[quote]krillin wrote:
This will be my only post in this thread (for any who are interested, not sure if OP really is or is just spouting conspiracy theory for the heck of it).
It’s pretty clear what the New Testament says, that Jews currently are rejecting God because of rejecting Jesus, and consequently now is the time for the inclusion of the Gentiles to be part of God’s people (for those who believe), but He has a future plan for Israel when they will believe in the future. Read Romans chapters 9 - 11.
Romans 11:25-27
For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, so that you will not be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
The Deliverer will come from Zion,
He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
This is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.[/quote]
Christians are the Body of Christ. You quote scripture, but you lack theological understanding. You see:
“Out of Egypt, I called my son”-Matthew 2: 12-15
John says in Revelation 11:8 that Jerusalem is symbolically called “Sodom or Egypt”
Jesus is the only “Israel”, any other is fake.
Now, Jesus’ body was crucified. In fulfillment of scripture:
“Tear down this temple (His old body, the “Jewish one”) and rebuild it in three days”
Now the second temple that was torn down corresponds to his old body, and his New Body corresponds to the Church. The Third temple has already been rebuilt, which is the Christian Body. You see, roughly FORTY YEARS passed between Jesus’ crucifixion, and the second temple being destroyed (30 AD Crucifixion, 70 AD destruction of the temple). It was here the Jews wandered in the desert in fulfillment of scripture.
St. Paul’s letters were written before the second temple’s destruction, while John’s Gospel was written after. Why do you suppose John seems so “Antisemitic”
Conclusion: Israel has been restored in the form of the Christian Church.
“It is the Spirit that give life, the flesh is useless”-John 6:63
The spirit corresponding to Christians at Baptism, The Flesh corresponding to the Tribe of Judea.