Nowadays, a widely held yet completely mistaken idea is that God has grown tired of the Israelites and has turned His back on them, choosing instead to embrace the Church in their place. People generally know this idea by the name “Replacement Theology”. Here is what that idea actually means. God is essentially declaring that He wants nothing further to do with those stubborn, thankless, rebellious, unrepentant Israelite sinners. Instead, He will confine His dealings to the stubborn, thankless, rebellious, unrepentant sinners who make up the church. If that were truly how things worked, then I would have to say that God is merely trading one set of sinners for a different set of sinners.
The Church
There is one crucial point we need to think about carefully here. If God were capable of breaking the unconditional promises He gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, then breaking similar promises to an undeserving church would be just as easy for Him. Yet He will never turn His back on Israel. As we can see, God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable.
Rom 11:29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.
Ultimate Plan
Christians have long recognised that every promise God made to Israel was completely irrevocable. The land that God pledged to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has always remained the promised land, and that pledge is an everlasting one that can never be broken. Sadly, an ever-growing number of Christian leaders have stopped standing with Israel and are now turning their backs on the Jewish people. Governments around the world are pressing Israel to surrender portions of its land as part of what is called a two-state solution. In reality, this would be no solution whatsoever, since Israel’s enemies are after far more than just the land of Israel. Their ultimate plan is to wipe out every single Jew across the globe.
This subject will shape the way we see and grasp many significant doctrines that God has hidden within His Bible. This book sets out to explain some of the critically important issues that hang in the balance, along with the consequences that come from believing the lie of “replacement theology”.
The connection between Israel and the Church will remain a subject of controversy. The crucial issue that presents itself at this point is whether the church has taken the place of Israel within God’s everlasting purposes, or whether God has, from the very beginning, maintained a distinct identity and a particular role for the nation of Israel.