Amen - Jesus told the phoney Jewish religious leaders (who John refers to as the "synagogue of Satan" in Rev 2:9) that their house (the Temple) would be left to them desolate. That was around 30 A.D. - about 40 years later the Temple & city of Jerusalem were totally destroyed. Not one stone was left upon another.
The entire idea makes God consistently having two special groups of people. The "Bride of Christ" and "The Chosen People."
This belief then requires God to decide which is more favored. Of course the Dispensationalists believe God will choose the same group that our politicians would choose every time.
Yes indeed! I like to say it this way "Jesus only has one bride - He is not a polygamist"!
The Apostle Paul essentially defines what it means to be a "Jews in 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 of the heart, in the Spirit, **not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God."
Here's Paul again in Galatians 6:16 - "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."
The "Israel of God" is the Church.....both Jew & Gentile.
Amen - Jesus told the phoney Jewish religious leaders (who John refers to as the "synagogue of Satan" in Rev 2:9) that their house (the Temple) would be left to them desolate. That was around 30 A.D. - about 40 years later the Temple & city of Jerusalem were totally destroyed. Not one stone was left upon another.
The entire idea makes God consistently having two special groups of people. The "Bride of Christ" and "The Chosen People."
This belief then requires God to decide which is more favored. Of course the Dispensationalists believe God will choose the same group that our politicians would choose every time.
Yes indeed! I like to say it this way "Jesus only has one bride - He is not a polygamist"!
The Apostle Paul essentially defines what it means to be a "Jews in 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 of the heart, in the Spirit, **not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God."
Here's Paul again in Galatians 6:16 - "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."
The "Israel of God" is the Church.....both Jew & Gentile.