Romans 11:28,29 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God's gifts and calling are IRREVOCABLE.
The Temple has been destroyed, the Jewish priesthood has ended. Sanhedrin can not exist today.
Although the temple has in fact been destroyed, the levitical priesthood certainly has not ended. The Kohanim know exactly who they are; they observe the rules which govern them like avoiding graveyards and they give us the priestly blessing on Yom Kippur. Looking forward to the building of the third temple, the priests have been chosen, including the Kohen ha Gadol (High Priest), and even their vestments have been made. That's a long way from having ended. So yes, the Sanhedrin can and does exist today. It is the highest court for Orthodox Jews and Noahides.
Oh I didn't see his confusion on that part. Thanks for catching it. Yes, the Sanhedrin is made up of rabbis, which are usually not priests. It's a completely seperate deal, rabbis are more like lawyers and judges and adjudicate the law, priests serve in the temple. Today because there is no temple, you do have Kohanim that become Rabbis, but they are the minority.
Basically, when we Jews have been disobedient God has the option to send us into exile. But even in exile, the land is still ours. And God can and does send us back to the land whenever He sees fit.
If I ask if stealing is wrong, and you give me Genesis 1:1, you have given me an irrelevant scripture, because Genesis 1:1 does not speak to my question.
Of course not. Israel is made of of those Jews (who are the tree) and Gentiles (who were grafted onto the tree) who are in Christ, ie the Church. The non -Christian Jews are a vine that withered and was cut off the tree. They are not a part of Israel unless they accept Christ as the Messiah.
well yes, that is what the Church does
God no longer sees me as a Gentile, he sees me as a member of the Body of Christ
For Jews? The third Temple would be to worship God in the way he commanded to be worshiped.
I am Catholic, so I will put in my nickel's worth. (Due to inflation. two cents are not enough anymore.)
No, the Church has not replaced Israel.
First, only Israel was the chosen people of God. Now, in New Testament times all people who profess Christ regardless of nationality or genealogy are members of the chosen people of God.
We non-Jews simply join together with the original Jews who had professed Christ. We non-Jews joined them!
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
There is now no distinction. We who profess Christ, whether Jew or non-Jew, are members of the people of God.
JEWS:
Romans 11:1
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
GENTILES:
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
the place would be an abattoir
