1 00:00:02,710 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey there, welcome to this week's Out of 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: Zion podcast and I am your host, Dr. Susan Michael. 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: We are in the middle of a whole series about 4 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:21,020 Speaker 1: the rise of anti-Semitism and the crises that we are 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: facing in both the church and in Israel because of 6 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:32,450 Speaker 1: that and because of the rising biblical illiteracy. And so 7 00:00:32,490 --> 00:00:34,730 Speaker 1: I hope you've been listening in. And if not, please 8 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:39,340 Speaker 1: go back and listen to some of those introductory series 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,380 Speaker 1: before this one. 10 00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: Let's take a break and hear a message from one 11 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:52,350 Speaker 2: of our sponsors. Welcome to the Israel Answers series, connecting Israel, 12 00:00:52,690 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: the Bible, and you. Join Susan Michael as she explores 13 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,580 Speaker 2: timely issues and current events from a scriptural perspective to 14 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: equip the Christian world with a balanced and biblical response. 15 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to subscribe for future episodes, which will ignite 16 00:01:07,260 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: your faith and bring the Bible to life in your 17 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: everyday world. Now, let's join Susan with your Israel Answers. 18 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,550 Speaker 1: This week we're going to talk about the dangers of 19 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:28,170 Speaker 1: replacement theology. Now last week I shared what some of 20 00:01:28,209 --> 00:01:31,570 Speaker 1: the things that lead up to replacement theology, but I 21 00:01:31,610 --> 00:01:33,990 Speaker 1: want to spend a little bit more time talking about 22 00:01:34,069 --> 00:01:38,510 Speaker 1: it today. So what is replacement theology? It is any 23 00:01:38,590 --> 00:01:43,590 Speaker 1: theology that claims that God has rejected the Jewish people 24 00:01:43,709 --> 00:01:48,950 Speaker 1: because they rejected Jesus as Messiah and has replaced them 25 00:01:49,490 --> 00:01:54,250 Speaker 1: with the church in his plans and purposes. So I 26 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,890 Speaker 1: want to dissect this a little bit. First is the 27 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:02,510 Speaker 1: whole idea that the people of Israel have been rejected 28 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: for rejecting Jesus. Just a few points I want to 29 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,300 Speaker 1: make here about, number one, their rejection of Jesus. Do 30 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,610 Speaker 1: you know that many more Jews accepted Jesus than those 31 00:02:17,650 --> 00:02:22,190 Speaker 1: who rejected him first? So many were hailing him as 32 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:25,210 Speaker 1: king on his way into Jerusalem on what we call 33 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:31,110 Speaker 1: Palm Sunday. You know that story? The Sanhedrin panicked about it. 34 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: It was the Sanhedrin. They're the ones that turned Jesus 35 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: over to the Romans for execution. So let's talk about 36 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,870 Speaker 1: this for a minute. I have heard people say, ignorantly, 37 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: that the very people that hailed Jesus as king on 38 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:54,470 Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives turned against him in the courtyard 39 00:02:54,530 --> 00:02:57,150 Speaker 1: and called for his execution. And I don't believe that 40 00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:59,470 Speaker 1: to be true at all. I don't think that's accurate. 41 00:03:00,230 --> 00:03:04,450 Speaker 1: The people that were allowed into the courtyard where the 42 00:03:04,510 --> 00:03:08,889 Speaker 1: Sanhedrin was bringing their charges would have been people known 43 00:03:08,970 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: to the Sanhedrin and sort of a part of their group. 44 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,710 Speaker 1: These that were allowed believing in Jesus and hailing him 45 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:21,630 Speaker 1: as king would probably not have even been allowed to 46 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:27,970 Speaker 1: enter the courtyard. So let's get that straight. Now, who 47 00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:32,370 Speaker 1: was the Sanhedrin? Why did they do this? Yes, they 48 00:03:32,410 --> 00:03:37,540 Speaker 1: were the religious leaders. They ran the temple worship and all, 49 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,380 Speaker 1: but they were seen as the government body over the 50 00:03:41,420 --> 00:03:47,180 Speaker 1: Jewish population under the Roman Empire. And their job was 51 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: to keep peace so that the Roman Empire wouldn't come in. 52 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:55,980 Speaker 1: They were so brutal and clamped down on the Jewish people. 53 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: So they were very concerned about keeping the peace. And 54 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,450 Speaker 1: that is why they turned Jesus over for execution, because 55 00:04:05,570 --> 00:04:09,890 Speaker 1: they did not want him creating some kind of an uprising, 56 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:14,130 Speaker 1: which would have been an uprising against the Roman rule. 57 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: and it would have brought down the heavy fist of 58 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: the Romans. Now, I'm not excusing, I'm only explaining to 59 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: you what's going on behind the scenes. And they did 60 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:30,820 Speaker 1: this because there were so many Jewish people that were 61 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: believing in Jesus and acclaiming him. And then after Jesus' 62 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: resurrection and his ascension into heaven, we read in the 63 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: book of Acts about thousands of Jews in Jerusalem believing 64 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: who became part of the early church. The church was 65 00:04:48,260 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: all Jewish for about 10 years before the story of Cornelius, 66 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:57,469 Speaker 1: the first Gentile converting. It was a good 10 years 67 00:04:57,550 --> 00:05:01,109 Speaker 1: that the church was all Jewish, the apostles were all Jewish, 68 00:05:01,630 --> 00:05:05,390 Speaker 1: and they took the gospel to the Gentile world. So 69 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:09,690 Speaker 1: if this is the case, why would God reject them? 70 00:05:11,290 --> 00:05:17,070 Speaker 1: It doesn't actually make sense. And could God reject them? 71 00:05:17,690 --> 00:05:21,210 Speaker 1: The Apostle Paul said in Romans 11 that he was 72 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:25,219 Speaker 1: a Hebrew of the Hebrews, he was trained under Rabbi Gamliel, 73 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: and he dismantles the whole idea that Israel has been rejected. 74 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:36,900 Speaker 1: And he said very plainly, quote, has God rejected his people? 75 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:44,260 Speaker 1: And his answer was unequivocable. By no means. God has 76 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:50,739 Speaker 1: not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Okay, that's pretty clear. 77 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:57,050 Speaker 1: In another verse in Romans 11, he said, even if 78 00:05:57,529 --> 00:06:01,210 Speaker 1: they have rejected, okay, some of them are blinded in 79 00:06:01,290 --> 00:06:05,270 Speaker 1: part to this. So he says, if their rejection brought 80 00:06:05,330 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be? but 81 00:06:10,740 --> 00:06:16,580 Speaker 1: life from the dead. And later in that chapter, he 82 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: says this, Concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. 83 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:28,750 Speaker 1: But concerning the election, they are beloved for the sake 84 00:06:28,790 --> 00:06:32,490 Speaker 1: of the fathers. Now what does election mean? Their calling, 85 00:06:32,570 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: their chosenness. Concerning their chosenness, they are beloved for the 86 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: sake of the fathers. Israel remains beloved because of the 87 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:51,150 Speaker 1: covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and repeated 88 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:56,690 Speaker 1: throughout the scriptures. So let's be very clear here. God 89 00:06:56,850 --> 00:07:02,130 Speaker 1: did not reject the Jewish people because they rejected Jesus 90 00:07:02,730 --> 00:07:09,620 Speaker 1: as Messiah. Speaking of the covenant that God made with Abraham, 91 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:16,530 Speaker 1: that that covenant established their calling and their chosenness and 92 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:19,330 Speaker 1: their mission to be a blessing to all the world. 93 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:25,980 Speaker 1: That covenant cannot be revoked. It is an everlasting covenant. 94 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,420 Speaker 1: And it also is an unconditional covenant. It's not based 95 00:07:30,540 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: on anything. that Abraham was going to do or his 96 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:37,420 Speaker 1: descendants were going to do, there was nothing conditional in 97 00:07:37,460 --> 00:07:44,500 Speaker 1: that covenant. So Israel's status as God's chosen people found 98 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,610 Speaker 1: in that covenant is not dependent upon their universal belief 99 00:07:49,810 --> 00:07:55,310 Speaker 1: in Jesus as Messiah. That covenant was initiated by God 100 00:07:55,790 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: in Genesis 12 and 15, 17, It was put into 101 00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:05,210 Speaker 1: effect thousands of years, probably 2,000 years before Messiah was revealed. 102 00:08:05,890 --> 00:08:11,130 Speaker 1: So it can't suddenly be conditional upon their belief on 103 00:08:11,230 --> 00:08:16,810 Speaker 1: him now. And the scripture is very clear that this 104 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:23,110 Speaker 1: covenant is an unconditional covenant. All right? And it's an 105 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:31,170 Speaker 1: everlasting unconditional covenant. that God would make Abraham a great nation, 106 00:08:31,590 --> 00:08:34,250 Speaker 1: he would give him a certain piece of land, and 107 00:08:34,330 --> 00:08:39,140 Speaker 1: he would bless the world through him. This role or 108 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,900 Speaker 1: calling to be the people through whom God would work 109 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:46,260 Speaker 1: to bless the world, it's an everlasting one. And scripture 110 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: repeatedly affirms this. I'll just read you a few of 111 00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: the scriptures. Genesis 17, 8. God promised Abraham the land 112 00:08:54,920 --> 00:09:00,709 Speaker 1: of Canaan as an everlasting place possession. Once Abraham entered 113 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:06,329 Speaker 1: the land, God reiterated the promise in Genesis 13, 15. 114 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:08,730 Speaker 1: He said, all the land that you see, I will 115 00:09:08,790 --> 00:09:14,189 Speaker 1: give to you and your offspring forever. Then in Genesis 48, 4, 116 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:18,510 Speaker 1: he says to Jacob, I will give this land to 117 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:23,929 Speaker 1: your offspring after you for an everlasting possession. So he 118 00:09:23,990 --> 00:09:30,660 Speaker 1: repeated it to Abraham, to Isaac, as an everlasting possession. Why? 119 00:09:30,730 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: Because it's part of an everlasting covenant. And in Ezekiel 37, 25, 120 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:43,230 Speaker 1: God declared that his people would dwell in the land forever. 121 00:09:43,510 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: That's a future-looking verse. It's prophetic. But that one day 122 00:09:49,059 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: they would be in the land and they would live 123 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: there forever. So everlasting means everlasting. and forever still means 124 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:05,699 Speaker 1: forever so God's covenant promises to Israel regarding the land 125 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: regarding their calling is not based on Israel's obedience it 126 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:17,650 Speaker 1: is based on God's faithfulness to fulfill these promises they 127 00:10:17,690 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: were unconditional unconditional And let's remind ourselves in Psalm 89, 34, 128 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:30,369 Speaker 1: God speaks here through the psalmist, I, my covenant, I 129 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:34,990 Speaker 1: will not break nor alter the word that has gone 130 00:10:35,250 --> 00:10:44,070 Speaker 1: out of my lips. Now, replacement theologians then try to 131 00:10:44,150 --> 00:10:51,050 Speaker 1: say that the promises to Israel have been revoked And 132 00:10:51,429 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: so either that covenant with Abraham has been canceled or 133 00:10:56,130 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: it's been redefined and spiritualized to apply to the church. 134 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:04,340 Speaker 1: So in other words, he revoked his promises to Israel 135 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: that it was with them. And of course, this completely 136 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: challenges the idea of God's faithfulness, which is throughout the scripture, 137 00:11:14,580 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: that God would revoke an unconditional promise to Israel. And 138 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,260 Speaker 1: if he would do that, so what confidence do you 139 00:11:22,340 --> 00:11:25,690 Speaker 1: and I have that his promises that we find in 140 00:11:25,730 --> 00:11:30,670 Speaker 1: the word are not going to be revoked? But scripture affirms, 141 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:35,070 Speaker 1: the New Testament affirms here in Hebrews 6.18, it is 142 00:11:35,150 --> 00:11:40,390 Speaker 1: impossible for God to lie. God only speaks truth and 143 00:11:40,410 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: he keeps his word. And the Apostle Paul really, so appreciative, 144 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: he was so clear on this in Romans 11.29. the gifts, 145 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,660 Speaker 1: and the calling of God are irrevocable. And he is 146 00:11:55,740 --> 00:11:59,110 Speaker 1: saying this specifically about the Jewish people, if you read 147 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:04,730 Speaker 1: the context. So God's promises to Israel remain intact. They 148 00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:08,830 Speaker 1: are not canceled. They're not transferred to anybody else. I 149 00:12:08,870 --> 00:12:13,340 Speaker 1: think the word is very, very clear on that. Now, 150 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: I also want to speak to the idea that that 151 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: Israel could be replaced by the church anyway, because that 152 00:12:22,220 --> 00:12:25,830 Speaker 1: tells me that whoever is saying that doesn't understand the 153 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:29,350 Speaker 1: calling on the Jewish people and the calling on the church. 154 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:34,170 Speaker 1: They're actually two very different callings. They complement each other. 155 00:12:34,190 --> 00:12:38,370 Speaker 1: They may even overlap a bit. But there's no way 156 00:12:38,429 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: that the church can fulfill the role of Israel as 157 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:47,180 Speaker 1: established in the Bible today. So they are called, the 158 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: Jewish people are called to be the people on earth 159 00:12:50,780 --> 00:12:55,730 Speaker 1: through whom God works to bring about his plan of redemption. 160 00:12:56,790 --> 00:13:02,630 Speaker 1: And through them, a fallen world has received already the 161 00:13:02,670 --> 00:13:07,860 Speaker 1: redemptive products of the law, the covenants, the promises, the glory, 162 00:13:08,050 --> 00:13:12,300 Speaker 1: even the Messiah, Christ Jesus himself. The Apostle Paul lists 163 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: all of these in Romans 9. He says, These belong 164 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: to Israel. So through Israel, we get to benefit from 165 00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:25,270 Speaker 1: the law and the covenants and the promises of God 166 00:13:25,370 --> 00:13:29,530 Speaker 1: and the glory that he gave Israel. We get to 167 00:13:29,590 --> 00:13:33,110 Speaker 1: partake of all of that, but it was from them 168 00:13:33,190 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: and through them. They are going to usher in the 169 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: Messianic kingdom when Jesus returns to them in Jerusalem in fulfillment, 170 00:13:44,540 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 1: of the Davidic covenant. Their role is not over. The 171 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:54,420 Speaker 1: Davidic covenant has not, it needs to be fulfilled, and 172 00:13:54,470 --> 00:13:57,910 Speaker 1: it's going to be fulfilled by the establishment of his 173 00:13:58,010 --> 00:14:03,450 Speaker 1: eternal throne here on earth. That is the calling of Israel. 174 00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:05,990 Speaker 1: That's why they needed a land. They needed a place 175 00:14:06,070 --> 00:14:09,459 Speaker 1: where God was going to do these mighty acts through 176 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,290 Speaker 1: them to give this redemption to the world. So what's 177 00:14:14,309 --> 00:14:15,330 Speaker 1: the role of the church? 178 00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:18,910 Speaker 2: Let's take a break and hear a message from one 179 00:14:18,929 --> 00:14:26,130 Speaker 2: of our sponsors. Welcome back to the Out of Zion 180 00:14:26,170 --> 00:14:27,990 Speaker 2: podcast with Susan Michael. 181 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,980 Speaker 1: Our role is to take the good news of Jesus 182 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: to the world. We are to proclaim to the four 183 00:14:38,740 --> 00:14:42,540 Speaker 1: corners of the earth, the work that the Jewish Messiah 184 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,020 Speaker 1: did on the cross for this fallen world, and that 185 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:51,570 Speaker 1: he's coming back to implement everything that he won on 186 00:14:51,610 --> 00:14:57,150 Speaker 1: the cross. That's what Matthew calls the gospel of the kingdom. 187 00:14:58,170 --> 00:15:03,660 Speaker 1: The king is returning. The kingdom is coming, and it's 188 00:15:03,780 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: coming to earth. And John saw in the book of 189 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,970 Speaker 1: Revelations the new Jerusalem coming down and merging with the 190 00:15:13,110 --> 00:15:16,750 Speaker 1: old Jerusalem. So it's going to happen all here on earth, 191 00:15:16,930 --> 00:15:20,790 Speaker 1: Jerusalem as the center. That is the message of the church, 192 00:15:20,890 --> 00:15:24,660 Speaker 1: and we're to take it out to the world. The 193 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:30,620 Speaker 1: church does not replace Israel's calling. We're not moving to 194 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,290 Speaker 1: the land. We're not there to usher in the kingdom. 195 00:15:34,390 --> 00:15:38,430 Speaker 1: They are. Our calling is to let the world know 196 00:15:38,550 --> 00:15:46,030 Speaker 1: about it, Our callings complement each other. They complete each other. Now, 197 00:15:46,110 --> 00:15:49,990 Speaker 1: some people that believe replacement theology, they will quote 1 198 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:53,980 Speaker 1: Peter 2, 9. And it tells us that we as 199 00:15:54,030 --> 00:16:01,580 Speaker 1: believers are a, quote, chosen people, a royal priesthood. And thus, 200 00:16:02,340 --> 00:16:05,810 Speaker 1: the church, they will say, it's clear that we have 201 00:16:05,850 --> 00:16:09,610 Speaker 1: now taken that chosen status. We're now the chosen people. 202 00:16:10,090 --> 00:16:13,750 Speaker 1: We're now the royal priesthood. That's the role that was 203 00:16:13,810 --> 00:16:18,490 Speaker 1: for Israel. It's now in the church. But this verse 204 00:16:18,670 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: simply means that we are engrafted into the covenants and 205 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: we have become the beneficiaries of the wonderful blessings of 206 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: God by becoming a part of his people. Yes, we 207 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,770 Speaker 1: are his people. And yes, we are a royal priesthood 208 00:16:37,850 --> 00:16:43,020 Speaker 1: before him. We share in that spiritual calling and the 209 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:49,460 Speaker 1: spiritual blessings on Israel. Paul describes this relationship in Romans 210 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:54,070 Speaker 1: 11 by using the image of an olive tree. Israel's 211 00:16:54,090 --> 00:16:59,630 Speaker 1: the cultivated tree. Gentile believers are wild branches grafted into 212 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:04,570 Speaker 1: that tree. And Paul issues a very stern warning. He says, 213 00:17:04,630 --> 00:17:09,350 Speaker 1: do not be arrogant towards the branches. It is not 214 00:17:09,490 --> 00:17:13,210 Speaker 1: you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 215 00:17:13,970 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: So we are branches grafted into the tree. We do 216 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: not replace the tree. Yes, it says some branches have 217 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,500 Speaker 1: been broken off. but it says even they can be 218 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,820 Speaker 1: engrafted back in. So the root of this tree represents 219 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: God's covenants, and the church draws from that root, not 220 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:45,100 Speaker 1: the other way around. Replacement theology fosters a spiritual arrogance 221 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,379 Speaker 1: that the Apostle Paul is absolutely against. We are to 222 00:17:50,590 --> 00:17:54,930 Speaker 1: honor the root. We are not to be arrogant and haughty, 223 00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:59,900 Speaker 1: is what he said in Romans. Now the other thing 224 00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:03,890 Speaker 1: that I find very interesting in this whole discussion about 225 00:18:03,930 --> 00:18:09,070 Speaker 1: replacement theology is that if the Jewish people have been 226 00:18:09,170 --> 00:18:12,770 Speaker 1: condemned by God and there's no future for the Jewish nation, 227 00:18:13,730 --> 00:18:18,070 Speaker 1: how in the world do you explain the miraculous survival 228 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:21,810 Speaker 1: of the Jewish people over the past 2,000 years of 229 00:18:22,010 --> 00:18:26,369 Speaker 1: exile and constant attempts by their enemies to destroy them? 230 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: And how do you explain their reappearance as a nation 231 00:18:30,619 --> 00:18:34,659 Speaker 1: after being driven to the four corners of the world 232 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:42,450 Speaker 1: 2,000 years ago? There is only one explanation, and that 233 00:18:42,530 --> 00:18:52,370 Speaker 1: is this, that God is fulfilling his promises made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, 234 00:18:52,930 --> 00:18:56,650 Speaker 1: and David, and that are repeated throughout the Hebrew prophets. 235 00:18:57,590 --> 00:19:01,250 Speaker 1: It is all coming to pass exactly as the Hebrew 236 00:19:01,310 --> 00:19:06,100 Speaker 1: prophets prophesied and predicted that it would. When we understand 237 00:19:06,190 --> 00:19:10,980 Speaker 1: this and how true and accurate the Bible is, that's 238 00:19:11,140 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: when our Bible becomes the most exciting book on the planet. 239 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:25,250 Speaker 1: And replacement theology robs us of that exciting revelation. So now, 240 00:19:25,450 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: as I begin to bring this to a close, I 241 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: want to talk about three reasons why replacement theology is 242 00:19:32,180 --> 00:19:39,379 Speaker 1: actually dangerous. First of all, it makes a Christian susceptible 243 00:19:39,990 --> 00:19:46,030 Speaker 1: to antisemitism. Now, believing in replacement theology does not make 244 00:19:46,070 --> 00:19:51,100 Speaker 1: a person an anti-Semite but it makes a Christian vulnerable 245 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: to anti-Semitism why? because if we believe the Jews were 246 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,740 Speaker 1: so bad that they lost their standing in God then 247 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,619 Speaker 1: we believe any anti-Semitic slander that comes down the pipeline 248 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: about them And, you know, eventually, incorrect theology will birth 249 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: bad practice. And that's exactly what happened throughout history. Replacement 250 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:25,430 Speaker 1: theology was the theological seedbed or the theological foundation from 251 00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:33,060 Speaker 1: which centuries of Christian anti-Semitism sprouted. And it started with 252 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:38,830 Speaker 1: anti-Jewish preaching in the church, That was translated into anti-Jewish 253 00:20:38,910 --> 00:20:44,750 Speaker 1: legislation by the state, and centuries of this paved the 254 00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: way for the Holocaust. And that is, my friends, why 255 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:54,139 Speaker 1: this is so dangerous. We want to nip this problem 256 00:20:54,980 --> 00:21:01,429 Speaker 1: in the bud. The second danger of replacement theology I 257 00:21:01,450 --> 00:21:05,700 Speaker 1: want to mention is that it tarnishes the the image 258 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: of Jesus. You know, for centuries, an arrogant church taught 259 00:21:11,340 --> 00:21:17,590 Speaker 1: replacement theology and contempt for the Jews. It even condoned 260 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:24,830 Speaker 1: their maltreatment. Therefore, listen to me closely, the Jewish people 261 00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:31,190 Speaker 1: concluded that Jesus was a very bad person who brought hatred, 262 00:21:31,770 --> 00:21:35,170 Speaker 1: and bigotry, and they wanted nothing to do with him. 263 00:21:36,869 --> 00:21:42,379 Speaker 1: So replacement theology provoked Israel to revulsion at the thought 264 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: of Jesus being their Messiah. We, the church, in our arrogance, contempt, 265 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: and hatred, tarnished the image of our Savior and made 266 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:01,659 Speaker 1: him repulsive. That is such a tragedy. And that's something 267 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:06,659 Speaker 1: we don't want to continue happening. The third danger of 268 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,459 Speaker 1: replacement theology is that it can blind Christians to the 269 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,899 Speaker 1: signs of the time. You know, if you hold a 270 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:19,010 Speaker 1: replacement view, the Jews have been rejected by God and 271 00:22:19,050 --> 00:22:21,950 Speaker 1: replaced by the church and their return to their ancient 272 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:26,370 Speaker 1: homeland in the last 100 years is just an anomaly. 273 00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:34,380 Speaker 1: It's a political accident. has no theological significance. Well, the 274 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,300 Speaker 1: survival of the Jewish people after 2,000 years of exile, 275 00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: and their modern in-gathering from over 100 countries, I think 276 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,909 Speaker 1: it may be over 120 countries, in fulfillment of the 277 00:22:47,090 --> 00:22:54,830 Speaker 1: many prophetic passages, all that is considered irrelevant. So instead 278 00:22:54,869 --> 00:23:00,629 Speaker 1: of understanding the that God's time clock is advancing and 279 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:04,750 Speaker 1: that this return to their homeland is preparing the way 280 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,709 Speaker 1: for the next great act of God in which the 281 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: Messiah returns to the planet and establishes the kingdom of 282 00:23:12,220 --> 00:23:16,780 Speaker 1: God on earth. Well, a blinded church will not understand 283 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: the times that we live in. They may find themselves 284 00:23:20,580 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: outside of the move of God in our day. Worse yet, 285 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,530 Speaker 1: they may find themselves working in opposition to it and 286 00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:34,610 Speaker 1: opposing it. That we do not want. I don't know 287 00:23:34,670 --> 00:23:38,130 Speaker 1: about you, my friend, but I don't want to miss 288 00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:42,629 Speaker 1: what God is doing. I want to be right smack 289 00:23:42,690 --> 00:23:46,870 Speaker 1: dab in the middle of it. Don't you? That's why 290 00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:51,649 Speaker 1: this whole discussion is so important today. I hope that 291 00:23:51,690 --> 00:23:55,580 Speaker 1: you're following me each week as we go through this. And, 292 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,580 Speaker 1: you know, as I bring today to a close, I 293 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,460 Speaker 1: want to offer you a free resource. I'd like for you, 294 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: if you would like to learn more about Replacement Theology 295 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:11,170 Speaker 1: and maybe review some of what I've covered today, we 296 00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:15,750 Speaker 1: want to give you a little free downloadable of our 297 00:24:15,890 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: e-book on Replacement Theology. So you'll see a link to 298 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: it in today's show notes. If there are no show 299 00:24:23,260 --> 00:24:27,100 Speaker 1: notes down below in the platform you're listening, please go 300 00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:35,699 Speaker 1: to our website at icejusa.org forward slash show notes and 301 00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:43,130 Speaker 1: download our replacement theology free resource. So I will see 302 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:47,129 Speaker 1: you back here next week. And we'll begin to bring 303 00:24:47,210 --> 00:24:52,219 Speaker 1: this series to a close soon. 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