Wrangler
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Yes. God established an everlasting covenant with Israel in Genesis 17.Does God reject replacement theology?
7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[b] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
What is your understanding of "everlasting?" What is your understanding of "forever?"
Time out. Break Covenant. Not the same thing. God explains our place in his kingdom, grafted in Romans 11 and warns us not to be arrogant about.He is the one who abandoned Israel after they committed the ultimate betrayal. (Matt 23:37-39)
14 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles ... if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[c] of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Yet, you are supremely arrogant about it! Let's take a look at your claim of a verse in Matthew 23 that makes God a liar and rescinds his everlasting covenant, shall we? 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Again, a time out. God will not always turn his back to Israel but will show himself again when a certain condition is met, i.e., "until." When I tell my wife that I am not coming home again UNTIL I get something done, that doesn't mean the marriage is over and she's never going to see me again. Obviously, you know this.
God has often rebuked his chosen people, Israel, who are stiff necked, and this verse is no different, which again says nothing like you claim. (BTW, a noticed your penchant for copying and pasting verses and when you don't, like in this instance. When you don't, what you claim is often not actually stated. I think this reveals you KNOW what you claims is not actually what Scripture says. Otherwise, you'd proudly shove it in my face.)


