Tag: Promises
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What is the Problem? The Law, or Torah, is often disregarded in modern Christian thought. Many believers assume the Torah is incomplete, harsh, legalistic, or unable to reveal God’s true heart. Some even speak as though Jesus came to save us from the Law. But if that is true, what exactly was wrong with it?…
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Most Christians are familiar with the idea of “the end times” and are usually familiar with a modern concept of being removed from the earth to a place called “heaven” when you die. But few realize that Jesus and the apostles understood history and the end times through a very Jewish framework called the “two…
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The book of Hebrews can be one of the more difficult books in the New Testament to read for us in the 21st century, largely because modern readers often approach it without considering its first-century Jewish context. Questions about the author, audience, date, and historical setting all shape how the letter should be understood. When…
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Replacement theology—also called supersessionism in academic circles—is the belief that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s covenant plan. According to this view, the promises God made to the Jewish people in the Hebrew Scriptures are no longer directed toward them as a people. Instead, the Church is believed to have inherited those promises in…
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The Gospel of the Kingdom When most Christians hear the word gospel, they often think of a simple statement such as, “Jesus died for your sins so you can go to heaven.” While that contains truth, the Scriptures describe the gospel in a much larger way. In the Bible, the gospel is not only about…
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Modern Zionism means different things depending on who is speaking. It is most commonly described as a political movement focused on Jewish national sovereignty in the land of Israel. Biblical Zionism, however, is a theological conviction that God’s covenant promises to Israel—including the land—remain valid and ultimately find their fulfillment in the reign of the…
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Few questions create more tension for believers today than this one: If I believe the Bible, do I need to support the modern State of Israel? The confusion usually comes from blending two different things together—biblical Zionism and modern Israeli politics. Biblical Zionism is simply the conviction that God’s covenant promises to Israel—including the land—are…
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In the modern world, “Zionism” is usually understood as a political movement connected to Jewish national self-determination and the modern State of Israel. People tend to argue about it in political categories—borders, governments, parties, wars—so the word can feel like it automatically belongs to the news cycle. This post discusses “Biblical Zionism”, a term that…
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Replacement theology proposes that the coming of Messiah resulted in the Torah becoming obsolete and that the church replaced Israel as the covenant people of God. While this interpretation became influential in later Christian theology, the biblical narrative itself contains many themes and passages that challenge this conclusion. From the Torah and the Prophets to…
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Scriptures Often Used to Argue That the Torah or Jewish People Were Replaced Throughout church history, certain New Testament passages have been interpreted to suggest that the Torah is no longer relevant or that the Jewish people have lost their covenantal role in God’s purposes. The following verses and themes are often treated as foundational…