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(Chuckle). Whether “covenant Israel” is a widely used label or not is NOT the real issue. Terminology popularity is not a measure of truth. The real question is whether Scripture teaches the concept being described. Many biblical doctrines are not named in Scripture using modern theological...

LOL. "The term isn't in the Bible" is not a valid argument by itself. Neither are "Trinity," "rapture," "omnipresence," "sovereignty," or "covenant theology," yet those terms are widely used to summarize biblical truths. The issue is not whether the label appears in Scripture, but whether...

Yes the key text is Isaiah 49:3–6. In this passage, the “Servant” is called “Israel,” but later in the same chapter the Servant has a mission to restore Israel: This creates a tension: the Servant is called “Israel,” yet His mission is to restore Israel. That’s why many readers understand this...

Here is a diagram that may help illustrate what I am explaining. Please see the explanation under the picture below. COVENANT ISRAEL – ONE PEOPLE OF GOD BY FAITH This diagram illustrates the biblical concept that God's true covenant people have always been identified by faith rather than...

I see ethnic Jews fitting into eternity the same way Gentiles do—through faith in Christ, not through ethnicity or national identity. Yes, the Old Testament Jews never saw or know Jesus Christ, but BY FAITH with temple, animal sacrifice, manna, etc. that points to Christ. That's it. Paul...

Yes. Jesus had to come as a Jew because the Messiah was promised through Abraham, Judah, and David (Romans 9:4–5; Hebrews 7:14). He came to fulfill God's promises to Israel (Romans 15:8). Hint, Hint: Not nation Israel but Covenant Israel! But after accomplishing redemption, He created "one new...

Because God chose Israel to preserve the covenant line through which the Messiah would come into the world (Romans 9:4–5). Their separation from the nations was to protect them from idolatry and maintain that covenant purpose until Christ first came But the promises were never an end in...

Yes, God established national Israel for a purpose—to be His covenant congregation and witness in the Old Testament. But the kingdom was taken from unbelieving Israel and given to a people bearing its fruits, which is the New Testament congregation (Matthew 21:43). The true Israel of God is not...

Wrong temple. Wrong "man of sin". God did NOT talk about Jewish temple or nation Israel here at all! He was talking about His New Testament Congregation which is the Holy Temple on this side of the Cross. It is not in physical city, Jersualem. The church is spiritually Jersualem, the great...

Wrong again. Revelation 20:1–3 was fulfilled through Christ's victory at the Cross. By His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus bound Satan, limiting his ability to deceive the nations as he had before, so that the Gospel could go forth to all peoples and Christ could build His Church...

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You may have quoted Malachi 4:5, but that does not mean you have understood what the passage is teaching. I already addressed and refuted that interpretation in my earlier post. If you disagree, please respond to the biblical points I raised rather than merely repeating the verse.

Says who? You or God. Humm... and? LOL. Who did Christ get cut off for? Read God's Word carefully: Luke 1:13-17 "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt...

Well, many people assume that the "temple of God" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 refers to a "future rebuilt Jewish temple" in Jerusalem where a so-called supernatural world ruler called the Antichrist will one day sit. But that interpretation is not what the text itself requires. Throughout the New...

So you know that 2nd Thessalonians 2:2-4 has nothing to do with physical 1st century Jewish temple.

Ha. Only in your own head filled with flawed eschatological framework does that scenario unfold the way you imagine. You are assuming that 2 Thessalonians 2 requires a future rebuilt Jewish temple and a man literally sitting in it claiming deity. That is not what the text teaches. The real...

I do not have to, but my friend, Tony, will with his article explaining Revelation 11. We both have same mind on this. The (much misunderstood) Temple, the court, Two Witnesses, Their work, power, prophesy, and their killing at the hands of the Beast of the Bottomless Pit!

Assumption is the mother of all errors. That weak argument of yours sounds persuasive until you actually examine how prophecy works in Scripture. No one is denying that Christ's Second Coming will be literal. The issue is whether every prophetic detail surrounding His coming must be...

This poorly made meme completely misses the point and actually undermines your own theological position. The irony is that you're posting this as a moderator, yet the argument collapses under basic covenant theology chronology. If, as many covenantalists argue, the New Covenant was not...

I think they are not! LOL! False. The problem with "What if?" theology is that it places human imagination above divine revelation. God never instructed believers to build doctrine on endless possibilities, speculation, or current events. He instructed us to compare Scripture with Scripture...