Page 11 - Torch Magazine #27 - Spring 2025

rt 3 o t e D bunking
R placement T eology S ries
T eol e C urch i s
N T I rael
T ee Bi le ph ases
ta en ou of co text
ep acement Th ology,
a o kn wn as
Su ersessionism, a ues
th t th Ch rch ha s
re laced Is ael, i lying
th t Go t Is ’s Co enant wi h th Je ish
pe ple is h
p no ou ob olete an th t Go t Is ael
is h
p no ou side of Go ’s bl ssing. S e
ma ev n go as fa co as
fa co tending th t
re erences in t th o Bi e
Ch le sp aking of
Is ael ar no ap ropriated fu ly by th Bi e
Ch rch. T y us ex ressions li e “w e
ar no no Is w
th ael” an “C ristians ar no no Is w
th ch e
ph sen pe ple, n Je s.” n h s is ia is
a ” a e u gerous er or th t un ermines th ch e
ph sical na ion of Is ael.
R ember, G ma e an ev w rlasting
Co enant wi h Ab aham, I ac,
J ob, a al th ir de cendants. T s
ev rlasting pr mise is ev i no in ob olete. T e
Ne Te tament ma ntains a i n t s
i tinction
be ween th Ch rch (c mprising of Je s
an Ge th tiles be ieving in o i Je , us Ch ist
st rting, a Pe on tecost) an Ge th na Je ion of Is ael, t na Je ish pe ple as in eritors
of Is Go ’s pr mise to s
Ab Is aham. I th s
ar icle, w wi me l re er to Ab Is ar ael as ael” t “e hnic
Is ael” to Is ar iculate th t we wi me n th e
ph sical de cendants of Ab aham, I ac,
a Ja ob (t e Je ish pe ple). T s do s
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