Subject: “DID THE CHURCH REPLACE ISRAEL?”

1. The Nation of Israel will NEVER cease to exist!
Jeremiah 31:35-37; Matthew 24:34-35

2. God has NEVER forsaken Israel!
Isaiah 41:8-9, 17; 43:5-7; 45:25; 49:13-16; 54:6-8; Romans 11:1-2

3. The promise of a LAND is based on an everlasting covenant!
Genesis 15:18; 17:7-8; Psalm 105:8-11

4. God’s promises to ISRAEL are not based on their performance or merit!
Leviticus 26:40-45; Psalm 89:30-34

5. The Jewish people did NOT crucify Yeshua!
Psalm 118:22; Matthew 20:18-19; 21:42-46; John 18:12, 38-40; 19:6-7, 12, 14-15, 21-22; Acts 4:8-12; 5:28-32; 6:15; 7:51-52

6. The “ISRAEL of God” refers to Jewish Messianic believers!
Galatians 6:16

7. When a Jewish person becomes a believer in Yeshua, that person does NOT cease to be Jewish!
Galatians 3:28

8. The partial “blindness” of Israel does NOT eliminate their future salvation!
Isaiah 45:18-25; Romans 11:25-27

9. There is no “CHURCH” in the Old Testament!
Acts 7:38 (Greek: ekklesia – “assembly” used of the mob in Ephesus – Acts 19:41
and translates the Hebrew word “qahal” used of the congregation of Israel assembled for worship).

10. Jewish worship is NOT condemned in the New Testament! (Brit Hadashah)
I Corinthians 5:7-8; 15:20-23; Colossians 2:16-17

11. The judgments and events in the Book of Revelation were NOT fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple in 70 AD!
Matthew 24:1-2, 4-28; Luke 21:20-24

12. The return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel did NOT happen in 70 AD!
Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 30:3; 31:7-9; Ezekiel 36:24; Amos 9:13-15

13. The conversion of Israel at the end of the Tribulation did NOT happen in 70 AD!
Isaiah 44:21-23; 59:20-21; 62:11-12; Zechariah 12:10; 13:1; Romans 11:25-27

14. The phrase “some standing here” of Matthew 16:28 is referring to Peter, James, and John – cf. Matthew 17:1-8; John 1:14; II Peter 1:16-18

15. The words “this generation shall not pass” in Matthew 24:34-35 are referring to the Nation of Israel surviving the Tribulation.
Matthew 23:34-38; Luke 11:47-51

GOD HAS NEVER FORSAKEN HIS EVERLASTING PROMISES AND COVENANT TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL!

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