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Originally Posted by smhbbag The one sentence you will hear repeated over and over: "Replacement Theologians believe the church has replaced Israel." | Jeremy,
Thanks for your response. I did a quick google for this sentence, and came across a site that wrote this: Replacement Theology: A Heresy, which says that since Israel rejected their Messiah, they forfeit their God-given promises over to the church. This would include a transfer of the promise for land, and a transfer of the promise of the coming judgment upon the people of the earth. This is the kind of doctrine that caused the Holocaust and continues to promote anti-Semitism. It is the kind of doctrine that teaches that the church will endure the coming time of tribulation. To say that God made unconditional promises to Israel and then broke them is to call God a liar, which is blasphemy. In Ezekiel 36, God makes it very clear that He will never abandon Israel. Not for their sakes, but because His Name and His reputation are on the line. If they equate replacement theology with covenant theology, then covenant theology is heresy???
I'll give (perhaps naively) people who use this phrase the benefit of the doubt and assume most don't think CT is heresy.
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Bob Howes
Framingham, MA
A reoccurring thought:
Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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