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 Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and new covenants examined to distinguish Israel's judgement from the irrevocable purpose of God's promises.
God's Unfailing Faithfulness
Israel's judgement, preservation, and promised restoration examined as a public demonstration that God's faithfulness outlasts human failure.
How Supersessionism Took Root in the Early Church
The rise of supersessionist interpretation traced through early Christian history, from the increasingly Gentile Church to Justin, Origen, Chrysostom, and Augustine.
The New Testament Is a Very Jewish Story
The Jewish Messiah, apostles, Scriptures, covenants, and hopes which frame the New Testament's worldwide gospel brought back into view.
The Restoration of the Nation of Israel
Biblical regathering promises, Israel's modern national restoration, and the still-future spiritual renewal under Messiah examined together.
Does the New Testament Reaffirm Israel's Promises?
The Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Revelation examined to ask whether fulfilment in Christ confirms or cancels God's promises to Israel.
Are Gentile Believers Grafted into Israel?
Romans 11's olive tree examined to distinguish genuine Gentile participation in covenant blessing from becoming ethnic or national Israel.
Does Romans 2:28–29 Make Christians 'Spiritual Jews'?
Romans 2:28–29 examined in context to ask whether inward circumcision renames Gentile Christians or describes the believing Jewish remnant.
What Does 'They Are Not All Israel, Which Are of Israel' Mean?
Romans 9:6–8 examined within Paul's argument about promise, election, Israel's unbelief, and the future mercy of the nation.
Are Abraham's Seed and the Israel of God the Church?
Galatians 3 and 6 examined to distinguish the Church's full inheritance in Christ from the claim that it permanently replaces Israel.
Was the Kingdom Taken from Israel?
Matthew 21:43 examined alongside Jesus' later kingdom promises to distinguish judgement on unfaithful leaders from permanent covenant revocation.
Do All God's Promises Transfer to the Church?
Second Corinthians 1:20 and the biblical covenants examined to distinguish fulfilment in Christ from the exclusive transfer of Israel's promises.
No Shadow of Turning
God's unchanging character tested against the claim that Israel's promises may be reassigned while their original wording remains unfulfilled.
The Unshaken Truth of God's Promises
The series' cumulative conclusion: one gospel and one household of faith alongside God's irrevocable calling and future mercy for Israel.