Just so you don't get the wrong idea, and to save you time reading this...
There is NO such thing as 'Replacement Theology', period.
Replacement Theology is a theory which some try to use against Christ's Church.
They came up with that theory because they are against any idea that God's Promises and Blessings migrated to Christ's Church.
PROOF that God's Birthright Promises and Blessings first given through Abraham, have become part of Christ's Church via The Gospel of Jesus Christ:
1. Back in the days of Solomon, God split the old nation of Israel into 2 separate kingdoms, because of Solomon allowing his many pagan wives to bring their idol worship in among Israel. 3 tribes in the lands of Judea-Jerusalem made up the "kingdom of Judah", and 10 tribes in the northern lands made up the "kingdom of Israel". (See 1 Kings 11 forward)
God gave Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to be king over the northern ten tribes of Israel. The tribe of Ephraim was the larger among the ten tribes, and Solomon had previously set Jeroboam up as governor over the 10 northern tribes. This was strange, because God had before ordained the tribe of Judah to be the king tribe, and from Judah is where the line of kings down to king David and Solomon were descended from. Only king line from the tribe of Judah, and house of David, remained over the "kingdom of Judah" at Judea-Jerusalem. But Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim and kings from the ten tribes made up the line of kings over the "kingdom of Israel" made up of the ten northern tribes. And both kingdoms had war against each other.
Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim setup two gold calf idols in false worship among the northern ten tribes, so as to try and prevent the 10 tribes from going to down to Jerusalem to worship, and join sides with the "kingdom of Judah" (some of them did join with Judah). God eventually got fed up with that false worship, as the ten tribes allowed it to go on through many later kings over the northern 10 tribes. So God literally REMOVED all the ten northern tribes out of the land, captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes by the kings of Assyria (see 2 Kings 17). And in their place, the king of Assyria placed pagan foreigners from five provinces of Babylon, each of the five bringing their false gods and idols with them. These became the Samaritan Gentiles.
2. The ten northern tribes of the "kingdom of Israel", also called the "house of Israel", never returned to the holy lands as a people. The Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) said in his day the ten tribes were still beyond Euphrates, and were a great number, too many to be counted. Only the 3 tribed "house of Judah" (JEWS) remained in the holy land at Judea-Jerusalem in the south, as it still is to this day. The 10 tribes were not known as 'Jews' according to Josephus, as that title of 'Jew' he said was used by those who returned from Judah's later 70 years Babylon captivity (time of Daniel the prophet).
The 10 northern tribes of Israel, the majority of the children of Israel, were scattered among the Gentiles as God had promised He would do if they rebelled in following false worship (Deut.4 & 28). The 10 tribes then LOST their heritage as part of Israel. They became as Gentiles, living among the Gentiles, and forgetting knowledge of God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, etc. The Jews of the "house of Judah" did not lose their heritage, but to this day have kept their heritage as part of old Israel, with God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, etc. And God said this is what would happen via His prophet Hosea.
And yet God did not forget the 10 lost tribes, even though the world and the Jews lost them.
God brought the ten tribes through the wilderness, their migrating mainly to the west among the Gentiles. And there they would form the nations of Asia Minor and Europe, along with Gentiles. They took their false Baal worship with them there, as the many pagan worship styles in those new lands are revealed throughout the history of the western nations prior... to their accepting The Gospel of Jesus Christ on national scales.
When Lord Jesus and The Gospel was rejected by the Jews in Jerusalem, and Lord Jesus crucified, The Gospel then went to the Gentiles. And especially in Asia Minor and Europe The Gospel took root, eventually creating the western Christian nations of history.
Apostle Paul had thought to take The Gospel into the Far East Asian lands, but The Holy Spirit prevented him (Acts 16:6). That further confirms about where the majority of the ten tribes of Israel were scattered to, as Jesus said He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the "house of Israel" (ten tribes).
What is little known though, is the majority of the 10 scattered tribes of Israel were among those western nations and helped form them in The Gospel. And there were scattered Jews also among them that began to convert to Jesus Christ and The Gospel. This is why Apostle James addresses all 12 tribes scattered abroad in James 1:1. Many of the Jews of the "house of Judah" were also scattered among the Gentiles from their own captivity to Babylon. Only a small remnant of Jews of the 3-tribe "house of Judah" actually returned to Jerusalem to rebuild Jerusalem and the 2nd temple (see Ezra 1 & 2). The majority of the "house of Judah" chose to stay in Babylon, because God had taken care of them there, and they had increased. But then they were later scattered like the ten tribes were.
So what the historical western Christian nations is about is God sending The Gospel to His chosen seed of Israel scattered there among the Gentiles. And then BOTH those of believing Israelites AND believing Gentiles, have become Christ's Church under Him and The New Covenant, which INCLUDE God's Birthright Promises and Blessings first given through Abraham.
All that is revealed from Bible Scripture (epsecially in the Books of Hosea and Isaiah), and is not a 'theory' from man. Especially in the Book of Isaiah, God promised His Salvation in Christ to the Gentiles also, and that they would be joined in His Promises. Apostle Paul actually repeated that too, in Ephesians 2 when he said the believing Gentile had become 'nigh' to the covenants and promises from God to Israel, and Paul even used the idea of the "commonwealth of Israel" under New Testament doctrine, to point to the believing Gentiles being joined in those promises to Israel. Moreover, in Galatians 3 and Romans 4, Apostle Paul even goes back to Abraham, and the promises God first gave Abraham, especially the Promise by Faith, which Paul showed even believing Gentiles have inherited WITH faithful Abraham.
So again, just WHO would be against all that, which is confirmed by God's written Word? and would come up with false monikers like "Replacement Theology"?
Deceived Jews, both orthodox unbelieving Jews especially, and those of them that have crept into Messianic congregations. That is most likely who would come up with ideas against God's Word about The Gospel going to the Gentiles also, with BOTH scattered Israelites of the 'seed' that believe on Jesus Christ, along with believing Gentiles, having become Christ's Church.
What those Bible Scriptures prove then, is that Christ's Church in no way means just a Gentile Church. There is no such thing. Christ's Church is ONLY about BOTH scattered Israelites and Gentiles, TOGETHER as ONE BODY in Christ Jesus. And since the 10 northern tribes of Israel made up the MAJORITY of the seed of the children of Israel, that means a MAJORITY of the "house of Israel" today are represented by Christ's Church.
Lord Jesus did say that He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the "house of Israel". He was pointing to this very thing, that once He was rejected at Jerusalem, The Gospel would then go to the scattered 10 tribes of the "house of Israel". And if you understand that the tribe of Ephraim was the head tribe over the 10 tribes of Israel, that is also why the Genesis 48 prophecy that Ephraim would become "a multitude of nations" would be fulfilled in those western Christian nations by The Gospel of Jesus Christ!
There is NO such thing as 'Replacement Theology', period.
Replacement Theology is a theory which some try to use against Christ's Church.
They came up with that theory because they are against any idea that God's Promises and Blessings migrated to Christ's Church.
PROOF that God's Birthright Promises and Blessings first given through Abraham, have become part of Christ's Church via The Gospel of Jesus Christ:
1. Back in the days of Solomon, God split the old nation of Israel into 2 separate kingdoms, because of Solomon allowing his many pagan wives to bring their idol worship in among Israel. 3 tribes in the lands of Judea-Jerusalem made up the "kingdom of Judah", and 10 tribes in the northern lands made up the "kingdom of Israel". (See 1 Kings 11 forward)
God gave Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to be king over the northern ten tribes of Israel. The tribe of Ephraim was the larger among the ten tribes, and Solomon had previously set Jeroboam up as governor over the 10 northern tribes. This was strange, because God had before ordained the tribe of Judah to be the king tribe, and from Judah is where the line of kings down to king David and Solomon were descended from. Only king line from the tribe of Judah, and house of David, remained over the "kingdom of Judah" at Judea-Jerusalem. But Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim and kings from the ten tribes made up the line of kings over the "kingdom of Israel" made up of the ten northern tribes. And both kingdoms had war against each other.
Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim setup two gold calf idols in false worship among the northern ten tribes, so as to try and prevent the 10 tribes from going to down to Jerusalem to worship, and join sides with the "kingdom of Judah" (some of them did join with Judah). God eventually got fed up with that false worship, as the ten tribes allowed it to go on through many later kings over the northern 10 tribes. So God literally REMOVED all the ten northern tribes out of the land, captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes by the kings of Assyria (see 2 Kings 17). And in their place, the king of Assyria placed pagan foreigners from five provinces of Babylon, each of the five bringing their false gods and idols with them. These became the Samaritan Gentiles.
2. The ten northern tribes of the "kingdom of Israel", also called the "house of Israel", never returned to the holy lands as a people. The Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) said in his day the ten tribes were still beyond Euphrates, and were a great number, too many to be counted. Only the 3 tribed "house of Judah" (JEWS) remained in the holy land at Judea-Jerusalem in the south, as it still is to this day. The 10 tribes were not known as 'Jews' according to Josephus, as that title of 'Jew' he said was used by those who returned from Judah's later 70 years Babylon captivity (time of Daniel the prophet).
The 10 northern tribes of Israel, the majority of the children of Israel, were scattered among the Gentiles as God had promised He would do if they rebelled in following false worship (Deut.4 & 28). The 10 tribes then LOST their heritage as part of Israel. They became as Gentiles, living among the Gentiles, and forgetting knowledge of God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, etc. The Jews of the "house of Judah" did not lose their heritage, but to this day have kept their heritage as part of old Israel, with God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, etc. And God said this is what would happen via His prophet Hosea.
And yet God did not forget the 10 lost tribes, even though the world and the Jews lost them.
God brought the ten tribes through the wilderness, their migrating mainly to the west among the Gentiles. And there they would form the nations of Asia Minor and Europe, along with Gentiles. They took their false Baal worship with them there, as the many pagan worship styles in those new lands are revealed throughout the history of the western nations prior... to their accepting The Gospel of Jesus Christ on national scales.
When Lord Jesus and The Gospel was rejected by the Jews in Jerusalem, and Lord Jesus crucified, The Gospel then went to the Gentiles. And especially in Asia Minor and Europe The Gospel took root, eventually creating the western Christian nations of history.
Apostle Paul had thought to take The Gospel into the Far East Asian lands, but The Holy Spirit prevented him (Acts 16:6). That further confirms about where the majority of the ten tribes of Israel were scattered to, as Jesus said He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the "house of Israel" (ten tribes).
What is little known though, is the majority of the 10 scattered tribes of Israel were among those western nations and helped form them in The Gospel. And there were scattered Jews also among them that began to convert to Jesus Christ and The Gospel. This is why Apostle James addresses all 12 tribes scattered abroad in James 1:1. Many of the Jews of the "house of Judah" were also scattered among the Gentiles from their own captivity to Babylon. Only a small remnant of Jews of the 3-tribe "house of Judah" actually returned to Jerusalem to rebuild Jerusalem and the 2nd temple (see Ezra 1 & 2). The majority of the "house of Judah" chose to stay in Babylon, because God had taken care of them there, and they had increased. But then they were later scattered like the ten tribes were.
So what the historical western Christian nations is about is God sending The Gospel to His chosen seed of Israel scattered there among the Gentiles. And then BOTH those of believing Israelites AND believing Gentiles, have become Christ's Church under Him and The New Covenant, which INCLUDE God's Birthright Promises and Blessings first given through Abraham.
All that is revealed from Bible Scripture (epsecially in the Books of Hosea and Isaiah), and is not a 'theory' from man. Especially in the Book of Isaiah, God promised His Salvation in Christ to the Gentiles also, and that they would be joined in His Promises. Apostle Paul actually repeated that too, in Ephesians 2 when he said the believing Gentile had become 'nigh' to the covenants and promises from God to Israel, and Paul even used the idea of the "commonwealth of Israel" under New Testament doctrine, to point to the believing Gentiles being joined in those promises to Israel. Moreover, in Galatians 3 and Romans 4, Apostle Paul even goes back to Abraham, and the promises God first gave Abraham, especially the Promise by Faith, which Paul showed even believing Gentiles have inherited WITH faithful Abraham.
So again, just WHO would be against all that, which is confirmed by God's written Word? and would come up with false monikers like "Replacement Theology"?
Deceived Jews, both orthodox unbelieving Jews especially, and those of them that have crept into Messianic congregations. That is most likely who would come up with ideas against God's Word about The Gospel going to the Gentiles also, with BOTH scattered Israelites of the 'seed' that believe on Jesus Christ, along with believing Gentiles, having become Christ's Church.
What those Bible Scriptures prove then, is that Christ's Church in no way means just a Gentile Church. There is no such thing. Christ's Church is ONLY about BOTH scattered Israelites and Gentiles, TOGETHER as ONE BODY in Christ Jesus. And since the 10 northern tribes of Israel made up the MAJORITY of the seed of the children of Israel, that means a MAJORITY of the "house of Israel" today are represented by Christ's Church.
Lord Jesus did say that He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the "house of Israel". He was pointing to this very thing, that once He was rejected at Jerusalem, The Gospel would then go to the scattered 10 tribes of the "house of Israel". And if you understand that the tribe of Ephraim was the head tribe over the 10 tribes of Israel, that is also why the Genesis 48 prophecy that Ephraim would become "a multitude of nations" would be fulfilled in those western Christian nations by The Gospel of Jesus Christ!
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