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Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
Are Abraham's Seed and the Israel of God the Church? Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing Galatians contains two of the strongest arguments for identifying the Church as Israel. First, Paul says that the promises were made to Abraham…
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Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…a unity so profound that it would have startled the ancient world. In Christ, Jewish and Gentile believers are reconciled to God in one body. Both possess the same Spirit, approach the same Father, and inherit salvation on the same basis. It also continues to speak of Israel, Ge…
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What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…he true temple, and mediator of the new covenant. The Church is united to Him. Jewish and Gentile believers therefore become one people, inherit the promises, and anticipate not merely one land but the renewed creation. On this reading, nothing has been cancelled. Everything has…
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What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…s Son, Israel's Messiah, and mediator of the new covenant. The Church possesses a genuine inheritance in Him. Gentile believers are not spectators looking through the window at another people's blessings. But a vital step remains unproved. Does fulfilment through Christ mean reas…
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Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…mcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name." —Romans 15:8-9 Confirmation can expand understa…
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Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…iestly and sacrificial blessings to believers who approach God through Christ. Jewish and Gentile Christians therefore enjoy genuine new-covenant forgiveness, the indwelling Spirit, and direct access to God. These are not borrowed blessings of uncertain ownership. They were secur…
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One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…ing whether Christ fulfils the promises. He does. Nor can it be settled by asking whether Gentile believers inherit in Him. We do. The decisive question is whether fulfilment in Christ and the formation of the Church require Israel's national identity and outstanding promises to…
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The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…n." —Matthew 21:37 Instead, the husbandmen recognised the heir and conspired to seize his inheritance. They cast him out of the vineyard and killed him (Matthew 21:38-39). Jesus then asked what the lord of the vineyard would do. His hearers supplied the sentence: "He will miserab…
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