Replacement theology? Yes or No.

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To quote a bible verse from a signature line from @HeIsHere: "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." Romans 2:29

And this has been debunked in these threads a hundred times. God knows who the Jews are. He doesn't need you all to try and find them. He hasn't lost them. He will keep the promises He made, Romans 11 says so. I'm saying this for the benefit of new people that come here, especially new Christians. Read Romans for yourself.
 
Zionism is not Christianity; it is pharisaism because that is what the pharisees believed. Christian pharisees try to win their arguments and shut down dissent with slander and slurs.

God is a Zionist, He gave the land, He made unconditional promises, He will keep them. Antisemitism is used when it's appropriate. If one sees it as a slur one should change their POV and their talking points instead of blaming others for calling them out.
 
And Antisemitic people hide behind Zionism to hide their hate. I don't call people racist unless they are racist. The left says everything you do as a white person is racist. I call people racist if they are actually racist. The same holds true for Antisemitism. If you don't believe the Jews should have a homeland that they can defend, and name their own capital, that's Antisemitic.
What camp would you put me in then? I do believe that the Jews have a future national repentance ahead prior to the return of Christ Jesus. I believe that the unbelieving branches from Israel were broken off in the 1st century, those who rejected Christ, and that believing Jews remained in the tree, whereas believing gentiles were grafted into that tree. (One new man in Christ)

Where I would disagree with the full preterists and idealists is that they don't think the Jews have any guaranteed national renewal, and where I would disagree with the dispensationalists is the return to old covenant judaism during the kingdom period they believe is coming, and the blind support for the secular state of Israel.
 
Luke 13:35 was fulfilled in Luke 19:38
Wrong again. Being wrong is typical for you in these important matters of prophecy as everyone can see.

Luk 13:35
Behold, your house (WHAT IS THIS HOUSE?) is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye (WHO IS YE?) shall not see me, until the time come when ye (WHO IS YE?) shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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Luke 13:35 (KJV)

“Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”

Let’s walk through this carefully in context and prophecy.

1. Immediate Context: Who Is Jesus Addressing?

In Luke 13:31–34, Jesus is speaking about Jerusalem:

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets…”

So the primary audience is:

Jerusalem as representative of the nation

Specifically its leadership (Pharisees, rulers, those rejecting Him)

But corporately, the covenant nation

2. “Your House Is Left Unto You Desolate” — House of Whom?

The “house” most naturally refers to:

1️⃣ The Temple

The house of God (cf. Luke 19:46)

Compare Matthew 23:38, where Jesus says the same words

In that passage, the context is explicitly judgment on the Temple system

This aligns with:

Daniel 9:26 (destruction of city and sanctuary)

Fulfilled historically in 70 AD with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans.

So:

“Your house” = the Temple, formerly God’s house
Now “left unto you” — no longer called “My house” but “your house.”

That shift is significant.

3. “Ye Shall Not See Me…” — Who Is “Ye”?

The “ye” (plural) refers to:

The covenant nation represented by Jerusalem

The generation rejecting Him

But prophetically extends beyond just that immediate generation

It cannot merely mean:

Individual Pharisees

Random individuals

Because the statement includes a future national recognition:

“Until the time come when ye shall say…”

That implies:

A future corporate confession.

4. “Blessed Is He That Cometh…” — Prophetic Citation

Jesus quotes Psalm 118:26, a Messianic Psalm:

“Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD”

This Psalm was already used during His triumphal entry (Luke 19:38), but that reception was:

Partial

Not national

Not permanent

Here, Jesus speaks of a future time when the nation will say it in truth.

5. Prophetic Framework

This passage fits naturally within a prophetic arc:

A. Rejection → Desolation

Messiah rejected

Temple destroyed

National judgment

B. Long Interval

Israel does not “see” Him (no national recognition of Messiah)

Dispersion among the nations

C. Future National Recognition

This connects strongly with:

Zechariah 12:10 — “They shall look upon me whom they have pierced”

Zechariah 14 — LORD returns to Jerusalem

Romans 11:26 — “All Israel shall be saved”

In that framework:
“Ye shall not see me until…” implies
👉 A future visible return
👉 Followed by national repentance

6. Is This Israel the Nation — Sons of Jacob?

The most natural reading:

Yes — this concerns national Israel, the physical descendants of Jacob in covenant relationship.

Why?

The address is to Jerusalem

The Temple is central

The rejection is covenantal and national

The future confession is corporate

This does not exclude individual Jews in the Church age.
But the passage itself is national in scope.

7. Theological Interpretive Options

There are two major readings:

1️⃣ Futurist / National Restoration View

Desolation fulfilled in 70 AD

Israel remains partially hardened

At the Second Coming, national repentance occurs

They will say Psalm 118:26 in genuine faith

8. Key Prophetic Logic

The structure is conditional:


You will not see Me
UNTIL
You say…

This implies:

The Second Coming is linked to Israel’s repentance

The Messiah’s visible return and Israel’s confession are connected

That parallels:

Hosea 5:15 — “I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence…”

Very similar pattern:
Withdrawal → National distress → Repentance → Return.

9. Summary

“House” = The Temple in Jerusalem
“Ye” = Jerusalem/national Israel in covenant identity
Desolation = Temple destruction and covenant judgment
“Until” = Future national turning
“Blessed is He…” = Messianic recognition at His return

Yes — the passage most naturally concerns Israel as a nation, the sons of Jacob in covenant history.

It describes:

Judicial abandonment

A long period of non-recognition

A future corporate repentance tied to Messiah’s visible return
 
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God gave Israel the land to live in, not own. They were guests in the land with the owner, God, and were allowed to stay according to the covenant made in Moab (rental agreement). They broke the rental agreement and were evicted.

Zionists wrongly believe that God gave them a deed to the land
 
Zionism is not Christianity; it is pharisaism because that is what the pharisees believed. Christian pharisees try to win their arguments and shut down dissent with slander and slurs.
Oh the "shut down" is happening alright. But has nothing whatsoever to do with slander and slurs.
In fact it is YOU that proffers in these pejoratives, not me.

I truth the only thing "shutting down" is your ability to RESPOND to my posts with Biblically supported, comprehensive, fully featured and detailed counter arguments.

You have no answer.......:sneaky:
 
What camp would you put me in then? I do believe that the Jews have a future national repentance ahead prior to the return of Christ Jesus. I believe that the unbelieving branches from Israel were broken off in the 1st century, those who rejected Christ, and that believing Jews remained in the tree, whereas believing gentiles were grafted into that tree. (One new man in Christ)

Ok, but Romans 11 says that those branches can and will be grafted in again. I posted that above.

Where I would disagree with the full preterists and idealists is that they don't think the Jews have any guaranteed national renewal, and where I would disagree with the dispensationalists is the return to old covenant judaism during the kingdom period they believe is coming, and the blind support for the secular state of Israel.


I don't have blind support for Israel but I do believe they have a right to a homeland and to defend it and name their own capital. In fact according to Romans 11, most of the Jews are still lost. I believe there will be future repentance. Mainly I believe God isn't done with the Jews, that the Church doesn't replace the Jews. Perhaps later I will post some of Martin Luther's sermon on the Jews and see if you agree or disagree with his POV. I'm betting you'll disagree.
 
Christ will return with resurrected Israel to judge the nations and then set up his kingdom on earth.
You have no answer to these passages or any of my other posts. Go ahead and flail around trying I would like to watch.

On the other hand, I understand PRECISELY how, why, when and who these passages pertain to, their fulfillment, their purpose.

Mat 19:28
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luk 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
 
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God gave Israel the land to live in, not own. They were guests in the land with the owner, God, and were allowed to stay according to the covenant made in Moab (rental agreement). They broke the rental agreement and were evicted.

Zionists wrongly believe that God gave them a deed to the land


The promise God made was unconditional, some covenants were, some weren't. Abrahamic was unconditional.
 
To quote a bible verse from a signature line from @HeIsHere: "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." Romans 2:29

If the very word of God cannot penetrate their soul and they cling to false doctrine and be deceived probably nothing we can say.

There are no ethnic distinctions in God' new covenant people and here we have people trying to put back the wall that Christ tore down. Truly anti-gospel.

Galatians 3:16
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Ephesians 2:11-18
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.


What will happen next ban the Bible...because from what I am reading the light is breaking through for some at least.
 
If the very word of God cannot penetrate their soul and they cling to false doctrine and be deceived probably nothing we can say.

There are no ethnic distinctions in God' new covenant people and here we have people trying to put back the wall that Christ tore down. Truly anti-gospel.

Galatians 3:16
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Ephesians 2:11-18
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.


What will happen next ban the Bible...because from what I am reading the light is breaking through for some at least.
Come on.....lets hear it. Don't be shy.....:ROFL:

Mat 19:28
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luk 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
 
The covenant God made with Israel in Moab was conditional and stated that if Israel didn't obey the law they would be cursed and plucked off of the land.

Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deuteronomy 27:26
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. Deuteronomy 28:63
 
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