Jesus' Reformation Theology vs Replacement and Segregation Theology

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Jesus Christ's holy nation and body on earth is Supplement Theology. There is no 'Replacement' theology in the Bible. Nor is there any 'Segregation' Theology.

First, Reformation Theology from Scripture:

Heb 9:1
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

Heb 9:9
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.


The reformation of Jesus Christ, reforms God's covenant with man on earth from old to new, without any of the old covenant and law remaining.

Heb 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Heb 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.


Neither that old first covenant, nor it's law by Moses, is 'replaced' by the new Covenant and law of Christ. No more than the dead are 'replaced' by the newborn. The new Covenant of the risen God of Israel is all new, by birth of the Spirit through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

2Co 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,


1Pe 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:


1Pe 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

The reform Covenant of God by Jesus Christ, is a clean break from the old dead covenant, to the new living Covenant:

Heb 10:19
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
 
2. Replacement Theology of man:

The old covenant people of natural Israel, are replaced by new covenant people of spiritual Israel. This is false in two ways: First, Though the old covenant is dead, the faithful people of that old covenant are not replaced by new covenant people, but shall be resurrected altogether at the risen God of Israel's return to earth.

Second, All the living natural Israelites on earth, are not forever cast away, and forbidden birth into the new Covenant of God in Christ.

Rom 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin…Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.


Rom 11:18
The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith… And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

The nation of the Jews also have part in the new holy olive tree Israel of God on earth. Therefore, the covenant of the risen God of Israel, does not 'replace' believing natural Jews by believing natural Greeks, Scythians, Ethiopians, Chinese, etc...

The one covenant of God by Jesus Christ, is now newborn of the Spirit from among all nations on earth, whether Jew, Greek, Parthian, Indian...
 
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3. Segregation Theology of man:

This is where defense of natural Israelites in the covenant nation of Christ, errs on the side of separating different members apart from one another by flesh. Thus segregating the body the Christ, between Jews and so-called 'Gentiles'. This is done in two ways with one more harmful than the other, especially to the believing Jews.

First, in their zeal to accept Israelite Jews into the covenant of the risen God of Israel by faith, they unnecessarily promote a Jews vs 'Gentiles' dichotomy in the body of Christ.

Gal 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

They interpret this listing of different nations in the one body of Christ, which indeed is by flesh, as some sort of declaration of separation between Jews and 'Gentile' nations. I.e. natural Jews and Greeks are not one in the same body, but are two opposing nations by flesh. Some members are Jewish, while all others are not. The Natural Jews thus are to be honored for not being 'Gentiles'.

In the name of giving due honor to believing Jews, the so-called Christian 'Gentiles' are thus segregating the Jews from themselves. Like white vs black water fountains and seating sections in the Lamb's Israel of God on earth.

However, there remains an even worse form of Segregation Theology, where natural Israel still has 'right' to a special covenant of their own with the God of Israel, that is separate by natural birth from 'the nations'. And so, there are now two covenants of God and Jesus Christ, that is separated by flesh alone. Those Christian 'Gentiles', of course, do not deny the new Covenant of the risen God of Israel, nor the grafting of natural Jews, but they do deny the old covenant of the God of Israel before His crucifixion, may be wounded, but remains alive on earth today.

I.e. The old Covenant of the God of Israel is not dead and gone away, but still lives, while at the same time, the new Covenant of the risen Lamb lives separately from the old: Two covenants on earth segregated from one another by natural birth. This kind of two-headed covenantism on earth, is all in the name of 'honoring' natural Israel after the flesh, as being a completely separate people from all other nations, that are Goyim/Gentile to God.

Conclusion: God has not only segregated believing Jews from Greeks in the body of Christ, but also continues to segregate His old covenant from the lamb's new covenant, where all the natural Jews keep to their own covenant, and the 'Gentiles' keep to their own covenant in Christ, howbeit with Jewish believers segregated from them.

That means that the believing natural Jews are most honored by having two separate covenants with both the God of Israel, and the risen God of Israel, as though God is not one God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost..

Rom 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Greeks? Yes, of the Greeks also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Jhn 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Eph 4:2
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.


One God, One faith, One Spirit, one body, one calling to one covenant for many nations on earth, whether Greek, Scythian, Australian, Jew, Argentinian...
 
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jer 31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Jer 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Jer 31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Israel will not cease to be a nation.

Eze 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
Eze 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Eze 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Eze 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

Eze 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
Eze 39:26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
Eze 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
Eze 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
Eze 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

God will bring the whole house of Israel back to Israel and leave none of them in the nations anymore.

Which will happen when there is a peace treaty in the Middle East which the Gentile nations will see to it.

God will turn them to the truth.

Act 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

The Mystery of Israel's Salvation
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

Jer 46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jer 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

God will restore the kingdom on earth to Israel.

Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Jesus came to fulfill the law which includes the offices of Israel.

But He has not fulfilled the role of King which must be done on earth.

So the kingdom must be restored to Israel.

Rev 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
Rev 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Rev 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The 12 tribes of Israel and 12 apostles of the Lamb are written in the New Jerrusalem.

Eph 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

When a Gentile is saved they belong to the commonwealth of Israel and are a Jew inwardly.

Israel is the Church.

From Abraham to Moses to David to Jesus to the millennial reign to the New Jerusalem.
 
2. Replacement Theology of man:

The old covenant people of natural Israel, are replaced by new covenant people of spiritual Israel. This is false in two ways: First, Though the old covenant is dead, the faithful people of that old covenant are not replaced by new covenant people, but shall be resurrected altogether at the risen God of Israel's return to earth.

Second, All the living natural Israelites on earth, are not forever cast away, and forbidden birth into the new Covenant of God in Christ.

Rom 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin…Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.


Rom 11:18
The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith… And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

The nation of the Jews also have part in the new holy olive tree Israel of God on earth. Therefore, the covenant of the risen God of Israel, does not 'replace' believing natural Jews by believing natural Greeks, Scythians, Ethiopians, Chinese, etc...

The one covenant of God by Jesus Christ, is now newborn of the Spirit from among all nations on earth, whether Jew, Greek, Parthian, Indian...

Amazing Grace is a great thank you to Father and Son na sWon for the people to decide to beleive God in this truth or not
Seeing Hebrews 7:11-12 the ?New Covenant and desire of Father in John 4:23-24
 
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Israel will not cease to be a nation.

Correct. Israel 'after the flesh' in Scripture was still a nation after Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, and still is today, and will be at the Lord's return, and during His Millennium on earth.

Israel after the flesh is no more the Israel of God on earth, which now is after the Spirit.

Rom 9:6
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Gal 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise….born after the Spirit.


Gal 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

There is no replacement on earth for the natural children of Israel. The NT Israel of God is not replacing natural Israel, but has a remnant of them grafted in again.

God will bring the whole house of Israel back to Israel and leave none of them in the nations anymore.
Exactly, well said. And many of the nations that they were scattered into, will escort them back personally to the Lord's house in Jerusalem:

Isa 66:19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.


And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

Which will happen when there is a peace treaty in the Middle East which the Gentile nations will see to it.
I'm only showing the Lord's work by prophecy of Scripture. Not any contemporary politics before He returns. The Lord returning with glory will make peace by war with complete victory, not by 'treaty'.

The Lord will 'entreat' the nations by overcoming power, not by personal request:

Isa 66:16
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.


God will restore the kingdom on earth to Israel.
Correct. He will sit in His glorious seat of David, and will fulfill His promise to Abraham and His seed, to give him the land Abraham walked on, and to make His natural seed a nation of priests upon the earth:

Gen 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Eze 45:1
Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

Exo 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Is 66:20
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.


When a Gentile is saved they belong to the commonwealth of Israel and are a Jew inwardly.

True again. There were, are, and will be Jews after the flesh unto the end of this world, and there now are and will be Jews to God after the Spirit.

The Jews of God do not replace the Jews of the flesh, but rather there are a remnant of natural Jews and Greeks, in the Israel of God.

Israel is the Church.
Israel after the Spirit is the church and body of Christ.

Gal 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

There are both natural Jews and Greeks graffed therein by the Spirit of Christ.


From Abraham to Moses to David to Jesus to the millennial reign to the New Jerusalem.
The OT church in the wilderness was with the natural Israelites alone, from Moses to Jesus.

The NT church of Jesus Christ from His resurrection is among all nations of the earth, whether Greek, Scythian, Ethiopian, Jew...

Rom 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.


Thanks for your posting.
 
You haven't made your case in the first post, but there are more issues to address here.

2. Replacement Theology of man:

The old covenant people of natural Israel, are replaced by new covenant people of spiritual Israel. This is false in two ways: First, Though the old covenant is dead, the faithful people of that old covenant are not replaced by new covenant people, but shall be resurrected altogether at the risen God of Israel's return to earth.
You are misrepresenting "replacement theology". It is not claiming that "faithful people of [the] old covenant are replaced by new covenant people" but rather that unfaithful Israel is replaced by the faithful Church of Jesus Christ. Those (few) who were faithful under the old covenant are saved because they are judged blameless under that covenant.

Second, All the living natural Israelites on earth, are not forever cast away, and forbidden birth into the new Covenant of God in Christ.
Another error. Replacement theology doesn't "forbid" modern Jews from faith in Christ. Their rejection of Christ has excluded them.

The nation of the Jews also have part in the new holy olive tree Israel of God on earth.
There is no Scripture supporting this assertion. Jews who reject Jesus as Messiah remain outside the kingdom of God. Scripture calls them "enemies" (Romans 11:28), not fellow-heirs, but expresses God's clear desire for them to come to Him in repentance and faith in His Son.

Therefore, the covenant of the risen God of Israel, does not 'replace' believing natural Jews by believing natural Greeks, Scythians, Ethiopians, Chinese, etc...
Another misrepresentation: "believing natural Jews" are believers in Jesus Christ, just as "believing natural Greeks (etc.)" are believers in Jesus Christ. Unless of course you used "believing" to mean something other than "believing in Jesus Christ" in which case there is nothing to replace.

It appears to me that you have attempted to construct your case on misrepresentation and obfuscation rather than careful and honest scholarship.
 
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You haven't made your case in the first post, but there are more issues to address here.
If not, I'd be glad to see how. Looks good to me.

You are misrepresenting "replacement theology". It is not claiming that "faithful people of [the] old covenant are replaced by new covenant people" but rather that unfaithful Israel is replaced by the faithful Church of Jesus Christ. Those (few) who were faithful under the old covenant are saved because they are judged blameless under that covenant.
I understand your point. However, I'm addressing the antagonist versions. I'm well aware that many antagonists misrepresent things, in order to make them appear wrong.

What your saying appears to fit the parable of the Lord's wedding feast, where the first invited did not come, and the Lord 'replaced' their seats with strangers from the highways and hedges...

Another error. Replacement theology doesn't "forbid" modern Jews from faith in Christ. Their rejection of Christ has excluded them.
That's correct, which is what Rom 11 is all about: The Jews can be grafted in again by faith in the resurrected Christ, and not abiding in the unbelief that had Jesus crucified.
 
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