Israel – God’s people
God goes to the Jewish people first. He declares that the good news message be proclaimed to Jews first. Nothing has changed about that. The message goes out daily. Many Jewish people choose to deny that Jesus is the Messiah. That is sad.
God has a plan. It is for all people. It is for the world.
And so … our mission from Jesus is to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.”
That is what is happening!
- Acts 13:46 —Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
- Matthew 21:40–41 — “Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” They said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”
- Acts 18:5–6 —But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Jesus Quotes and God Thoughts 
Michael, are you espousing replacement theology? Paul wrote clearly in Romans 1:16 that the Gospel message is to the Jew first and then the Gentiles.
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I am not familiar with that “theology”. I am espousing what the scripture says.
Blessings.
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Michael, replacement theology believes that the church has replaced Israel as God’s chosen people.
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I guess I am a little confused what the concern is about. Here is what I said in the first paragraph.
“God goes to the Jewish people first. He declares that the good news message be proclaimed to Jews first. Nothing has changed about that. The message goes out daily.”
Blessings!
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That wasn’t clear to me. Grateful for your response. It’s a touchy subject for me.
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Christ’s new and everlasting covenant did supercede the old covenant. Christian Zionism is vile religious error.
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I think while the time now is heavily Gentiles in terms of the people of faith, I do believe from Romans 11 that one day a future generation of ethnic Jews will turn back to Him during the end times
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