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To: smvoice

true Jew = believer = Israel = Church = Body of Christ

Romans 9:6 But it is not as though the word of GOD has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.

this means not all physical Jews are part of Israel, whereas Gentile believers are grafted in to Israel.

answer this:

who are the heirs to the promises made to Abraham, physical Jews or believers in Jesus Christ??


54 posted on 10/15/2011 6:13:08 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism

No, this is what your man-made religion has TAUGHT you to believe. Not what it actually says, but what they want it to say in order to claim that they are “spiritual Israel”. The only problem with that is that about 3/4 of the Bible has to be “conformed” in order for that to be true. Since 3/4 is about Prophecy concerning a Nation, Israel. Wanting to be Israel does NOT make you Israel. And it strips you of what God truly gave to us in the age of grace. It’s a lose/lose situation to believe what you’ve been taught.


56 posted on 10/15/2011 6:17:22 PM PDT by smvoice (The Cross was NOT God's Plan B.)
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
who are the heirs to the promises made to Abraham, physical Jews or believers in Jesus Christ??

The answer I'd give would be simple.

The answer a dispensationalist would give, convoluted. And, for them there are many more possibilities. What happens to a physical descendant of Jacob, who converts to Christ? Raptured out in the nick of Tribulation, and still has a claim on the land? How cool is that? What about a Christian who decides to convert to Judaism, as a matter of devotion? This is not an idle question. What Would Paul Say?

Occam's Razor.

125 posted on 10/16/2011 10:56:36 AM PDT by Lee N. Field ("And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise" Gal 3:29)
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