Israel and the Church: Why This Series Matters
Why the question reaches beyond prophecy to how we read Scripture, understand God's faithfulness, and relate to the Jewish people.
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Israel and the Church
God's faithfulness, the covenants, and the future of Israel
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A nineteen-part examination of supersessionism, the covenants, Romans 9–11, and Israel's continuing place in God's purpose.
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What Is Supersessionism, and Why Does It Matter?
Punitive, economic, and Christ-centred forms of supersessionism defined fairly before their shared conclusion is tested against Romans 9–11.
Are Israel and the Church Really the Same?
The one new man, Abraham's seed, and Romans 11's olive tree examined to distinguish equal standing in Christ from identity of calling.
Why Did Jesus Choose Twelve Apostles?
The Twelve examined as an Israel-shaped sign of faithful remnant, worldwide mission, and future renewal under Messiah.
Twelve Thrones and Twelve Tribes
Jesus' promise that the apostles will judge Israel's twelve tribes examined as evidence of Israel's future identity and Messiah's ordered kingdom.
Has God Abandoned Israel? What Do the Covenants Say?
The Mosaic covenant distinguished from the Abrahamic, Davidic, and new-covenant promises.
God's Unfailing Faithfulness
Whether Israel's failure permits the permanent reassignment of promises grounded in God's character.
How Supersessionism Took Root in the Early Church
The historical development of national displacement and anti-Jewish rhetoric in Christian interpretation.
The New Testament Is a Very Jewish Story
The Jewish Messiah, apostles, Scriptures, covenants, hopes, and first believers behind the worldwide gospel.
The Restoration of the Nation of Israel
Prophetic regathering, modern national restoration, and Israel's still-future spiritual renewal.
Does the New Testament Reaffirm Israel's Promises?
Israel's covenants, tribes, kingdom hope, and future mercy in the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles.
Are Gentile Believers Grafted into Israel?
The olive-tree argument and the distinction between sharing the root and becoming a natural branch.
Does Romans 2:28–29 Make Christians ‘Spiritual Jews’?
Paul's contrast between outward and inward Jewishness read in its immediate context.
What Does ‘They Are Not All Israel, Which Are of Israel’ Mean?
Romans 9:6–8 in Paul's argument about promise, election, unbelief, and Israel's privileges.
Are Abraham's Seed and the Israel of God the Church?
Galatians 3 and 6 examined without weakening either union with Christ or Paul's wording.
Was the Kingdom Taken from Israel?
Matthew 21:43, the wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and Israel's future.
Do All God's Promises Transfer to the Church?
What it means for every divine promise to be yea and amen in Christ.
No Shadow of Turning
Why fulfilment in Christ magnifies God's promises without making their recipients meaningless.
The Unshaken Truth of God's Promises
One gospel and one household of faith alongside God's irrevocable calling of Israel.