The Bible teaches that the land of Israel was promised to Jacob and his descendants forever and that the land of Israel will be the center of Gods kingdom on earth.
Afflicted with anti-Semitism the traditional churches developed “Replacement Theology.” Some early church theologians wrongly concluded that Israel as a people was eternally rejected by God for having rejected Jesus. The claim is that the church is now spiritual Israel and, as such, has replaced natural Israel.
The King James Version of the Bible is filled with examples where promises to natural Israel are applied to the Christian Church through arbitrary chapter headings. For example, above Isaiah 59 is added a heading, “The sins of the Jews.” Yet in the very next chapter, Isaiah 60, the chapter heading added is “Glory of the Church.”
God promised the Land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants forever. To renege on this agreement would make God a liar. Yet how do we explain that Abraham was never given the land?
Gen 13:14-17 : 14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. (KJV)
Gen 17:1-8: 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him… 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 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. (KJV)
These verses teach that God promised the land to Abraham and his descendants forever. That’s why we call it the Land of Promise. If orthodox Christian thinking were correct, we should rename it the Land of Broken Promise.
Notice how verse 7 of Gen. 17 speaks of “the land wherein thou art a stranger.” Notice also…
Acts 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. (KJV)
Abraham died as a stranger in the land, without receiving an inheritance in it. This proves Abraham can’t be in heaven. He’ll be resurrected on earth in God’s kingdom to receive this inheritance with his descendants.
Hi Amy i have just finished discussing this with my father. we both agree there is no way ALL ISRAEL IS THE CHURCH. here is what the society has to say.
About 23 years after the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul quoted parts of Isaiah 59:20, 21 as having a fulfillment in Christian times. He comments: “Just as it is written: ‘The deliverer will come out of Zion and turn away ungodly practices from Jacob. And this is the covenant on my part with them, when I take their sins away.’” (Rom. 11:26, 27, in line with the Greek Septuagint Version) The apostle Paul locates the completion of the prophecy’s fulfillment at the future time when the full membership of the Kingdom class under Jesus Christ is made up, namely, 144,000 members. These are antitypical Israelites, spiritual Israelites, who are in a new covenant with Jehovah God. They are like a fixed number of branches in a symbolic olive tree. (Rom. 11:17-26) God’s time for this final fulfillment is upon us!
here is what the bible says
25For I do not want YOU, brothers, to be ignorant of this sacred secret, in order for YOU not to be discreet in your own eyes: that a dulling of sensibilities has happened in part to Israel until the full number of people of the nations has come in, 26and in this manner all Israel will be saved. Just as it is written: “The deliverer will come out of Zion and turn away ungodly practices from Jacob. 27And this is the covenant on my part with them, when I take their sins away.” 28True, with reference to the good news they are enemies for YOUR sakes, but with reference to [God’s] choosing they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29For the gifts and the calling of God are not things he will regret.
the bible is a two edged sword ?
They also said that God is only going to take 144,000 witness’s with him to “rule over mankind” in the new millenium. EXCUSE ME? I told them that is a bald face false lie. The 144,000 are Jews by blood who will preach Christ to the world. Why? Because most Jews know several languages, most Jews know their bible, and I have not met one Jewish Jehovah witness! They hate your antisemitism beliefs, and so do I. You guys are going to be thrown into the tribulation for your goat like antisemitism.
Not long ago, I invited two Jehovah witness’ into my house. The one “more learned” one, (the other guy didn’t even know the bible at all), started by asking me if I thought the “Church” was corrupt these days? I said, “Yes”, he said, “Why do you think that is?” I told him, “Because Satan has infiltrated it.” He said, “You’re right.” Then he said, “And the Jews lost their salvation when they “killed Christ”, and we are the replacements for those Jews. This is exactly what he said. I said, “God is not done with the Jews!” He could see that I was up on my bible studies, and I saw a look of defeat in his eyes. They left and I got iron gates put up on my house. This is what they believe, practice, and preadh!
Amy hello. When I was a witness a bible study was shocked when I said the same thing. It haunted me until I found studies in the scriptures and it all came back to me from my youth about the literal Jews in prophecy. As a JW I only knew certain scriptures. I thought I knew the Bible. All I knew was how to make an exit if the person objected. Whenever I stayed for the discussion I ended up learning just as much from the householder as they did from me. When I acknowledged it once the CO reprimanded me for thanking the person for insight.
While studying the Isaiah book in book study in 2004 I realized this was the real natural Jews. If not, we as witnesses had sinned greatly. I never went to another book study again because of this missapplication of scripture.