Supersessionalism

Have the Jews been Superseded or Replaced by the Church

Last modified 2023-11-25 21 pages, 5844 words

Verses used to support Replacement Theology (RT):

Heb 8:13; “Now when He said A NEW COVENANT, He hath made the first obsolete, and whatever is obsolete is growing old, and is ready to disappear”.

Way back in the Apostle Pauls’ day (30-60AD) The Jewish covenant was becoming obsolete and growing old was ready to disappear. It DID disappear in 70 AD when the temple came down. No covenant, means no way of relating to God, i.e. no longer any Jews. No man can invent his own covenant with God (Mormon, Jehovah Witness, Scientology, Hale Bob Comet, or any of the other cults and false religions i.e., Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Hedonist-Agnostic, Satanist, Nature Worshiper, etc.).

Only God gets to define how any creature (Angels, Demons, Men) get to relate to Him by a covenant (deal, contract, true religion I.e way of knowing Him personally and relating to Him intimately, “abba father” which translated into English would mean “daddy”). So the so-called Jews of today, are not free to claim “people of God,” “the chosen ones (of God)”, “Abrahams seed”, “the apple of Gods eye” status unless it fits in with the Bible. And the Bible says God dis-owned the Jews way back in 70 AD, and that for all time. He replaced that old unfaithful bride (Satanic, in fact, and murderous of His new bride the Christians) with His new bride called the Christian Church.

Hebrews 10:9-14 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first (covenant), that he may establish the second (covenant). 10 By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are Sanctified. The first covenant (establishing Judaism) has been TAKEN AWAY, that He (God) may establish the second covenant which defines Christianity.

This is the REPLACEMENT part of Replacement Theology. Note, not co-existence, but REPLACEMENT. i.e. there are no Jews today. That covenant, way of relating to God, has ended, He wont allow it anymore. Jesus is the only door, not via animal sacrifices, to atone for sin, nor thru the blood of Abraham. And the so-called Jews of today continue to reject Jesus as the messiah, let alone their Lord and Savior. The Old Covenant was a mere type or foreshadowing of what was to come. Now that, that which is perfect has come, the old has been done away.

Matthew 21:33ff Parable of the Landowner 33Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, dug a wine press, built a tower, put a wall around it, rented it out to vine- growers (share-croppers, KJV says “husbandmen”) and went on a journey. 34When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves (prophets) to the vine-growers (share croppers) to receive his produce. 35 The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again he sent another group of slaves (prophets) larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. 37But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 38But when the vine-growers saw the son (Jesus), they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.' 39They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers? 41They said to Him, He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the [proper] seasons. 42Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The Stone Which The Builders Rejected, Has Became The Chief Corner [stone]; This Has Come About From The Lord, And It Is Marvelous In Our Eyes'? 43Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, (KJV says “NATION”, greek says “ethnos”) producing the fruit of it. 44And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces (all Christians get broken and have to die to self); but on whomever it falls (The Jews in 70 AD), it will scatter him like dust (Roman Diaspora).

In this parable Jesus says the Jews will be REPLACED by an "ethnos" a NATION yielding the fruit of it. That ethnos or "people" is the Christians.

John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. John 4:20 Our fathers (The Samaritans) worshipped in this mountain; and ye say (you Jews), that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. John 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. (This answered the age old question, of which holy place was the proper one for them to worship at. I.E. Jerusalem. Ye worship ye know not what is a put down.) John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. John 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. the hour cometh, when “Holy Place” worship will end, (LIKE IN JERUSALEM at the temple) and instead true worshipers will worship God IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

(Implying that neither the Samaritans on their mountain, nor even the Jews at Jerusalem at that time were worshiping the Father in TRUTH). Even as every so-called Jew, bowing at the wailing wall today is fake worship. In fact, instead of true worship happening, this was more the reality.

Luke 13:33 In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day--for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Ephesians 2:14 For he (Jesus) is our peace (peace between Jew and Gentile), who hath made both (Jew and Gentile) one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

This means no more Jews, no more Gentiles. Just Christians and UnBelievers. We do see Jews all over the New Testament, but that is because 70 AD had not yet come. During the N.T. both covenants were in force concurrently. One could be a valid Jew or a true Christian. One could even be both at the same time i.e. the Apostle Paul. But this is not true today.

Romans 9:6-8 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED.” 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.

Conclusion: the children of the flesh, (i.e. the so called Jews whose confidence is in the flesh i.e. their blood line back to Abraham) these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. and who are the "children of the promise" none but Christians.

Galatians 3:29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

This verse calls for the Christian Jews to come out of Judaism, to dis- associate with her, lest the Christians receive her plagues, (which plagues were coming upon her (Judaism) in 70 AD). The BIGGEST plague that the Christians would escape would be the siege of Jerusalem. The next “surrounding of Jerusalem by armies” would be by the Roman General Cestius in 66 AD. Even though the Jews would get the initial victory over the Romans, this was the last chance to flee Jerusalem (while Simons’ army was busy chasing after the Romans). After this, everyone who didn’t join in on the rebellion, who didn’t join with the Zealots, was called a Roman sympathizer and had their property siezed and they would be killed by the Zealots to silence their protests. See Luke 21:20-28.

Josephus commented on this humiliating defeat of Cestius: "After this catastrophe had befallen Cestius, many of the distinguished Jews abandoned the city like swimmers from a sinking ship." [Wars 2.556 (2.20.1)] Nov 66 – The peace-loving folks swam away from the city, as from a ship when it was going to sink. [Wars 2.556 (2.20.1)] The moderates knew that it was now only a matter of time before the Roman war machine would return in full force. They fled to the hills [Josephus Wars 2.556 (2.20.1), see also Life of Josephus 5-6, and Life of Josephus 22-24]. Anyone who stayed in Jerusalem and Judea after this was begging for trouble. It was now evident to all that there was no way to avert a full-scale military response from Rome.

Below is the strong delusion alluded to by II Thessalonians 2:11 Nov 26-27, AD66 – When the Zealots discovered the trick the next morning, they quickly overpowered and killed the remaining 400 Roman soldiers, and pursued the Roman force which was now camped at Antipatris. In their haste to flee, the Romans left behind most of their heavy weaponry, war engines, and supplies. The Zealots plundered it all, and went “running and singing” back to Jerusalem believing this victory was a sign that God was going to deliver them from the Roman yoke. The Romans suffered heavy casualties on this retreat: 5300 soldiers, including 480 cavalry. [Wars 2.554-555 (2.19.9) and Wars 3.9 (3.2.1)] [Wars 2.555 (2.19.9)] (Heshvan 9-10, Nov 26-27, AD 66) Authors comment: The delusion was that God was with the Zealots. That they could win against the Romans, just like the Maccabees had defeated the Greeks a century or so, earlier, just like Josiah and Hezekiah got delivered when Jerusalem was surrounded.

For more on the strong delusion, see God will send them Strong Delusion

Luke 8:18 So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him. Jews “think they have a covenant with God” they do at the time of the New Testament writing 27-66 AD, but it will be TAKEN AWAY.

Christians have a covenant (relationship) with God, and to them, more will be given. Note, this is replacement theology, not two concurrent covenants (Jewish Abrahamic covenant, and Christianity) growing up together side by side until Jesus 2 nd (physical) coming, as the Dispys believe. Dispys [i.e. Dispensationalists] will object at verse

Luke 21:27 “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”

Not recognizing that God claims to “come” in vengeance many times in the Old Testament, via his “day of the Lord” or via “the stars falling” or via the “sun being darkened” and this was a similar coming in vengeance (See Isaiah 13:1-17, Is 19:1, Ezek 32:3-11, Joel 2, “day of the Lord, day of clouds” Zeph 1,2, Jer 4:6-13, Lamantations 1:22-2:9, )

Luke 21:22 For these (66-70AD) be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

That is vengeance by God, upon the Jews (for persecuting Christianity, the new bride). Modern day Christians will ask “vengeance for what”. (consider the two verses below)

Revelation 6:9-11 9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. 10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

1 Thes 2:14 For you brethren became like the churches of God which are in Judea, for you suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen (the Thessalonians) even as they did of the Jews, who both killed the Lord Jesus, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but are hostile to all men, hindering us from preaching to the Gentiles that they may be saved, with the result that they ALWAYS fill up the measure of their sins. But WRATH HAS COME UPON THEM TO THE UTTERMOST.

Note, "utmost" wrath is not just another Babylonian diaspora, but it is a permanent divorce by Jesus, abolishing their very covenant with God, ending that type-of-Christ, now that Christ has come.

2 Cor 1:20 In Christ are all the promises of God, Yea and Amen.

Does that include the land promises to Israel? Are the Jews currently “In Christ” Only "in Christ" are ALL the promises of God honored. Modern day so- called Jews adamantly reject Jesus Christ. In no way are they "in Christ" so the land promises and Abrahamic "bless them that bless thee and curse them that curse thee" promise cannot apply to modern day so-called Jews. Interestingly enough, it WOULD apply to the true Jews, the Church.

Pro Dispy Verses (anti-RT), aka Objections:

Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Nope, as of the 50’s when this epistle was written, God had NOT YET cast away His people. But in 70 AD He would. Also, who are His People? They get redefined as the new Bride of Christ, i.e. the Christians, whom God will never cast off, because He has written His law in our hearts, and He dwells amongst us and has sent His Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth. Romans 11:28, 29 but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

Note: the “they” here in verse 28 can only mean elect Jews pre 70 AD, who have yet to be saved. Currently they are considered enemies of the gospel. This is based on the “them” of the preceding verse who get their sins taken away and the “they” in verse 31 where they are shown mercy. Reprobate Jews (ethnic and national Israel) do not get their sins taken away, nor are they shown mercy, they are shown justice. Only elect or remnant Jews get shown mercy and get their sins paid for (taken away). So verse 28 might look like it is talking about all Jews, but it is not. It refers only to elect Jews pre 70 AD.

Romans 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

The word “for” here establishes the causality. A is true “for” or because of B. Because the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable towards His elect, therefore

“from the standpoint of God's choice (election) they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

and what fathers are we talking about. Both Christians and Jews would say Abraham is included in the list of the fathers. And who are the true sons of Abraham? See previous discussion (page 4)

about Gal 4:21- 30; Romans 9:6-8, Galatians 3:26,29; Genesis 12:1-3

The Land is Israel's "FOREVER" Genesis 48:3,4,5 i.e. The Land is Israel's "EVERLASTING POSSESSION"

This promise to give them the land was fulfilled under Josh 21:43. But it was a scholarship, not a sale of real estate or ownership transference. The Jews could lose their scholarship by not keeping their “grades up” (obedience up).

Jer 31:36 Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The Lord of hosts is His name: 36 “If this fixed order departs From before Me,” declares the Lord, “Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Note, God counts cursing you for your disobedience and giving the promise to your more faithful children as fulfilling His original promise, as with Israel made to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until all that old generation died off, then God brought their kids (whom they said would be a prey to the Canaanites) into the land.

The analogy for today is the “offspring of Israel” is Christianity. We are that holy nation, royal priesthood, people set apart. ‘The former (disobedient) generation (called The Jews) was allowed to die out, and their children (the Christian Church) was brought into the promised land (figuratively speaking). Thus God considers that as being faithful to His “forever” promise of Jer 31:36 and all other “given the land for an everlasting possession” promises. Including: Jeremiah 33:14-25 Where God promises to “cause a righteous branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth... Jerusalem will be called THE LORD IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”. This can only be referring to Jesus Christ. Likewise in Jer 33 when God says in

verse 18 “and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices continually ... 20 “If you can break My covenant for the day and night so that they will not be at their appointed time, 21 then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister before me.

Here, God is referring to the remnant, i.e. Christians. We know that the Book of Hebrews tells us that the Levitical priesthood was ineffective at taking away sin (Heb 10:9-14) yet Christians are the new priesthood (after the order of Melchizedek), thru the priesthood of all believers. Try conveying this concept to 600BC Israelites. The easiest way is to figuritively speak of the Christian priesthood of all believers, as “Levites” here in Jeremiah. Yet many a fundamentalist Christian of today insists that these verses in Jeremiah 33 call for a “forever tribe of Judah and forever Levites” thus they mistakenly believe that O.T. Jews still exist today. They err by taking Jer 33 too literally. Further proof that God considers Christianity to be the “Israel of God” today is found in James 1:1 (the 12 tribes here cannot be Judaism, per

James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Now I ask you. Does this sound like Christians getting exhorted here, or Jews? Some might respond "Both". Yes, when Jews start having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ (i.e. w/o respect of persons) then they become Christians. My point exactly, that James 1:1 is talkin NOT about Jews, as the 12 tribes scattered abroad, but about Christians.

Consider also

James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

it can only mean Christians. The 12 tribes of Jews scattered abroad are NOT going to be patient for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Conclusion, the 12 tribes of James 1:1 are Christians, NOT Jews.

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumscision, but a new creature. 6:16, "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, even upon the Israel of God."

Note, who is the “Israel of God”, here. Not the Jews. Also, if the Jewish covenant is still valid today, how can Paul say “neither circumcision availeth anything”. It is the very defining act of their old covenant. Which most fundamentalist preachers of today say is co-existent with the Christian covenant of today. Why would circumcision be necessary for a while, to maintain the old covenant with Yahweh in the O.T. days but now circumcision “availeth nothing” in the maintenance of the covenant that the Jews are claiming to be under today? It is the same Old Covenant with Abraham that required circumcision.

The answer is, circumcision availeth nothing today (Paul is speaking as if 70 AD had already come) because that O.T. covenant was done away in 70 AD. If it were in force and active, then circumcision would availeth much. After all, what advantage hath the Jew? Great in every way Paul says, (Romans 3:1,2 and Romans 9:4,5) But this was back in the day when Judaism had a valid covenant with Yahweh. Jesus came along and plundered the strong mans house, transferring these riches to the church (His new bride). The so-called Jews of today still think that circumcision “availeth much” and all the deceived fundamentalists Christians still think that circumcision still “availeth much” today for the so-called Jews, but Paul says no,“circumcision availeth nothing”.

Paul knows that, that covenant, that way of relating to God, went away in 70 AD. And you are only fooling yourself, or trying to deceive everyone else, by exercising that old covenant sign. This is not to put down Modern Day Christians who continue to circumcise for urinary cleanliness reasons, not for religious reasons. In fact, the author of this paper was circumcised, as a baby, not for religious reasons, but to get rid of the Urine trapping foreskin. Who wants to pull back a 1 inch of skin everytime they take a leak. I’m glad my parents told the doctors to circumcised me, and all my brothers.

Now, one might ask, How do we deal with the “forever” promises above? Jeremiah 18 Gods rule spelled out in detail, for blessing repentant nations and cursing disobedient nations IN SPITE OF HIS ORIGINAL PROMISES TO THEM. Pastors like to say “Gods love for you is unconditional”. Well that is true to a certain extent, but it has its limits. He did front you a life, and a measure of health, and some limited time on His beautiful planet called earth, and give you limited pleasures (taste, touch, smell, sight) etc. That all was unconditional. But to continue in covenant with Him you need to respond in obedience and love. “every tree that beareth not good fruit will be hewn down and cast into the fire”. Your future with God is NOT UNCONDITIONAL. It is VERY CONDITIONAL.

Deut.28 put curses on Israel if she doesn't obey, proving God blesses Israel CONDITIONALLY. She will get kicked out of the land if she disobeys. And disobedient Israel today, CERTAINLY has not embraced the Son (Jesus) yet, and thus doesn't deserve to be back in the land. But the land is available for any secular nation to conquer and hold, that can. That is so- called “Israel” today. Completely secular, like China or Pakistan, no covenant with God, just trying to deceive all the Christians into thinking they are the original Jews.

1 Kings 9:6,7 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

This is Gods CONDITIONAL promise of curse to Solomon.

In Is 50:1 God divorced Israel, yet he would take her back one more time after the Babylonian captivity, but in the New Testament we see Jesus cursing the fig tree saying "let no man ever eat fruit from you again" and in Matt 24 stating that her house would be left to her desolate, meaning after the 70 AD Roman destruction of Jerusalem, God never takes the Jews back, in fact He dissolves them since that type of the bride of Christ is no longer needed, now that the actual bride (the church) has arrived.

In Jer 3:8 we have more divorce talk from Jesus in the O.T. Dispys like to point to verse Jer 3:12 "and I will not keep anger for ever." and say "Look, see, God does love the Israel "so called Jews" of today. But they fail to look at the context of the verse. Gods "not keeping anger" is dependent on Israels' repentance. The so called Jews of today have never repented, and continue to scorn His son Jesus.

I Samuel 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

God doesn't "go back" on a "forever" promise to Ely the priest, rather He enforces the true nature of all His "forever" promises. They are scholarships, which can be lost and given to another more deserving, thru your disobedience.

Phil 3:2,3 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; 3:3 for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

(Paul goes on to explain just what “putting confidence in the flesh” means. He was a super Jew, had the pedigree, pharisee class, as to zeal persecuting the church.) This verse shows you who the "false circumcision" is, and who the "true circumcision" is. So-called Jews vs the Church.

Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God

This says the so-called Jews of today are not really Jews, in Gods eyes. This verse is totally ignored by our Dispy friends and virtually all fundamentalist pastors.

Mt 23:29-38 29 "See your house is left to you Desolate"

meaning the Temple. And Just reorganizing an unrepentant nation in 1948, genociding innocent Arab neighbors till you occupy most of your former territory by fake "so called" Jews and rebuilding the temple to go back to the type and shadow of animal sacrifices but not repenting and embracing Jesus, doesn't get your covenant-with-God status back. In fact it should build more anger from the Almighty, yet the gullible Christians of today, not knowing their Bibles, believe the so-called Jews when they say they are still the "apple of Gods eye".

Matthew 24:34 "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."

A generation in the Bible is 40 years (see below). if Jesus died in say 30 AD, then 30 plus 40 years brings us down to 70 AD when “all these things” in Matt 24 were fulfilled by the Roman invasion of Judea under Vespasian and Titus, per the eminent historian Josephus. Josh 5:6 a generation in the Bible is 40 years Hebrews 3:9,10 a generation in the Bible is 40 years Yes, for those who object to

Mt 24:29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

This verse refers to the guiding lights (religious and political) of 70 AD Israel. That would be the high priest, and the political rulers of the day. These are the “powers of the heavens (high places)” that will be shaken.

2 Samuel 21:17 Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

See also Is 13:10. God knows that something as huge as a star cannot literally “fall to earth” It would burn it up long before the 100 times larger stars engulfed the earth. It would be more like the earth falling into the stars. Nor can the stars fall down without landing on earth, just get wiped away. That would mean either the whole universe went dark (got destroyed, which scripture doesn’t indicate) or all the stars light got blocked from the surface of the earth, perhaps by some world wide encircling dust cloud, which would pretty much be the end of planet earth as we know it, unless this blockage was only for an hour or so.

Now which makes more sense, to interpret Mt 24:29 figuratively and call the guiding lights, political leaders as is done in the Old Testament, or to invent some new planetary catastrophy like an all enveloping dust cloud? Consider also

Job 38:7 and remember “Lucifer O star of the morning, how hast thou fallen”. Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Lights doesn’t always mean literally lumens, sometimes it has a spiritual meaning. Like “Jesus, light of the world”.

Next you will object to verse 30 “and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory...” Here again, you need to spiritualize it, dont take it literally, Jesus doesn’t need to ride a cloud, nor a literal horse as in the book of Revelation. Undoubtedly John saw Jesus on a horse, in the vision, but we are to give it a spiritual meaning. Try riding a literal horse with even a light 5 pound sword coming out of your mouth, and see who gets hurt first, the horse’s neck or you. So dont look for an Acts 1:9 coming here. Rather look for a cloud coming like always happens in the Old Testament.

Isaiah 19:1 The oracle concerning Egypt Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. Psalm 104:3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; Matthew 24:28 "For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together."

Where DEAD Jerusalem was, there expect to see the Roman eagles (ensigns leading the legions).

1 Pet 4:7 The end of all things is at hand.

All things here meant the end of all the things that the Jews of the early first century were familiar with. Their Temple, Priesthood, Ceremonial Law, and indeed very Covenant with Yahweh. The end of Judaism. From now on God has broken down the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile, he has made the two into one.

All the types of Christ are expired and done away with, now that Christ has come. Likewise all the types of the Bride of Christ are fulfilled and done away with (Judaism) now that Christianity has come. There was a small overlap period from 27 to 70 AD when both brides were alive on planet earth at the same time. Which is why the New Testament talks like there are still Jews walking around in its day.

 II Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens (spiritual firmament, boundary between God and Man) shall pass away with a great noise (roar, some trannys say, think the temple crashing down), and the elements ( follow every usage of the Greek here, “elemental things”) shall melt with fervent heat, the earth (Greek gamma eta can also be translated “land”, i.e. land of Israel is meant here) also and the works (Jewish religion was a works based religion) that are therein shall be burned up.

Summary, end of the Jewish age.

1 Peter 2:7 this precious value, then, (the value of jesus) is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, (specifically the Jews, here) the stone which the builders rejected, (that would be the Jewish leadership) This Became The Very Corner Stone, 8 And, A Stone Of Stumbling And A Rock Of Offense; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (gentiles at this time, did not even know the word, nor could be expected to be obedient to it, but the jews had the word) and to this doom they were also appointed.

i.e. the end of Jewry HAD TO HAPPEN. It was fore-ordained by God. To end the type; of the bride of Christ when the real bride of Christ showed up. I.E. Christianity who is in love with the son. Jewry despises the son.

Luke 19:38 (Jesus disciples) Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Note: those inscribed on His hands are the Christians, i.e. the elect, for whom Christ died. Dispys like to try to use this verse to “prove” that God will NEVER abandon the Jews. Also, this verse proves Calvinisms 3 rd point (Limited Atonement). If Christ died for the sins of each and every man on the planet (fundamentalism’s mis interpretation of “died for the sins of the whole world 1 st John 2:2 which should have been interpreted “died for the sins of all nations, not just yours”) then Isaiah 49:14 is meaningless. It means Jesus wont forget about each and every man, for He has inscribed each and every man on the palms of His hands.

Gal 4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law (return to Judaism), do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bond-woman, the other by a free-woman. ... 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh (Ishmael) then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (Isaac) even so it is now. (Jews persecuting Christians) 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman (cast the Jews out of the covenant with Yahweh, which happened in 70 AD) and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman."

Rev 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged (in 70 AD) the great whore, (harlot, NASB) which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (this can ONLY be Jerusalem, per Matt 23:29 ff)

Mark 11:12 On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. 13 Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!”

Note, “NEVER”. Israel symbolized by the fig tree (Lk 13:6 and Joel 1:6) has been cursed by Jesus, FOREVER, the old bride Judiasm will NEVER bear Godly fruit again. That is because she was a type of the Bride of Christ, but she has been replaced by the new bride i.e. Christianity.

Mark 11:20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

Since they were heading back to Jerusalem in the morning and passing by the same fig tree some scholars speculate that "this mountain" Jesus was referring to was the Jews glorified mountain, i.e. the temple, gleaming in their sight as they headed towards Jerusalem. In the Book of Revelation, the Land = Judaism and the Sea = the Gentiles. The Land beast is Herod, and the Sea Beast is Nero. When the Roman army (gentiles) left no stone unturned on the Jewish Temple it was the equivalent of symbolically uprooting the mountain (Temple) and casting it into the sea (gentiles).

"From the roots up" is also significant. Ask yourself “why does God include in the Bible “From the roots up”? That phrase doesn’t have to be there. When Jesus said I am the Vine, you are the branches, he meant He was the source of all our life, (water, nutrition, in this case). If the roots are no longer providing sustenance for the fig tree, it symbolizes God abandoning ethic-national Israel.)

Luke 13:6 And He began telling this parable: “A man (Jesus) had a fig tree (Israel) which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7 And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years (time of Jesus ministry thus far) I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down. Rev 2:21 and I gave her time to repent’” Israel got cut down, permanently and forever, due to lack of fruit. Per John the Baptists warning in Mt 3:5

Mt 3:5 Then Jerusalem was going out to him (John the Baptist), and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; 6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8“Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; 9and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 10“The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 12“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; KJV says Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

This was no idle threat by John the Baptist. The wrath to come in verse 7 is not hell, because it is every evangelists duty to warn his hearers about hell. John would never have chided his hearers “who warned you to flee from hell” rather he was talking about the 70 AD wrath to come. Verse 9 he told the Jews to not trust in their blood line back to Abraham, the same error the so-called Jews of today make. They dont trust in Jesus for their salvation, they trust in their “sons of Abraham” status. Verse 11 this time (unlike the Babylonian Diaspora) the Jews dont get the dry bones treatment and are allowed to form a nation again (Ezra, Nehemiah), no this time they get thrown into the fire, permanent death. Verse 12, Jesus purging His threshing floor is tossing out the chaff (Jews) and keeping the wheat (Christians) permanently, and this happened in their lifetime, even in 70 AD. No idle threat indeed!

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Note: the temple with its surrounding buildings looked like the male part of a millstone. (like a mexican hat or sombrero). The Sea here symbolizes the Gentiles (just as the land in Rev. symbolizes the Land of Israel). That great city is Jerusalem or Judaism, (the holy city is the church). See discussion about Babylon above that ties it to the harlot, the woman riding on the beast, the city where our Lord was crucified. The Great city in Revelation is Jerusalem, the holy city in Revelation is the Church. The part of this verse that supports RT (Replacement Theology) is and shall be found no more at all. Jesus commentary on Rabbinical Judaism back in His day, and they have only gotten worse today (2019).

I John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Do the so-called Jews of today deny that Jesus is the Christ (messiah)? They sure do. Just ask them. For those of you who are still hung up on the “race” issue, and think that the so-called Jews of today have even 1 drop of Abrahams blood running thru their veins, consider:

1. The so-called Jews of today (of which Zionists are a smaller subset, i.e. those who believe they still own the promised land, i.e. Palestine) dont follow the Torah (first five books of the Bible), they follow the Talmud, and the Mishnah, and Zohar, all traditions and interpretations of Scripture, by various Rabbi's down through the ages. All in the same school of thought, Messiah has not yet come, or the Jewish people are Gods messiah, but that Jesus Christ was a deceiver, and was rightly put to death, that the goy (gentiles) are subhuman and as such can be our pedofile subjects, sex slaves, human cattle to be farmed for interest on the dollar, beasts of labor to be taken advantage of, and used as they wish. Even in Jesus day, they were starting to deviate in a major way from the intent of Scripture.

Ye do vainly set aside the commandments of God for the traditions of men if ye had believed Moses, you would have believed Me.

The war of words was heating up towards the end of Jesus ministry, as He called them whitewashed tombs full of dead mens bones; a "synagogue of Satan"; "of your father the devil"; "sons of the murderers of the prophets who will "fill up" the measure of their wrath; for it cannot be that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem. Etc.

2. God diaspora'd them for a reason. As part of His 70 AD judgment on the Jews. He kicked them out of the land of Palestine, for a reason. To show His wrath and judgment on the Jews to the world, and to stay faithful to His Deuteronomic promises of blessings and cursings. And to clear the ground for the church. Clear out an enemy, so the church could start out growing unmolested in the kingdom age. She has "trainers", now (cults, and corrupt thieves and swindlers who are phonys who call themselves "Jews"), and those who waste and spoil her due to her sin and negligence in guarding the garden. God doesn't want any part of a special people occupying a special land and modeling that as "priests to the nations" anymore, with a central sanctuary or special building that supposedly contains God (holy of holies). The whole world is His special land, now. People from every tribe and nation make up his special people now, who worship Him in spirit and truth. He is unwilling to go back to the old model.

And what special people would you put on that limited piece of land, anyway? Descendants of Abraham? What a joke!

3. James B Jordan www.BiblicalHorizons.com says: When God called Abraham and made him a priest to the gentile nations, He commanded him to use the sign of circumcision to mark out the Hebrews from the other nations. Abraham’s household at this time included at least 318 fighting men (Gen 14:14), as well as their wives and children, and possibly many more servants. All of these men were circumcised. We see these servants mentioned in the book of Genesis several times (Gen 26:19ff; 32:16), and when Jacob (under Joseph) went down to sojourn in Egypt, so many people went with him that they had to be given the whole land of Goshen to dwell in. Genesis 46 provides a list of only about 70 actual blood descendants of Abraham who went into Egypt.

Thus, from the very beginning, the Israelites were defined by covenant, not by blood and race. The same was true for each of the tribes within Israel. A Levite was not necessarily a blood descendant of Levi, but more likely was a descendant of one of the patriarchs’ servants who was part of Levi’s company. Only a small percentage of Levites would actually have been descendants of Levi. These several thousand people became over two million by the time of the exodus 215 years later. Only a small percentage of the people who came out of Egypt had any racial connection with Abraham. Moreover, added to the company of Israel at this time was a vast mixed multitude, many of whom became circumcised members of the nation, and therefore members of individual tribes as well.

There was another admixture of converts in the time of David and Solomon. Think of Uriah the Hittite, for example. Then again, the book of Esther tells us that during and after the Exile, many more gentiles became Jews (Esth.8:17).
What this means is that Abraham’s blood is not the defining mark of a Hebrew/Israelite/Jew. They were a nation formed by covenant, not a race formed by blood. True, Jesus Himself was a true blood descendant of Abraham, and His genealogy is important for theological reasons, but not necessarily all Jews could trace their genealogy biologically to Abraham.

Remember too, that when a pure blood Jew who theoretically has 100 percent of Abrahams blood in his veins, marries a Gentile, their children now are only 50% Jew by blood. If those kids intermarry with gentiles, the blood percent goes to 25%. Halving each time, you quickly get down to below 1% in not very many generations. Think how long it has been since Abrahams day, and how much intermarrying has gone on since then. The average so- called Jew of today probably has not even .0000001 % of Abrahams blood in him. And if he tries to legally prove his lineage back to Abraham, he cannot. The temple records of genealogy were destroyed for a reason, by Yahweh. Now such legal proofs are reduced to “my grandmother said” (hear-say in court), and twenty generations ago, I know my grandfathers last name was Cohen (circumstantial, anybody can change their name to Cohen), etc. These are not the kind of birth records that stand up in court, e.g. baptismal records or 3rd party verified and preferably in writing, records, etc.

Lastly, consider the argument that Revelation has ceased, for both parties, Jews and Chistians.

Christians have prophets down to John writing Revelation in 62-63 AD. And that is just the last of the INSCRIPTURATED prophets. Try telling Constantine that he didn't see a cross in the sky and hear IN THIS SIGN CONQUER. Tell Joan of Arc that she never heard voices. Try telling the Catholic church that Fatima never occurred. Just read Foxes Book of Martyers. The Russian Orthodox Church has even more supernatural saints stories than the Catholics do. Of course these were all private revelations, not meant to be permanent public prophets, nor inscripturated, but the Bride of Christ still gets regular communication from God. What of the Jews?

If the Jews are Gods chosen people today, where are their prophets, after Malachi? Oh they might say, God still speaks to us thru urin and thumin. Of this William Whiston, commenting in Josephus says: Antiquities (book 3 I think) Chap 8 page 77

8. But Moses refused all that honor which he saw the multitude ready to bestow upon him, and attended to nothing else but the service of God. He went no more up to Mount Sinai; but he went into the tabernacle, and brought back answers from God for what he prayed for. His habit was also that of a private man; and in all other circumstances he behaved himself like one of the common people, and was desirous to appear without distinguishing himself from the multitude, but would have it known that he did nothing else but take care of them. He also set down in writing the form of their government, and those laws, by obedience whereto, they would lead their lives so as to please God, and so as to have no quarrels one among another. However, the laws he ordained were such as God suggested to him; so I shall now discourse concerning that form of government, and those laws.

9. I will now treat of what I before omitted, the garment of the high priest: for he [Moses] left no room for the evil practices of [false] prophets; but if some of that sort should attempt to abuse the divine authority, he left it to God to be present at his sacrifices when he pleased, and when he pleased to be absent.* And he was willing this should be known, not to the Hebrews only, but to those foreigners also who were there. For as to those stones, which we told you before, the high priest bare on his shoulders, which were sardonyxes, (and I think it needless to describe their nature, they being known to everybody,) the one of them shined out when God was present at their sacrifices; I mean that which was in the nature of a button on his right shoulder, bright rays darting out thence, and being seen even by those that were most remote; which splendour yet was not before natural to the stone. This has appeared a wonderful thing to such as have not so far indulged themselves in philosophy, as to despise Divine Revelation. Yet will I mention what is still more wonderful than this: for God declared beforehand, by those twelve stones which the high priest bare on his breast, and which were inserted into his breastplate, when they should be victorious in battle; for so great a splendour shone forth from them before the army began to march, that all the people were sensible of God’s being present for their assistance. Whence it came to pass that those Greeks, who had a veneration for our (Israels') laws, because they could not possibly contradict this, called that breastplate the Oracle. Now this breastplate, and this sardonyx, left off shining two hundred years before I (Josephus) composed this book, God having been displeased at the transgressions of his laws. Of which things we shall further discourse at a fitter opportunity; but I will now go on with my proposed narration.

* Of this strange expression, that Moses “left it to God to be present at his sacrifices when he pleased, and when be pleased to be absent,” see the note on b. ii. Against Apion, sect. 16.

1 These answers by the oracle of Urim and Thummim, which words signify light and perfection, or as the Septuagint render them, revelation and truth, and denote nothing further that I see, but the shining stones themselves, which were used, in his method of illumination, in revealing the will of God, after a perfect and true manner, to his people Israel: I say, these answers were not made by the shining of the precious stones, after an awkward manner, in the high priests breastplate, as the modern Rabbis' vainly suppose, for certainly the shining of the stones might precede or accompany the oracle, without itself delivering that oracle, (see Antiq. b. vi. chap. vi. sect. 4,) but rather by an audible voice from the mercy-seat between the Cherubims. See Prideaux’s Connect. at the year 534. This oracle had been silent, as Josephus here informs us, two hundred years before he wrote his Antiquities, or ever since the days of the last good high priest of the family of the Maccabees, John Hyrcanus. Now it is here very well worth our observation, that the oracle before us was that by which God appeared to be present with, and gave directions to, his people Israel as their king, all the while they submitted to him in that capacity; and did not set over them such independent kings as governed according to their own wills and political maxims, instead of divine directions.

Accordingly, we meet with this oracle (besides angelic and prophetic admonitions) all along from the days of Moses and Joshua to the anointing of San]. the first of the succession of the kings, (Num. xxvii. 21; Josh. vi. 6, &c.; xix. 50; Judges i. 1; xviii. 4, 5, 6, 30, 31; xx. 18, 23, 26, 27, 28; xxi. 1, &c.; 1 Sam. i. 17, 18; iii. per tot. iv. per tot. ;) nay, till Saul’s rejection of the divine commands in the war with Amalek. when he took upon him to act as he thought fit, (1 Sam. Xiv. 3, 18, 19, 36, 37;) then this oracle left Saul entirely, (which indeed he had seldom consulted before, 1 Sam. xiv. 35 ; 1 Chron. x. 24; xiii. 3; Antiq. b. vii. chap. iv. sect. 2,) and accompanied David, who was anointed to succeed him, and who consulted God by it frequently, and complied with its directions constantly. (1 Sam. Xiv. 37, 41 ; xv. 26 ; xxii. 13, 15; xxiii. 9,10; xxx. 7, 8, 18; 2 Sam. ii. 1; v.19, 23; xxi. 1; 14; 1 Chron. Xiv. 10,14; Antiq. b. vi. chap. xii. sect. 5.) Saul, indeed, long after his rejection by God, and when God had given him up to destruction for his disobedience, did once afterwards endeavor to consult God when it was too late; but God would not then answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets, (1 Sam. Xxviii. 6.)

Nor did any of David’s successors. the kings of Judah, that we know of, consult God by this oracle, till the very Babylonish‘ captivity itself, when those kings were at an end; they taking upon them, I suppose, too much of despotic power and royalty, and too little owning the God of Israel for the supreme King of Israel, though a few of them consulted the prophets sometimes, and were answered by them. At the return of the two tribes, without the return of the kingly government, the restoration of this oracle was expected, see Neh, vii. 63; 1 Esd. v. 40; 1 Macc. iv. 46; xiv 41 And indeed it may seem to have been restored for some time after the Babylonish captivity at least in the days of that excellent high priest, John Hyrcanus, whom Josephus esteemed as a king, a priest, and a prophet; and who, he says, foretold several things that came to pass accordingly ; but about the time of his death, he here implies, that this oracle quite ceased, and not before.

The following high priests now putting diadems on their heads, and ruling according to their own will, and by their own authority, like the other kings of the Pagan countries about them; so that while the God of Israel was allowed to be the supreme King of Israel, and his directions to be their authentic guides, God gave them such directions as their supreme king and governor; and they were properly under a theocracy, by this oracle of Urim, but no longer, (see Dr Bernard’s notes here ;) though I confess I cannot but esteem the high priest Jaddus’s divine dream, (Antiq. b. xi. Chap. viii. sect. 4,) and the high priest Caiphas’s most remarkable prophecy, (John i. 47-52,) as two small remains or specimens of this ancient oracle, which properly belonged to the Jewish high priests: nor perhaps ought we entirely to forget that eminent prophetic dream of our Josephus himself, (one next to ahigh priest, as of the family of the Asamoneans or Maccabees,) as to the succession of Vespasian and Titus to the Roman empire, and that in the days of Nero, and before either Galba. Otho, or Vitellius were thought of to succeed him. (Of the War, h. iii. chap. viii. Sect. 9.) This, I think, may be well looked on as the very last instance of any thing like the prophetic Urim among the Jewish nation, and just preceded their fatal desolation:

Conclusion:

So, with the passing away of the Old Covenant, there is no longer any such thing as a Jew in the Biblical sense, unless by “True Jews” we mean Christians. (and that is too confusing for modern man, It is better to keep the terms “Jew” and “Christian” separate). There is no Jewish covenant, (way of relating to God, path to salvation) and incidentally there also is no Jewish nation (people), i.e. no “race”. ...

Modern so-called Jews do not worship the God of the Old Testament. They are either secular humanists, or Talmudists, and the Talmud has no more relation to the Old Testament than does the Quran (Muslims holy book) or the Book of Mormon.

For what modern Judaism teaches about Christ, Mary and Christians go to: http://come-and-hear.com/dilling/chapt03.html For how evil Judaism has become today, watch the ex-Jew Brother Nathaniels videos on BitChute.com, and as far as good books go, read “Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil” by ex-Jew Gerard Menuhin. Or “The Jews and their Lies” by Martin Luther.

Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.