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    Replacement/Fulfillment Theology Supersessionism debunked Replacement Theology + From the definition of replacement theology, it doesn't seem at first glance to be too harsh of a position. | would like to claim something much more extreme than the mere definition merits. This is a salvation issue; you cannot truly be a Christian and yet hold to replacement theology. The two statements are as contradictory as saying, “This sentence is false.” Defining Supersessionism + Supersessionism is the belief that either Jesus, or the Church, or both have superseded Israel, and therefore the Jewish people themselves mean nothing beyond what any other pagan nation signify. Israel is no longer the chosen people; God has moved away to focus upon the Church alone. x Also known as replacement theology x This also suggests the land has no importance. Jesus and the Jews + It is accepted by some that the Jews can come to God through Jesus, but in order to do so, they must cease from being Jewish and become part of the Church. In this, it isn't simply that they are seen as “pagan”, as they would claim, but that there is something detested about being Jewish. Anti-Semitism and arrogance are the heart of replacement theology. You don't ask a man to stop being Gentile when they come to Christ, so why would you then claim that you must stop being NII ad Jesus and the Jews + It is accepted by some that the Jews can come to God through Jesus, but in order to do so, they must cease from being Jewish and become part of the Church. In this, it isn't simply that they are seen as “pagan”, as they would claim, but that there is something detested about being Jewish. Anti-Semitism and arrogance are the heart of replacement theology. You don't ask a man to stop being Gentile when they come to Christ, so why would you then claim that you must stop being NII ad Shem and Japheth + The question of replacement theology is whether that prophecy of Genesis 9:25-27 finds LU) iil lfaat=1alaiial site (cl mela amel= S61 x Ifin Israel, then it is not the Jew that must enter the Church to be saved, but the Gentile who must become part of “the commonwealth of Israel’, and live by whatever definition/character the Bible posits that phrase to have. Shem and Japheth + The question of replacement theology is whether that prophecy of Genesis 9:25-27 finds LU) iil lfaat=1alaiial site (cl mela amel= S61 x Ifin Israel, then it is not the Jew that must enter the Church to be saved, but the Gentile who must become part of “the commonwealth of Israel’, and live by whatever definition/character the Bible posits that phrase to have. Replacement Theology + From the definition of replacement theology, it doesn't seem at first glance to be too harsh of a position. | would like to claim something much more extreme than the mere definition merits. This is a salvation issue; you cannot truly be a Christian and yet hold to replacement theology. The two statements are as contradictory as saying, “This sentence is false.” Crackpot Conspiracies + When we will believe a conspiracy theory is the reason that the Jews got the land in 1948, and this ‘inheriting’ of the land was in utter opposition to God, we begin to make theological statements that demand Scriptural attestation. x Just where do you find reason to believe that human beings can thwart the judgment of God by establishing themselves as a nation again, especially if God's intent was that they never be a nation? Either God is sovereign, and therefore He is Judge, or man is sovereign, and therefore God is nonexistent. Crackpot Conspiracies + When we will believe a conspiracy theory is the reason that the Jews got the land in 1948, and this ‘inheriting’ of the land was in utter opposition to God, we begin to make theological statements that demand Scriptural attestation. x Just where do you find reason to believe that human beings can thwart the judgment of God by establishing themselves as a nation again, especially if God's intent was that they never be a nation? Either God is sovereign, and therefore He is Judge, or man is sovereign, and therefore God is nonexistent. Basis of Replacement Theology + The only basis by which replacement theology can stand is that we have something the Jewish: people don't: salvation through Jesus Christ. x Another flaw is that it puts our theology as the foremost authority, instead of God. What is it to you if God desires that the Jewish people would go to heaven simply because they are children of Abraham? Are you going to argue with God's generosity? This question gets at I aTeMa-C-laMe) UNM ISCIU- Basis of Replacement Theology + The only basis by which replacement theology can stand is that we have something the Jewish: people don't: salvation through Jesus Christ. x Another flaw is that it puts our theology as the foremost authority, instead of God. What is it to you if God desires that the Jewish people would go to heaven simply because they are children of Abraham? Are you going to argue with God's generosity? This question gets at I aTeMa-C-laMe) UNM ISCIU- Fulfillment in Christ + It is on the basis that God has fulfilled all of His prophecies and covenants in Christ that replacement theology stands. Only arrogant hatred of the Jew can produce anti-Semitism otherwise. Because | am attempting to address some of the actual theological issues, | will ignore the arrogant hatred until the end of this study. FMS UTD cME- Uae) LL NYT Mer-Ua a ois ole~ lun (© aN lal=Ial Oba Supersessionism as Theological Grid + Dispensationalism is only different from replacement theology in that they believe that one day all Israel will be saved — but in no other. point. x Admittedly, most replacement theologians are not dispensational in nature, but the parallels are too obvious to not mention. To say that Israel is the people of God, but not like the Church, is to say that Israel is not the people of God, or that the Church is not the people of God. There cannot be two 'peoples' of God. Supersessionism as Theological Grid + Dispensationalism is only different from replacement theology in that they believe that one day all Israel will be saved — but in no other. point. x Admittedly, most replacement theologians are not dispensational in nature, but the parallels are too obvious to not mention. To say that Israel is the people of God, but not like the Church, is to say that Israel is not the people of God, or that the Church is not the people of God. There cannot be two 'peoples' of God. Supersessionism as Theological Grid + Dispensationalism is only different from replacement theology in that they believe that one day all Israel will be saved — but in no other. point. x Admittedly, most replacement theologians are not dispensational in nature, but the parallels are too obvious to not mention. To say that Israel is the people of God, but not like the Church, is to say that Israel is not the people of God, or that the Church is not the people of God. There cannot be two 'peoples' of God. Supersessionism as Theological Grid + Dispensationalism is only different from replacement theology in that they believe that one day all Israel will be saved — but in no other. point. x Admittedly, most replacement theologians are not dispensational in nature, but the parallels are too obvious to not mention. To say that Israel is the people of God, but not like the Church, is to say that Israel is not the people of God, or that the Church is not the people of God. There cannot be two 'peoples' of God. ye] (a Urelm eye (-y + Romans 9:6 x The line is traced back to Romans 4-5, and ola nT=s lanl OM me) iit Ualsw-ptashy-so nal -1k oN pale | claims that those who have faith in Christ Jesus are the offspring of Abraham. God is more concerned with us, the spiritual seed of Abraham, than with the natural, because the natural has not faith. x Romans 9:6, and so Romans 11:26 can't mean natural Israel Stripped of the Kingdom + Matthew 21:43 x Therefore | tell you that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. + Note that it is Jesus who says this. + Note that Matthew only uses the phrase “Kingdom of God” four times. Therefore, this statement is emphasized all the ein Titles and Roles + Let us deal with 1 Peter 2:5-9. This is just one of many examples that give us titles and terminology specifically given to Israel in the Old Testament. How can it be that the apostles would be so slapdash to grant Israel's call unto the Church? Ff Romans 11 is giving us the understanding that the “church” is the spiritual Israel that has always existed. There has always been a remnant of believing Israel, and that remnant has consisted of both Jews and Gentiles. Why is there language of being grafted in? Because there OYE rT Meee dice MR oR Ol eM

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