3?

What is your understanding of the land promise found in Hebrews 11:15-16?
Do you think the author of the Book of Hebrews was confused about the land promise to the Hebrews?


When Christ said the kingdom would be taken from those who reject Him as the "chief cornerstone" in Matthew 21:33-44, do you think Christ was wrong? Is it your belief that God owes a piece of land to those who reject His Son as the "chief cornerstone"?


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Contenders Edge said:

Is a passage of scripture less pertinent to the discussion at hand simply it was not cited? Is it not worthy to be compared to what Paul did cite in seeking the full counsel of the scriptures on the matter?

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Do you think that Paul would have performed that comparison himself before he wrote Galatians 3:16?

In Galatians 3:16, does Paul's explicit and specific exclusion of the plural seed of Exodus 32:13 provide evidence that he did perform that comparison?

The answers are self-evident.

Following are all of the OT instances which prophesy that in the seed of Abraham, all nations and families of the earth shall be blessed.

In every instance, seed is expressed with the singular declension, i.e.

2233 [e]
ḇə·zar·‘ă·ḵā,
בְזַרְעֲךָ֔
in your seed
Prep‑b | N‑msc | 2ms

2ms = second person masculine singular

Therefore:

In every instance, the singular seed can be none other than Christ, and Christ alone.

In every instance, Galatians 3:16 is validated and confirmed.

Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.