Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Not Replacement Theology - Remnant Theology
Jesus
is the root of Jesse (Isa 11:!0), he is the foundation of the new
Covenant - a better covenant, established on better promises, which is
also (Hebrews 8:6), and expanded to include gentiles (Rom 11:17). So,
while the leaders and the majority of Israel may have rejected the
Messiah (Rom 9), the remnant (faithful Israel) is the foundation of the
Church. The first Christians were Jewish, and the Apostles and Prophets
who make up the foundation of the church are Jewish (Eph 2:20). And
obviously our Lord is also Jewish. All of God's promises are fulfilled
in him (Rom 15:8). So I do think God's promises are contingent upon
receiving the Messiah. But I do not call this "replacement theology"
that assumes that God stopped being the God of Israel and became the God
of the Gentiles.