Replacement theology is the belief that the Church replaces the nation of Israel since the Jews rejected Jesus as their Savior and Messiah. In this belief, one says that God does not consider the Jews as His people any longer.
Many people believe in Fulfillment Theology, which is belief that Jesus is the True Israel promised and all of the promises of God are fulfilled in Jesus and by our union with him, those in Him. Also included in this belief is that God has only one people and these are all people from all time who are elected by God before the foundation of the world and who were drawn to God, given faith to believe His revelation of Himself. Therefore, the people of God is a continuum of believers beginning with Adam up until this time whether Gentile (as Abraham was) or Israelite (as are the Jews). This theology believes that only the believing remnant of the Jews (Israel) are truly Israel as Paul says in Romans 9, and that the ones who believed on Jesus from his advent on are included in the people of God called by God according to His good pleasure and eternal purpose (Read Eph.1) Both Jews and Gentiles who believe are heirs of the promise to Abraham and Abraham's offspring ( Gal. 3), Those who adhere to this theology do not believe that ethnic descendants of Abraham are necessarily counted as His people, rather that this designation is and always has been for those who have faith as Abraham. Therefore, those who are ethnic Jews today are not God's people as a whole, but individually they may become a member of God's people through faith in Christ, same as the Gentiles ( Rom. 11)
Dispensationalism teaches that ethnic Israel continue to be God's people whether they have faith in God or not. It also teaches that Christian believers are a second people of God separate from those who are ethnic Jews.
I believe that Fulfillment Theology aligns with Scripture far better than the other two mentioned here.
Replacement theology is the belief that the Church replaces the nation of Israel since the Jews rejected Jesus as their Savior and Messiah. In this belief, one says that God does not consider the Jews as His people any longer.
Many people believe in Fulfillment Theology, which is belief that Jesus is the True Israel promised and all of the promises of God are fulfilled in Jesus and by our union with him, those in Him. Also included in this belief is that God has only one people and these are all people from all time who are elected by God before the foundation of the world and who were drawn to God, given faith to believe His revelation of Himself. Therefore, the people of God is a continuum of believers beginning with Adam up until this time whether Gentile (as Abraham was) or Israelite (as are the Jews). This theology believes that only the believing remnant of the Jews (Israel) are truly Israel as Paul says in Romans 9, and that the ones who believed on Jesus from his advent on are included in the people of God called by God according to His good pleasure and eternal purpose (Read Eph.1) Both Jews and Gentiles who believe are heirs of the promise to Abraham and Abraham's offspring ( Gal. 3), Those who adhere to this theology do not believe that ethnic descendants of Abraham are necessarily counted as His people, rather that this designation is and always has been for those who have faith as Abraham. Therefore, those who are ethnic Jews today are not God's people as a whole, but individually they may become a member of God's people through faith in Christ, same as the Gentiles ( Rom. 11)
Dispensationalism teaches that ethnic Israel continue to be God's people whether they have faith in God or not. It also teaches that Christian believers are a second people of God separate from those who are ethnic Jews.
I believe that Fulfillment Theology aligns with Scripture far better than the other two mentioned here.
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