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If we are are Israel, then how do we explain this to those who say Christians are not, but only the Jews are God's chosen people. I have tried to rationalize Christians as part of the "Israel" of the Bible by assuming that the majority of Christians were descendants of Jacob, and when Saul of Tarsus began the Christian genocide, many Christians fled to other countries, thus leading to the spread of Christianity, however, I struggle with how to explain that both Christians and Jews can be descendants of of Jacob/Israel, but not from the geographical location of Israel on a map. Am I running in circles?
Our baptism as Christians gives us the Holy Spirit, we become Christ's own, and part of his body on Earth, it is the New Covenant, the new Jerusalem. Jews still have the chance to convert and get baptized, to become part of the living body of Christ. When Jesus said, the Temple will be destroyed, and then re built in 3 days, what he was talking about was his crucifixion and resurrection. When Jesus said that the scriptures would be fulfilled with him, he was not talking Old Testament and how he was there to lay down the law, no, he was talking about that the scripture had always prophesied a Messiah, and that the Messiah did come in Jesus the Christ. Do you believe that God in Christ is God? We are chosen to receive him.
Thanks so much for this post. Yes. I believe that God is Christ. I have been trying to wrap my head around the war between Palestine and Israel, and if it is prophetic, or if it is deep state engineered to mimic prophecy. I pray the innocent will no longer have to suffer and that the Saving Israel for Last, will happen soon, so no more innocent blood is shed.
You know, I typed out this huge response and then accidentally closed my browser when I was looking up some Bible references! I’ll type it out again tomorrow. Have a blessed night.
Thank you so much for trying. I will look forward to any help you can offer. : )