Amen, that's how I read it as well.
Rom 2:28,29
28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Really all of Gal 3 is saying this, but I'm posting 3:23-29
23Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slaveg nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
I really don't understand why people call this "replacement Theology" and make it a "bad thing". Well actually I kind of do, but it's the same thing when talking about God's sovereign power/His plan/the elect and who gets the glory for everything, and the Calvinist label and straw man arguments hurled at you before the first question is even asked and you openly and truthfully say you've never read/followed/taught or had anything to do with John Calvin or Calvinist teachings as a whole. Yet that seems to have no effect on being labeled that then told what you believe before that construct is torn down. I find the same kind of thing happens in this debate as well.
I think the real reason this is such a hot topic is because it is needed to support the idea that the coming judgement Jesus warned them of in scripture is future to us. It's just not. Jesus came to make a way of salvation to reconcile fallen man back to Himself for ALL NATIONS, and then to bring judgement to the covenant breaking Jews. The very Jews that screamed "We have no king but Ceasar", and "Crucify Him, His blood be on us and on our children". The people He looked in the eye's and told "this generation will not pass away before ALL these things take place". And the real kicker is that they DID TAKE PLACE in that timeframe. Those Jews were judged, and the temple was destroyed brick off brick. The temple is gone, it served it's purpose and now we are the temple, now there is only 1 way to God, by the Man Christ Jesus, given ALL authority in heaven, and on earth, seated on His throne at the right hand of God, and He must reign until every enemy has been made a footstool for His feet.
To me there's nothing that fits scripture like this view, although I have to add that my mind has been changed before as I grow and He opens my eyes to things I didn't see before, so I don't try to make it sound like I'm saying, "I have the most correct answer". I just like sharing where the Spirit has led me to this point and let Him use it how He will.
Rom 2:28,29
28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Really all of Gal 3 is saying this, but I'm posting 3:23-29
23Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slaveg nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
I really don't understand why people call this "replacement Theology" and make it a "bad thing". Well actually I kind of do, but it's the same thing when talking about God's sovereign power/His plan/the elect and who gets the glory for everything, and the Calvinist label and straw man arguments hurled at you before the first question is even asked and you openly and truthfully say you've never read/followed/taught or had anything to do with John Calvin or Calvinist teachings as a whole. Yet that seems to have no effect on being labeled that then told what you believe before that construct is torn down. I find the same kind of thing happens in this debate as well.
I think the real reason this is such a hot topic is because it is needed to support the idea that the coming judgement Jesus warned them of in scripture is future to us. It's just not. Jesus came to make a way of salvation to reconcile fallen man back to Himself for ALL NATIONS, and then to bring judgement to the covenant breaking Jews. The very Jews that screamed "We have no king but Ceasar", and "Crucify Him, His blood be on us and on our children". The people He looked in the eye's and told "this generation will not pass away before ALL these things take place". And the real kicker is that they DID TAKE PLACE in that timeframe. Those Jews were judged, and the temple was destroyed brick off brick. The temple is gone, it served it's purpose and now we are the temple, now there is only 1 way to God, by the Man Christ Jesus, given ALL authority in heaven, and on earth, seated on His throne at the right hand of God, and He must reign until every enemy has been made a footstool for His feet.
To me there's nothing that fits scripture like this view, although I have to add that my mind has been changed before as I grow and He opens my eyes to things I didn't see before, so I don't try to make it sound like I'm saying, "I have the most correct answer". I just like sharing where the Spirit has led me to this point and let Him use it how He will.
