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REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY: THEOLOGICAL ERROR VERSUS BIBLICAL TRUTH CONCERNING THE JEWS

By Rabbi/Brother Moshe Yoseph Koniuchowsky

Error: Israel has been replaced by the Christian church. All of Yahweh’s purposes. The church is the historic continuation of the Jewish nation.

Error: The Jewish people are now no different from any other group or people. To single them out as being favored is incorrect,

Error: Apart from being born again and being included in the Christian church, the Jews have no future or national calling by Yahweh.

Error: Since Pentecost in 33 AD, all of Yahweh’s promises to Israel in Deuteronomy chapters 28-33 have been transferred to the church and those same promises to the Jews have been terminated. Further more the curses of those same chapters remain upon the Jew and can and r be removed.

Error: All promises to Old covenant Israel, unless they were historically fulfilled before the coming of Yahshua, are now the sole property of the church. The Old covenant promises to Israel cannot be taken literally, only symbolically. Whenever the Old Testament makes reference to Zion, Jerusalem, temple, Israel or any other Hebraic term, they are all synonyms for the church.

Truth: Israel, the descendants of Abraham Isaac and Jacob had and will continue to have a very important purpose and place in the historical purposes of Yahweh.

Truth: No other nation before or since has been positively marked out by Yahweh for divine favor. H e will continue to work pout his purpose on the earth through them.

Truth: Even in heir unsaved state, Jews are a people especially favored by Yahweh awaiting the revelation of the Messiah to the entire nation. The national redemption for which Israel waits, is promised unconditionally.

Truth: Yahweh made clear promises to three other Jewish people that are undeniable, eternal and unconditional. If He changed his mind because of some of their acts of disobedience, He could be charged with deception, lying and unfaithfulness. Since this is not Yahweh’s character he has not instituted or taught replacement theology.

Truth: The Scriptures are eternally literal. When Yahweh refers to the temple, it is s building he has in mind. When He refers to Jerusalem, it is a city He has in mind. When He refers to national Israel it is a nation He has in mind. These are not interchangeable terms for the church and cannot be taught as such.