One of the most egregious abominations in the world today is known as replacement theology. This is the theory, developed just a couple of hundred years after the beginning of the Christian movement, that the Christians have replaced the Jews in the promises of God. If those who hold these views knew their Bible, they would know that Christians are a sect of Judaism and that promises of God are forever. God is not a man, that He should lie. All men have sinned and come short of the glory of God; therefore lying and distortion come easily to the unsaved and the biblical ignorant. Greed and lust for power have been present in the world since the beginning. The priests were concerned that they would loose their power and position if many of the Jews believed in Jesus, since they could no longer control the people on behalf of the Romans. "34 A Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;.... 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."[1]
"Replacement theology is the teaching that the Christian church has replaced national
Therefore, many of the promises that God made to
1. The Jewish people are no longer God's chosen people. Instead, the
Christian church now makes up God's chosen people.
2. In the New Testament after Pentecost, the term "Israel
3. The Mosaic covenant (Exodus 20) is replaced by the new covenant (Luke 22:20).
4. Actual circumcision is replaced by a circumcision of the heart (Rom. 2:29).
So, in replacement theology the church has replaced
Replacement theology was not the first
apostasy to appear. Paul spoke, many
times, about the apostasy of the Gnostics.
Jesus, Himself, as well as the apostles, wrote about false teaching and
those who were anti-Christ.
In scripture, it is well documented that when a gentile
becomes born again, as per Jesus instructions, he is grafted into the vine of
Judaism; the root of which is God. The
Christian has become "one of His people"[3]. " I am the vine, ye are the branches: He
that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without
me ye can do nothing. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit;
so shall ye be my disciples."[4] "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that
bares not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bares fruit, he purges it,
that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you. Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide
in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a
branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and
they are burned."[5]
"There are
four groups, or sects, of Judaism today: the Orthodox, the Conservative, the
Reformed and the Christian. As we now see,
these four groups of professing Jews and Christians prove the promise of God to
Abraham; that his seed would be without number.
Today, there are over 2.5 billion professing Jewish people which
includes all four groups."[6] Judaism is not part of Christianity,
Christianity is a part of Judaism: always was, is now and always will be[7]. Even a cursory reading of what Jesus said
verifies this: "Till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled"[8], "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill."[9]. Jesus said that
His Father is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when explaining to the
Sadducees about the Lord being the God of the living[10].
"David Flusser, a teacher at the Hebrew University
"And the word of God
increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
I am told that to a Jew who is not
born again, it is insulting to refer to someone as a completed Jew or messianic
Jew. I have noticed, however, that those
Jews who have been born again call
themselves by those titles.
The gospel was to be preached to the Jew first, and then to
the gentile.
"For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek."[16] Jesus called His brethren first, but He was
not adverse to issuing knowledge to the heathen along the way (the woman at the
well[17], the
woman of Canaan [18]). Peter thought it would be wrong to give the
gospel to non Jews, however, he was given a heavenly lesson and went right away
to do so.[19] Paul was known as the apostle to the
gentiles.[20] He however went to the gentiles only after he
was given such a hard time by his fellow Jews.
All of the apostles argued the scriptures, to show how the Old Testament
showed Jesus was the Messiah. There are
many, many passages in the Old Testament that not only describe how Jesus would
come, but also what he would do and how he would suffer and die and rise again.
Jesus was tried three times: the
Hebrew council, King Herod and Pilot. He
was found not guilty by Herod and Pilot but the crowd called for Pilot to
crucify Him. To save face (pride), Pilot
sentenced Him to death, that the scriptures be fulfilled. Who was responsible for the death of
Jesus? Was it the Jews? Was it the Romans? No; it was you….and me. Jesus died for “our” sins!
‘Tradition is the faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the
living.”[21] This is what Jesus most objected to about the
Pharisees and the Sadducees. They were
teaching the traditions of men, rather than the instructions of God. Many churches (denominations and false
teachers) are doing the same thing today.
they are preaching to tickle the ears, rather than deliver the truth of
the gospel. "For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears;"[22] "For
the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to
have their ears tickled, they will
accumulate for themselves teachers in
accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from
the truth and will turn aside to myths."[23] "But among the
people there were also false prophets, just as there will be false teachers
among you. Under false pretenses they will introduce destructive heresies, even
denying the Master who bought them, and thus bring on themselves swift
destruction. Many will follow
their debaucheries; and because of them, the true Way will be maligned. In their greed they will exploit you with
fabricated stories."[24]
The Jewishness of the Church movement was taken over by the
Catholic religion and it's progeny. The Jews need to take back their Messiah.
The Lord sent His Messiah
down through the line of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David. What an insult, to not honor the plans of the
creator of everything.
The Jewishness of the Church movement was taken over by the
Catholic religion and it's progeny. The "latter times" started with
the Gnostics and continued with Augustine of Hippo and continues until today. "Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience
seared with a hot iron;."[25] The Jews need
to take back their Messiah. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time
past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of
all things, by whom also he made the worlds;."[26] "Then came one and
told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the
temple, and teaching the people."[27] " And daily in the temple,
and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."[28] The first place the
apostles went, when they entered a new town, was the Synagogue (if there was one
available).
As I have said before, Jehovah brings
the Jew to Jesus, whereas it is Jesus who brings the gentile to Jehovah. Now, one flesh, one body and one spirit.
For
further information on this subject, see the following-
http://www.thespiritsnestministries.com/2014/07/combining-religions.html
http://www.thespiritsnestministries.com/2012/07/anti-semitism.html
[1] Acts 5
[2] http://carm.org/questions-replacement-theology,
article by Matt Slick
[3] Many
times in scripture the Lord refers to the Jews (Hebrews) as His people
[4] John
15:5-8
[5] John
15:1-6
[6] http://www.thespiritsnestministries.com/2014/07/combining-religions.html
[7] Psalm 102:27, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8,
James 1:17
[8] Matthew
5:18
[9] Matthew
5:17
[10] Matthew
22:32
[11] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATuecTsn3fg
[12] http://www.thespiritsnestministries.com/2014/07/combining-religions.html
[13] Acts
6:7
[14]
Ephesians 3:6
[15] 1
Corinthians 12:12-14
[16] Romans
1:16
[17] John
4:1-26
[18] Matthew
15:21-28
[19] Acts 10
[20]
Ephesians 3:1-6, Romans 11:13
[21] David
Jeremiah
[22] 2
Timothy 4:3
[23] 2
Timothy 4:2-4, New American
Standard Bible
[24] 2 Peter
2:1-3, The Complete Jewish Bible
[25] 1
Timothy 4:1-2
[26] Hebrews
1:1-2
[27] Acts
5:25
[28] Acts
5:42
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