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it's fine if you choose not to be of the Israel of God.
but don't hold against those of us who are the Israel of God.
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The Israel of God
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
"...in keeping with the method of the apostles, as for instance in Galatians 4:26, where the apostle Paul speaks of "the Jerusalem that is above." Therefore when Paul speaks of "the Israel of God" in 6:16, the meaning of this expression is readily grasped. Rather than seeing a contrast, a deeply meaningful typological relationship is perceived...."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
"...As a young Christian I attended a church where the Dispensationalist approach was taught, and I remember how it was frequently supported by the statement that in Scripture "the Church is never called Israel." Galatians 6:16 was explained as if the phrase "and upon the Israel of God" referred to a Jewish subset of those people who "walk by this rule," that is, the Christians of Jewish ethnic background as distinguished from those who are of non-Jewish background. Apparently this unqualified assertion that the Church is never spoken of as "Israel" continues to be important to dispensationalists, because in a recent article a prominent dispensationalist author calls it a "horrendous mistake" when "the Israel of God" in Galatians 6:16 is understood to include Gentiles. [2] There does not seem to be any reason for this interpretation aside from the desire of dispensationalists to exclude all typological interpretations and to defend their contention that "the Church is never called Israel."..."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
"...Scofield himself acknowledged this when he wrote, "In the Church the distinction of Jew and Gentile disappears." This raises several questions. If "in the Church the distinction of Jew and Gentile disappears," as Scofield says, then why would Paul make such a distinction in 6:16? And if it is true that the Church is never called Israel in Scripture, and "all is contrast" between the two, then in what sense can Christians of Jewish background be called "Israel" any longer, if they are in the Church?..."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.16 And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
i would use the word meaning of christian. to define a new creation. but with a new covenant in place, the whole world has changed,
for example.
we will never knew, what it is like to be cut off from a god. (because of a new covenant)
so, any child, man or woman that prays to god will be heard, and that is what i call grace.in the world to day.
they might not be able to help the predicament they are in. but will be heard by a father in heaven.
"...They [the jews] are "God's earthly people," according to Scofield, as distinguished from the Church, who are God's "heavenly people." They are the "wife of Jehovah" and not the "bride of Christ," and so forth. Such teachings of the classic dispensationalist theology rigorously maintained the distinction between "Israel" and "the Church."
If this distinction is to be upheld in Galatians 6:16 then presumably the "Israel of God" must be taken as a reference to the eschatological Israel who are to be saved by a different gospel, after Paul's own gospel dispensation has ended. [4] But one rarely hears this kind of pure and radical dispensationalist teaching now. Today dispensationalists seem to be in a muddle, having moved away from consistency in distinguishing Israel and the Church. Israel may now be spoken of as a part of the Church, and so there is a special and privileged class of "Jewish Christians" within the body of Christ. [5]..."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
If this distinction is to be upheld in Galatians 6:16 then presumably the "Israel of God" must be taken as a reference to the eschatological Israel who are to be saved by a different gospel, after Paul's own gospel dispensation has ended. [4] But one rarely hears this kind of pure and radical dispensationalist teaching now. Today dispensationalists seem to be in a muddle, having moved away from consistency in distinguishing Israel and the Church. Israel may now be spoken of as a part of the Church, and so there is a special and privileged class of "Jewish Christians" within the body of Christ. [5]..."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
"...The older dispensationalist writers, such as Darby, Scofield, and Chafer, avoided some of these embarrassing questions and implications because their distinction between Israel and the Church was more consistent and more radical. Scofield believed that the Jews of the end times were to be saved according to the Law of Moses, with renewed animal sacrifices. His scheme of interpretation envisioned a time when the parenthetical "Church age" has ended and the Law of Moses is reinstituted for salvific purposes.
After this change of "dispensations" people will be saved according to a different gospel, the "Gospel of the Kingdom." Paul's doctrine (called the "Gospel of the Grace of God") was no longer in effect. Paul's teaching on the unity of the Church did not apply because the Church has been "raptured" and is no longer in the earth, and God is no longer dealing with the Church. In this manner the distinction between "Israel" and "the Church" was upheld without denying the unity of the body of Christ...."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
After this change of "dispensations" people will be saved according to a different gospel, the "Gospel of the Kingdom." Paul's doctrine (called the "Gospel of the Grace of God") was no longer in effect. Paul's teaching on the unity of the Church did not apply because the Church has been "raptured" and is no longer in the earth, and God is no longer dealing with the Church. In this manner the distinction between "Israel" and "the Church" was upheld without denying the unity of the body of Christ...."
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
"...Jesus Christ ... is the new law, and the new covenant, and the expectation of those who out of every people wait for the good things of God. For the true spiritual Israel, and the descendants of Judah, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham (who in uncircumcision was approved of and blessed by God on account of his faith, and called the father of many nations), are we who have been led to God through this crucified Christ...." - Justin Martyr
"...Tell me not then, he says, of circumcision, which now availeth nothing; (for how shall it appear, when all things have undergone such a change?) but seek the new things of grace. For they who pursue these things shall enjoy peace and amity, and may properly be called by the name of "Israel." While they who hold contrary sentiments, although they be descended from him and bear his appellation, have yet fallen away from all these things, both the relationship and the name itself. But it is in their power to be true Israelites, who keep this rule, who desist from the old ways, and follow after grace...." - John Chrysostom
"Upon the Israel of God." Here Paul attacks the false apostles and the Jews, who boasted about their fathers, their election, the Law, etc. (Rom. 9:4-5). It is as though he were saying: "The Israel of God are not the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel but those who, with Abraham the believer (3:9), believe in the promises of God now disclosed in Christ, whether they are Jews or Gentiles." - Luther
"...In a word, he gives the appellation of the Israel of God to those whom he formerly denominated the children of Abraham by faith (Galatians 3:29), and thus includes all believers, whether Jews or Gentiles, who were united into one church. ..." - Calvin
"...Tell me not then, he says, of circumcision, which now availeth nothing; (for how shall it appear, when all things have undergone such a change?) but seek the new things of grace. For they who pursue these things shall enjoy peace and amity, and may properly be called by the name of "Israel." While they who hold contrary sentiments, although they be descended from him and bear his appellation, have yet fallen away from all these things, both the relationship and the name itself. But it is in their power to be true Israelites, who keep this rule, who desist from the old ways, and follow after grace...." - John Chrysostom
"Upon the Israel of God." Here Paul attacks the false apostles and the Jews, who boasted about their fathers, their election, the Law, etc. (Rom. 9:4-5). It is as though he were saying: "The Israel of God are not the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel but those who, with Abraham the believer (3:9), believe in the promises of God now disclosed in Christ, whether they are Jews or Gentiles." - Luther
"...In a word, he gives the appellation of the Israel of God to those whom he formerly denominated the children of Abraham by faith (Galatians 3:29), and thus includes all believers, whether Jews or Gentiles, who were united into one church. ..." - Calvin
Eze 44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
This does sound like there are two flows of circumcision. Would this not be a matter of faith to both?
This does sound like there are two flows of circumcision. Would this not be a matter of faith to both?
What People Say
“Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying,
The two families which the [Eternal] hath chosen, he hath even cast them off?
thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them”
That is what the people have been saying, as they were prophesied to say!
They say the Jews were scattered among many, if not all, nations—scattered individuals
—but no longer a nation having its own government! And the 10 tribes were supposed to have
been “lost,” or to have gone out of existence, or to be just part of the scattered individual Jews!
Yes, so the Jews themselves have said—and so the world has said! But what does God say?
Continue, next verse: “Thus saith the [Eternal]; If my covenant be not with day and night,
and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the
seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed [dynasty] to be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them”
“Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying,
The two families which the [Eternal] hath chosen, he hath even cast them off?
thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them”
That is what the people have been saying, as they were prophesied to say!
They say the Jews were scattered among many, if not all, nations—scattered individuals
—but no longer a nation having its own government! And the 10 tribes were supposed to have
been “lost,” or to have gone out of existence, or to be just part of the scattered individual Jews!
Yes, so the Jews themselves have said—and so the world has said! But what does God say?
Continue, next verse: “Thus saith the [Eternal]; If my covenant be not with day and night,
and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the
seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed [dynasty] to be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them”
I know!
I'm amazing!
I just now learned (by accident) what the wheel on my mouse is for.
only took 20 years....*wow that's so much easier*
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Good article! Especially the Greek! Of course, it makes no sense from any point of view, that if Paul says we are all one in Christ, as per Gal. 3:28, that a few pages later on his scroll, he would say that Israel is different than the church. The context is very clear, if we look at Galatians as one scroll or book, instead of separate chapters and books. God did not put the divisions in the Bible, although of course, they are convenient!
"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Gal 3:28
It is also important to remember why Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians. It was because they were going back to Judiasm. They put themselves under the law, and thus he would never tell them that Israel is different than the church, or these Judiasers would have latched onto that letter as not a rebuke, but rather permission to go back to being Jews, and forgetting Christ died for them, and for everyone.
"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!" Gal 1:6-9
And then, a few verses down:
"For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of Godand tried to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being." Gal. 1:13-16
Why was Paul talking about being a Jew and persecuting Christians? Because he wanted to remind them that he had been a "Jew of Jews" and God called him away from those traditions to Jesus Christ. People!!! This is the context of Galatians! Paul telling them that if they are in Christ, they do not need to be Jews anymore. There is no promise to save a separate Israel. Israel disobeyed God for almost 500 years. They were deported to captivity. But when God brought them back they had beome legalist! And God knew this, so as part of his eternal plan he sent Christ to take away our sins. Everyone - to the Jew first and then the Gentile.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." Romans 1:16
This whole argument is so silly. Either Christ died for us all, or his sacrifice needs something extra, like a blood line to Abraham. Christ came to save us from the sacrificial system to cleanse our sins, because it did not work. He was the once for all sacrifice.
"When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified." Hebrews 10:8-14
Jeremiah 31
31"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Hebrews 8
…5They serve at a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. That is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6Now, however, Jesus has received a far superior ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is superior and is founded on better promises. 7For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second
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Romans 2:28-29
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
Philippians 3:3
for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,
Galatians 6:15-16
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 15
23and sent them with this letter: “The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings. 24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose men to send you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,…
Galatians 3
20A mediator is unnecessary, however, if there is only one party; but God is one. 21Is the Law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Not at all! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the Law. 22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ, the promise might be given to those who believe
27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.…
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"replacement theology" < (ridiculous phrase) proven by scripture. ^
31"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Hebrews 8
…5They serve at a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. That is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6Now, however, Jesus has received a far superior ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is superior and is founded on better promises. 7For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second
...
Romans 2:28-29
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
Philippians 3:3
for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,
Galatians 6:15-16
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 15
23and sent them with this letter: “The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings. 24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose men to send you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,…
Galatians 3
20A mediator is unnecessary, however, if there is only one party; but God is one. 21Is the Law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Not at all! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the Law. 22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ, the promise might be given to those who believe
27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.…
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"replacement theology" < (ridiculous phrase) proven by scripture. ^
good one Ang!
you know, Galatians is the ultimate replacement theology book - haha