Look carefully at who Paul is addressing here. Also notice what Paul says about who Jesus is. If Israel and the Church are separate.....then who is the Messiah for the Church? Paul says in Acts 13 (v. 23) that Jesus was Israel's promised Savior/Messiah. If the Church and Israel are separate (as is your argument).....then the Church must not be able to claim that promise as fulfilled for them (us).....right? The Church would need their own Savior (going with that argument). Paul is summarizing the Israelite history here. Do you believe there's a separate Church history?Again my question is, "When did Paul ever called the Body of Christ, the 12 tribes?"
Acts 13
15After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”16Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me! 17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. 18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. 19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. 20All this took about 450 years.
After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin. 22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’a23From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
15After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”16Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me! 17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. 18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. 19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. 20All this took about 450 years.
After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin. 22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’a23From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
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