Is replacement theology biblical?

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Billy Evmur

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heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
The covenant God is speaking about here which is done away is the one He made with the Jews in the wilderness, the covenant of law. This covenant is done away.

But the covenant God made with Abraham still stands and is an eternal covenant.
 

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It’s assumed into the new and eternal covenant by Christ

How do we enter the new covenant and establish union with the mediator and communion with God and each other?
 

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On the other hand, the 2nd Coming is not designed to destroy mankind, like the Flood did. What makes it similar is the universality of the judgment. But it does not contradict what God said about the Flood, that He would never again scrub mankind from an entire region of the planet like that. At the 2nd Coming, He will not exterminate mankind from any region, because His purpose has always been to fill the earth with people. Rather, he will judge them, which is to discriminate between the good and evil among them.
The Lord's terrible Day of fiery wrath is NOT the Return in glory.
It will be the Sixth Seal event and as is clearly prophesied; the entire Middle East will be virtually depopulated. Zephaniah 2:1-7

Your fluffing around this truth is just a waste of time and effort.
 

Randy Kluth

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The Lord's terrible Day of fiery wrath is NOT the Return in glory.
It will be the Sixth Seal event and as is clearly prophesied; the entire Middle East will be virtually depopulated. Zephaniah 2:1-7

Your fluffing around this truth is just a waste of time and effort.

I agree--we're wasting time if we just go round and round and not prove anything one way or another. I believe the Day of the Lord is indeed viewed in Scriptures as the 2nd Coming. And I believe God promised that large regions of the earth would never again be depopulated, although major kingdoms have indeed been depopulated temporarily under judgment.

Your view of a major solar event depopulating a major part of the planet is not Scriptural, in my view. But there's little sense in going on about it. You misapply OT prophecies to an endtime judgment, or you fail to contextualize endtime judgments as local events.

Not surprised--I see this kind of sensationalism all the time. Everybody wants to be a prophet and say, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling." The only thing we should be saying is, "Repent, because you'll soon be judged for your lawlessness."

If you're living a clean life, you're in a good place. But giving warnings of "great prophetic significance, " when you're only making guesses about some possible prophetic interpretation, is dangerous ground, as far as I'm concerned. Stirring people up about the wrong things misdirects their attention away from the really important things, namely their behavior before God.
 

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No the gentiles do not replace Gods chosen people. You're not going to find that anywhere in the new testament, not even revelation. In revelation, even in the new heaven and earth a clear distinction is made between the gentile nations and their kings, and between new Jerusalem and its king, Jesus. Jesus did not come for gentiles, he came for his people. He came to preach the coming of the same kingdom that was already stated by the old testament prophets. The new testament is the old testament brought to light. Its not a different covenant, its the same covenant renewed, or repaired, as shown below. The difference is because of Jesus becoming the high priest before God the Father, the letter of the law written on stone becomes the spirit of the law written on our hearts, where we will know the Lord. This is why he made it clear that not one iota of Gods commandments will pass away until heaven and earth passes away.

(Jeremiah 31:31-34) "¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: {32} Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: {33} But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. {34} And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Now look up Jer 31:31 in the Lexicon and see that the word used was "chadash". How the word is used exactly depends on the context of the verse. it can mean brand new, or it could mean renewed. In the context of Jer 31:31, its not the former, its the latter. Its the same covenant, with the same commandments God gave to Moses, fulfilled with Jesus as king with his chosen few as prophesied by Daniel and others, not a different covenant where you replace my people. Neither Jesus or any of his apostles said anything different that wasn't already foretold in the old testament, about literally anything concerning prophecy.

(Daniel 7:13-14) "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. {14} And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."